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Illegal Energy Efficient Technology....
I'd heard about this from people, that they'd been ordered to use a clothes dryer instead of a clothesline but thought maybe it wasn't really a law, just jerk neighbors or homeowner's associations but apparently whole governments are passing laws ordering people to waste energy because of "liability issues".
https://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-greenwich/?hp
https://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_1291...ce=most_viewed
What is most odd to someone who grew up in a neighborhood where none of the moms had clothes dryers, everyone hung their laundry, is now there has to be an advocacy group to get the anti clothesline laws repealed:
“The dryer is the leading cause of fires among household appliances,” Project Laundry List said in a statement, “and the second biggest energy-guzzler after the refrigerator.”
https://www.laundrylist.org/
Whats next forcing people to drive everywhere?
https://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-greenwich/?hp
https://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_1291...ce=most_viewed
What is most odd to someone who grew up in a neighborhood where none of the moms had clothes dryers, everyone hung their laundry, is now there has to be an advocacy group to get the anti clothesline laws repealed:
“The dryer is the leading cause of fires among household appliances,” Project Laundry List said in a statement, “and the second biggest energy-guzzler after the refrigerator.”
https://www.laundrylist.org/
Whats next forcing people to drive everywhere?
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While I'm sure there are dangers to clotheslines, I'd be extremely surprised if clotheslines are as dangerous as dryers that use gas or electricity.
People who want to build really energy-efficient homes also have a big problem with government rules getting in their way. If you want to build an inefficient two-by-fours-and-drywall type house, go ahead. Try to build a house out of straw bales, cob, or some other material that breaks the norm in your community and you may find you have a big problem with rules...
People who want to build really energy-efficient homes also have a big problem with government rules getting in their way. If you want to build an inefficient two-by-fours-and-drywall type house, go ahead. Try to build a house out of straw bales, cob, or some other material that breaks the norm in your community and you may find you have a big problem with rules...
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I dry my clothes inside. I have a clothes rail on wheels, and several spare hangers. Take the wet clothes out of the washing machine, put them straight on the hangars - then, in a day or so when they're dry, straight into the wardrobe, no need for ironing.
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We've got a large drying rack which we put near the fire so the clothes will dry. We also use the rod for the shower curtain by the tub in the corner of the living room area for hanging things on clothes hangers or for the sheets and towels.
I thought about setting something up so we could hang things outside, but there are so many birds out there.
Do you have the square/umbrella outdoor "clotheslines" or "hanging racks" in eastern US? Maybe those would be allowed.
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I'd heard about this from people, that they'd been ordered to use a clothes dryer instead of a clothesline but thought maybe it wasn't really a law, just jerk neighbors or homeowner's associations but apparently whole governments are passing laws ordering people to waste energy because of "liability issues".
https://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-greenwich/?hp
https://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_1291...ce=most_viewed
What is most odd to someone who grew up in a neighborhood where none of the moms had clothes dryers, everyone hung their laundry, is now there has to be an advocacy group to get the anti clothesline laws repealed:
“The dryer is the leading cause of fires among household appliances,” Project Laundry List said in a statement, “and the second biggest energy-guzzler after the refrigerator.”
https://www.laundrylist.org/
Whats next forcing people to drive everywhere?
https://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-greenwich/?hp
https://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_1291...ce=most_viewed
What is most odd to someone who grew up in a neighborhood where none of the moms had clothes dryers, everyone hung their laundry, is now there has to be an advocacy group to get the anti clothesline laws repealed:
“The dryer is the leading cause of fires among household appliances,” Project Laundry List said in a statement, “and the second biggest energy-guzzler after the refrigerator.”
https://www.laundrylist.org/
Whats next forcing people to drive everywhere?
In rural Iowa there are some folks trying to push for a law to ban bicycles on county roads. The outcry has been fierce.
We had the same experience with gay marriage earlier in the year. After Iowa Supreme Court ruled that gay marriages were legal, there were a number of groups that wanted to press for a referendum on the issue (even though they are clearly in the minority on this issue...). Most people just rolled their eyes... "where do you think you are... California?"
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A liability issue? Got it in one. With cloths lines in common areas it takes just one kid racing around the corner on his/her bike hitting a clothsline and breaking a neck. Quadriplegic for life and guess who gets to pay. One of those square cloths-lines on a pole that turns and you have an attractive nuisance. See above injury. A sue happy nation and parents not accepting full responsibility for their kids. Hanging up laundry for a family of five was a strain for Mom and Dad got a dryer as soon as we could afford one.
The old clothsline poles were used to hold up a badmitten net and we kids had the responsibility to take it down as soon as we were done.
The old clothsline poles were used to hold up a badmitten net and we kids had the responsibility to take it down as soon as we were done.
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A liability issue? Got it in one. With cloths lines in common areas it takes just one kid racing around the corner on his/her bike hitting a clothsline and breaking a neck. Quadriplegic for life and guess who gets to pay. One of those square cloths-lines on a pole that turns and you have an attractive nuisance. See above injury. A sue happy nation and parents not accepting full responsibility for their kids. Hanging up laundry for a family of five was a strain for Mom and Dad got a dryer as soon as we could afford one.
The old clothsline poles were used to hold up a badmitten net and we kids had the responsibility to take it down as soon as we were done.
The old clothsline poles were used to hold up a badmitten net and we kids had the responsibility to take it down as soon as we were done.
Hey, we had a family of five. It was so abusive, we kids were expected to do chores around the house like help mom hang and bring in th laundry and do dishes. Not for allowance money just because if you were part of the household you were expected to participate in whatever was going on.
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Better get used to clotheslines. FWIW I would never choose to live in an area where HOA's are too restrictive. Currently the only HOA I have is my MIL...as long as I keep the junk up by the barn and don't leave the John Deere in the roadway I am good to go.
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There are a wide range of external clothes hanging options:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com.au/clothes-lines
This is a kind of interesting one that folds down:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com...e-clothes-line
There are several different variations on it for use in different spaces.
Retractable ones can be retracted out of the way when they are not in use:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com...e-clothes-line
A Folding Rotary Clothes Line can be taken down when not in use:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com...e-folding-head
You can put a cover on your rotary clothes line and turn it into a shaded area in the yard for BBQs:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com...hes-line-cover
And this particular company has a whole bunch of indoor options as well.
When I lived on my own in Winnipeg, I only ever dried my underwear and a few select items. I hung everything else on a small drying rack in the apartment. And now that I'm here in Australia I've returned to hanging everything. In general, I prefer hanging my clothes to drying them in a drier.
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com.au/clothes-lines
This is a kind of interesting one that folds down:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com...e-clothes-line
There are several different variations on it for use in different spaces.
Retractable ones can be retracted out of the way when they are not in use:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com...e-clothes-line
A Folding Rotary Clothes Line can be taken down when not in use:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com...e-folding-head
You can put a cover on your rotary clothes line and turn it into a shaded area in the yard for BBQs:
https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com...hes-line-cover
And this particular company has a whole bunch of indoor options as well.
When I lived on my own in Winnipeg, I only ever dried my underwear and a few select items. I hung everything else on a small drying rack in the apartment. And now that I'm here in Australia I've returned to hanging everything. In general, I prefer hanging my clothes to drying them in a drier.
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I like to do things that have beneficial side effects or that accomplish more than one purpose at the same time. Central heating or air conditioning can make the humidity of indoor air unpleasantly low. Hanging clothes to dry indoors relieves the low humidity for a few hours.
I hang my clothes to dry on an extra shower curtain rod mounted directly above the bathtub. It's in a master bath right next to the bedroom. The extra humidity in the bedroom helps me sleep much better.
I spend a lot of time outdoors gardening and cycling. I'm often quite dirty and always sweaty. In the summer it's not unusual for me to go through four t-shirts and several pairs of socks a day. I don't even bother to put away those kinds of clothes in the closet. I just grab them off the drying hanger as I need them. These days I buy only clothes that can be easily hang-dried.
I hang my clothes to dry on an extra shower curtain rod mounted directly above the bathtub. It's in a master bath right next to the bedroom. The extra humidity in the bedroom helps me sleep much better.
I spend a lot of time outdoors gardening and cycling. I'm often quite dirty and always sweaty. In the summer it's not unusual for me to go through four t-shirts and several pairs of socks a day. I don't even bother to put away those kinds of clothes in the closet. I just grab them off the drying hanger as I need them. These days I buy only clothes that can be easily hang-dried.
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Central heating or air conditioning can make the humidity of indoor air unpleasantly low. Hanging clothes to dry indoors relieves the low humidity for a few hours.
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I have lived in all kinds of places that don't allow clothes lines outside. I just find ways around it like other people. I have a canopy bed that works wonders for drying clothes on and since I haven't used my air conditioner this year, my clothes dry very fast!
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I'm pretty sure the opposition to clotheslines comes from rich *****es that think it looks ghetto to have clothes hanging out in the yard like a poor person who can't afford a dryer. And it brings property values down or something. That's what homeowners associations are for.
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I'm pretty sure the opposition to clotheslines comes from rich *****es that think it looks ghetto to have clothes hanging out in the yard like a poor person who can't afford a dryer. And it brings property values down or something. That's what homeowners associations are for.
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Luckily enough I work in an office which never sees clients, hence no dress code - I don't have to wear shirts. There aren't very many birds flying around inside my house, and the spiders keep the flies down, so I don't have to worry about insects inside either. I tried hanging outside once, and once only - the multitude of insects, and even worse the pollen, meant I had to wash everything again. It never even occurred to me to buy a drier.
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I am the proud owner of a well used clothesline. I don't think anyone will run into it. It is on pulleys and runs from my back porch, about twelve feet off the ground to a tall pine down the hill in my back yard. Most of it is about twenty feet off of the ground. No neighbors have complained about our laundry.
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I don't have any drying racks in my apartment yet but I think about it sometimes. Lately I've been taking my wet sheets out of the dryer and putting the bottom one on the bed and the top one over my gravity inversion table to dry. In my low humidity environment they dry in an hour or two.
I don't like the wrinkles or the feel of stiff shirts that are not dried in the electronic dryer machine. I suppose I could get accustomed to it. Do wrinkles come out of shirts once they are worn for a little while? If they do then I probably should find a way to hang all of my clothes.
I wonder how much money it would save me in heating costs. I only do about ten loads per month because I have about twenty-five shirts and eight pairs of jeans. I use all of my clothes before doing a load.
I don't like the wrinkles or the feel of stiff shirts that are not dried in the electronic dryer machine. I suppose I could get accustomed to it. Do wrinkles come out of shirts once they are worn for a little while? If they do then I probably should find a way to hang all of my clothes.
I wonder how much money it would save me in heating costs. I only do about ten loads per month because I have about twenty-five shirts and eight pairs of jeans. I use all of my clothes before doing a load.
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I use conditioner, and have my washing machine on the reduced wrinkles setting - when I hang my clothes on hangers, there are no wrinkles. Hangers are much better than drying racks, which leave a crease where the clothes are folded over the rails.
Gravity inversion table? The mind boggles...
Gravity inversion table? The mind boggles...
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And they're good for bottoms (dress pants, sweats, etc.) ... although jeans may be a bit heavy for them. They're great for sweaters, cycling gear, underwear, etc. As for button-up shirts, they need to be hung on hangers. Our large drying rack has an option to be able to hang shirts etc.
I'm not a fan of button-up shirts, but if you have them and want to dry them with minimal wrinkles, hang them on the hanger, make sure they are straight, button them all the way up, and smooth everything down by giving the shirt some tugs by grabbing an area around the collar and the bottom of the shirt and tugging everything straight. Finish by smoothing down collars, pockets, etc.
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A small drying rack goes for about $10, a large one might be as much as $30. They're cheap.
And they're good for bottoms (dress pants, sweats, etc.) ... although jeans may be a bit heavy for them. They're great for sweaters, cycling gear, underwear, etc. As for button-up shirts, they need to be hung on hangers. Our large drying rack has an option to be able to hang shirts etc.
I'm not a fan of button-up shirts, but if you have them and want to dry them with minimal wrinkles, hang them on the hanger, make sure they are straight, button them all the way up, and smooth everything down by giving the shirt some tugs by grabbing an area around the collar and the bottom of the shirt and tugging everything straight. Finish by smoothing down collars, pockets, etc.
And they're good for bottoms (dress pants, sweats, etc.) ... although jeans may be a bit heavy for them. They're great for sweaters, cycling gear, underwear, etc. As for button-up shirts, they need to be hung on hangers. Our large drying rack has an option to be able to hang shirts etc.
I'm not a fan of button-up shirts, but if you have them and want to dry them with minimal wrinkles, hang them on the hanger, make sure they are straight, button them all the way up, and smooth everything down by giving the shirt some tugs by grabbing an area around the collar and the bottom of the shirt and tugging everything straight. Finish by smoothing down collars, pockets, etc.
The jeans look ironed too when they are dry. I hang everything in my cellar. I have wooden drying racks and hangers for all my bike clothes near the furnace. The only problem is in extremely humid summer weather the jeans take a long time to dry. But all I have to do is plan ahead.
It saves me about $90 a month because I have an electric dryer.
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This makes 0 sense.
Dryers area the leading cause of household fires...and 2nd in energy waisting.
Clothes lines pose almost 0 hazard and use 0 energy. What kind of clothes line do you have where a 4 foot tall kid is going to run into it and break his neck? How about you put up a proper clothes line. We have one in the garage. Its about 6 feet high. Im 6 feet tall and the top of my head sometimes brushes up against it. People saying clothes lines are a hazard are silly. Maybe dont build a 3-4 foot clothes line in the middle of a backyard play area...and ull be fine. Stick it up against a fence or something and theres 0 chance of any hazard.
edit: and btw no1 can stop u from having a clothes line. just put it indoors, in ur garage, use ur shower rack, and extr room, etc...
Dryers area the leading cause of household fires...and 2nd in energy waisting.
Clothes lines pose almost 0 hazard and use 0 energy. What kind of clothes line do you have where a 4 foot tall kid is going to run into it and break his neck? How about you put up a proper clothes line. We have one in the garage. Its about 6 feet high. Im 6 feet tall and the top of my head sometimes brushes up against it. People saying clothes lines are a hazard are silly. Maybe dont build a 3-4 foot clothes line in the middle of a backyard play area...and ull be fine. Stick it up against a fence or something and theres 0 chance of any hazard.
edit: and btw no1 can stop u from having a clothes line. just put it indoors, in ur garage, use ur shower rack, and extr room, etc...
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