Why not put it to some use?
Yes, this is clothing hanging in our apartment. It has been cold outside, even raining, but this doesn't stop us from drying our clothes on a line. Even better, we can forget they are there, and if the wind starts up, storm clouds come, or night; our clothes are safe and sound. It does take about 2 days to dry, but if we keep on top of our laundry, we should be fine.
Our dryer seems to take two full cycles to dry our clothing. Since we are trying to keep our energy use to a minimum, this was just not practical. So rather than complain to our land lord for another used dryer, I bought three brackets and screwed them into a wall of a room that gets very little use. I then strung up clothes line through the room. It's not pretty, but I'm a lot happier drying our clothing this way. Next, we'll need a wash tub and a stick to stop using our washing machine.
We used to line dry in the extra bathroom of our old apartment. It was great! (until company came over that needed to use the bathroom...then we had to quickly take the line off the door, let them go and then put it back up.) A note about not using the washer - be prepared to cover the floor to sop up the drips, or wear your hands out wringing all the water out of your clothes. ALthough, you only have laundry for two people so this probably wouldn't be so tiresome on the hands. When our laundry goes out on the line it is quite drippy (unless Husband is home to wring the laundry out. He does a much better job than I do). Talk to you soon!
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We had been drying clothes on the radiators in each room here in Germany for about a month. There are no central A/C or heaters here. A water heating system distributes hot water into radiators for each room, a level in the room determines the amount of heat you want per room. We now have a european dryer that stores the water in a plastic bottle instead of letting it out into the air. As for drying clothes, I was thinking of an invention where you press clothes between two rollers and hand crank the clothes through the rollers. A bucket would catch the water that is rolled out. I know a certain elderly man who can invent just about anything and often says "I never met a problem I couldn't solve." But truthfully, I think I've seen something like what I'm describing on a TV show like Little House on the Prairie before. Anyhow, how are you all? Take care,
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You can still buy wringers like you were talking about James. I have seen them at Lehman's General Store online, but theirs are expensive. We have been looking for a cheaper venue for obtaining one, maybe at auction?
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