Less than 2 years ago, our clothes dryer broke. I thought it was going to be such a pain in the ass to do laundry. And to be honest, I'm surprised that we just haven't gotten around to replacing it yet. We have a front loading washing machine that gets most of the rinse water out and makes line drying really easy. So easy that we just dont need a dryer anymore...
On a day like today, I did 5 loads of laundry already. Today is warm and breezy with not much humidity. We have the original laundry line in the backyard that was installed when house was built (1928) and it works fine. I even washed a down comforter and it dried in less than 3 hours. Regular cotton clothing was dry in an hour.
It's a little harder in the winter so we have a clothing tree that we assemble for the cold weather. Clothes dry overnight when placed near the heating radiator and has the added effect of adding humidity to the house during dry cold months.
Our electric bill used to be $50-75 a month. We average about $25-35. Pretty sure not using a dryer has cut our electric bill by 50%. Supposedly our clothes last longer too by not subjecting them to the dryer. I think the clothes smell way nicer when they line dry outside vs synthetic smelling dryer sheets.
Yes it adds a little more work. The extra time needed to hang and remove clothes from the line is about 10 minutes per load. You do need to keep an eye on the weather; if you have clothes out there and rain is forecast then you need to remove and bring them all in. But on the flipside, favorable weather like today means you can dry laundry faster outside than in a dryer.
Anybody else line dry?
On a day like today, I did 5 loads of laundry already. Today is warm and breezy with not much humidity. We have the original laundry line in the backyard that was installed when house was built (1928) and it works fine. I even washed a down comforter and it dried in less than 3 hours. Regular cotton clothing was dry in an hour.
It's a little harder in the winter so we have a clothing tree that we assemble for the cold weather. Clothes dry overnight when placed near the heating radiator and has the added effect of adding humidity to the house during dry cold months.
Our electric bill used to be $50-75 a month. We average about $25-35. Pretty sure not using a dryer has cut our electric bill by 50%. Supposedly our clothes last longer too by not subjecting them to the dryer. I think the clothes smell way nicer when they line dry outside vs synthetic smelling dryer sheets.
Yes it adds a little more work. The extra time needed to hang and remove clothes from the line is about 10 minutes per load. You do need to keep an eye on the weather; if you have clothes out there and rain is forecast then you need to remove and bring them all in. But on the flipside, favorable weather like today means you can dry laundry faster outside than in a dryer.
Anybody else line dry?
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