kenmoreguy89
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If you have a clothesline please share.
Clotheslines
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HOA here in Davenport Florida will not allow clothes lines. I remember when I my aunt and uncle moved here in the 90's, they live in Tarpon Springs. My aunt put one up in the garage and a neighbor saw it one day and ratted her out to the HOA and they told her she had to take down. I'm not sure if she did. We just hang things in the laundry room or I lay them over the patio furniture in the back yard. You would think with the environment, they would allow it. But in know they probably don't want people leaving things out for days. We have the garbage can rule. Can't put it out any earlier than the evening before pickup and must be taken in and stored before
the next morning.
the next morning.
I live in an apartment, so no clotheslines here, but when the weather is good I use a drying rack.
kenmoreguy89
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Yeah I know that in some places in US they ban you from hanging clothes out.
But even in your garage it's a new thing.
Honestly I find it absurd that something like that may even exist and I wouldn't want to live in a place like that even if they paid me to, besides is unacceptable and crazy in a country that boasts about its citizen's freedom and freedom as a value.
It doesn't seem so free...but the opposite, in your garage?℅
I could understand your lawn and the trash cans, but in my garage I do the hell I want to do.
But for that matter I knew that Florida is one of the states where the right to dry movement became law.
So you might appeal to that.
And to the neighbors? Just say, you put one also and strangle yourself on it.
I use the dryer 90℅ of the times but it's a matter of principle.
But even in your garage it's a new thing.
Honestly I find it absurd that something like that may even exist and I wouldn't want to live in a place like that even if they paid me to, besides is unacceptable and crazy in a country that boasts about its citizen's freedom and freedom as a value.
It doesn't seem so free...but the opposite, in your garage?℅
I could understand your lawn and the trash cans, but in my garage I do the hell I want to do.
But for that matter I knew that Florida is one of the states where the right to dry movement became law.
So you might appeal to that.
And to the neighbors? Just say, you put one also and strangle yourself on it.
I use the dryer 90℅ of the times but it's a matter of principle.
fan-of-fans
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We have one in our back yard, the square kind with the coated wires. I have to admit it is a bit of an embarrassment probably to the neighbors. The support arms on top are quite rusty. It has my weather station sensor on top.
We don't use it that often, but do use it sometimes, mostly to hang things like small rugs, or heavier coats that otherwise wouldn't do well in the dryer. We also put the bed sheets on it sometimes.
Most of our clothes that we don't put in the dryer (like most shirts) we just hang up in the laundry room.
It did come in quite handy when Hurricane Irma came through. We plugged the washing machine into the generator and hung all of our laundry up on it. Since it was hot and dry out it worked very well. The power was out for 2.5 weeks so we were running out of socks and underwear!
I haven't seen clotheslines much at other places in my area, so I think they have gone out of fashion I guess. And of course the mentioned HOA and deed restricted areas where you can't have them, along with other things.
We don't use it that often, but do use it sometimes, mostly to hang things like small rugs, or heavier coats that otherwise wouldn't do well in the dryer. We also put the bed sheets on it sometimes.
Most of our clothes that we don't put in the dryer (like most shirts) we just hang up in the laundry room.
It did come in quite handy when Hurricane Irma came through. We plugged the washing machine into the generator and hung all of our laundry up on it. Since it was hot and dry out it worked very well. The power was out for 2.5 weeks so we were running out of socks and underwear!
I haven't seen clotheslines much at other places in my area, so I think they have gone out of fashion I guess. And of course the mentioned HOA and deed restricted areas where you can't have them, along with other things.
kenmoreguy89
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I dry everything in the dryer even fine woolens or angora as it has the rack.
But I like to hang out from time to time, especially when we are running out of LP gas in the tank, then if sunny or even beter windy i hang out... and they take weeks to come recharge it so better have It for cooking and heating rather than drying.
But I like to hang out from time to time, especially when we are running out of LP gas in the tank, then if sunny or even beter windy i hang out... and they take weeks to come recharge it so better have It for cooking and heating rather than drying.
I don't have a clothesline. Could perhaps run some rope or wire amongst the back porch/patio support posts but have never felt the need.
I have a vintage retractable "Cordomatic" clothesline on a reel that I found at a garage sale. I know it will last longer than the two cheap plastic modern versions that broke on me.
This is a picture of a NOS/NIB Corodmatic. The blue paint was faded on mine so I gave it a spray of beige to blend into the shed that it's mounted on.
This is a picture of a NOS/NIB Corodmatic. The blue paint was faded on mine so I gave it a spray of beige to blend into the shed that it's mounted on.
We used to have clotheslines in our backyard. There were two steel posts with crossbars, and were about 30' apart. There were 3 lines attached. The posts got rusty by the late 70's, so the lines were taken down, and posts dug out. About that time, I bought my mom a Cordomatic clothesline reel for her Mother's Day present. I attached it to the back wall of the house, and put a hook into a tree for it to fasten to. It was used occasionally until I had to remove it to remove the old siding.
A few months ago I bought a folding drying rack, but haven't used it yet. I'm going to assemble it today, as I want to wash some things tomorrow. Don't know if washateria is open or not, but I'm afraid to go anyway, since people always are coughing in there under normal circumstances.
A few months ago I bought a folding drying rack, but haven't used it yet. I'm going to assemble it today, as I want to wash some things tomorrow. Don't know if washateria is open or not, but I'm afraid to go anyway, since people always are coughing in there under normal circumstances.
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Not sure you would like to see my clothes lined up from my shower curtain rod. Generally I set the dryer to less dry and hang a few items up, only in winter though. Helps quite a bit when the heat is on all the time. The clothesline hopefully will be coming out here soon. Weather in Ohio as been quite weird lately.
Not sure you would like to see my clothes lined up from my shower curtain rod. Generally I set the dryer to less dry and hang a few items up, only in winter though. Helps quite a bit when the heat is on all the time. The clothesline hopefully will be coming out here soon. Weather in Ohio as been quite weird lately.
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Boy your HOA is harsh!
I’m the pres. of our HOA and have been on the board of 24 of the 25 years we’ve lived here and I would never tell a resident that they couldn’t have a clothesline in their garage! We don’t have garages, but even so, thats just unreasonable.
Our CC&Rs also prohibit clotheslines, but a few residents have them, my next door neighbor for one, and we have an umbrella clothesline that we used to use, but haven’t in a while. Our backyards aren’t visible from the front of the homes and as long as people are respectful of their neighbors and there are no complaints, our board and myself leave them the hell alone.
This is the kind of nonsense that gives condos and HOA’s a bad name. We aren’t all like that.
I’m way more concerned about people that damage the property or make unapproved structural alterations. A few sheets, towels and briefs hanging out for a few hours is not going to hurt anyone. I say choose the hill you’re going to die on.
Eddie
Boy your HOA is harsh!
I’m the pres. of our HOA and have been on the board of 24 of the 25 years we’ve lived here and I would never tell a resident that they couldn’t have a clothesline in their garage! We don’t have garages, but even so, thats just unreasonable.
Our CC&Rs also prohibit clotheslines, but a few residents have them, my next door neighbor for one, and we have an umbrella clothesline that we used to use, but haven’t in a while. Our backyards aren’t visible from the front of the homes and as long as people are respectful of their neighbors and there are no complaints, our board and myself leave them the hell alone.
This is the kind of nonsense that gives condos and HOA’s a bad name. We aren’t all like that.
I’m way more concerned about people that damage the property or make unapproved structural alterations. A few sheets, towels and briefs hanging out for a few hours is not going to hurt anyone. I say choose the hill you’re going to die on.
Eddie
Growing up near everyone had them, usually the T frame going across the back yard with 3 or 4 wires strung between.. I have a single line pulley at this house,, right outside the laundry room door strung up to big Oak tree at the back of the yard.. I really like it. .
I have 2 long pulley lines but unable to use them yet this year as it has not warmed up at all and wont stop raining.
I got my drying rack put together; fortunately it was very easy. Seems to be fairly sturdy.
A moderate amount of people in my area have clotheslines in their yards. Anyone who would try banning them in this area would probably be beat up or tarred & feathered.
A moderate amount of people in my area have clotheslines in their yards. Anyone who would try banning them in this area would probably be beat up or tarred & feathered.
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If you want to see a real clothesline google "Hills Hoists Australia". There is one in every backyard from the 1950's until today.....
If you want to see a real clothesline google "Hills Hoists Australia". There is one in every backyard from the 1950's until today.....
kenmoreguy89
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By living in Italy I see them basically every day everywhere.
But I know that outside the US they're pretty much common everywhere also.
Australia too. Indeed it seems like it's very common the umbrella kind there.
I have one also of those, my aunt gave me one but I like my pulleys, no back and forth with baskets clothes and pins. The line moves for me and I stay still with everything handy.
In Canada also in some areas it's full of them. Montreal or the East like Newfoundland.
But I know that outside the US they're pretty much common everywhere also.
Australia too. Indeed it seems like it's very common the umbrella kind there.
I have one also of those, my aunt gave me one but I like my pulleys, no back and forth with baskets clothes and pins. The line moves for me and I stay still with everything handy.
In Canada also in some areas it's full of them. Montreal or the East like Newfoundland.
Have 100' on 5 lines outside, they get used a lot in good weather. Also have two lines in the basement, I've never not had a clothesline.
That Cordomatic is beautiful, that must be the deluxe model. I have my grandmother's from her laundry room. I used it for many years myself, but it needs new line.
That Cordomatic is beautiful, that must be the deluxe model. I have my grandmother's from her laundry room. I used it for many years myself, but it needs new line.
vacerator
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Depedns on climate.
I used one in the warmer months at my first house for sheets and towels. My mom had one always, even after she got her first dryer when I was four. In winter, she hung laundry in the basement to dry.
I used one in the warmer months at my first house for sheets and towels. My mom had one always, even after she got her first dryer when I was four. In winter, she hung laundry in the basement to dry.
polkanut
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This photo was taken March 21st. We've had this U-shaped clothesline for over 15 years now. The company that makes them also makes cattle stalls. It's the same steel tubing and coating that's used for the stalls. Ours is the 20ft version. These are also very popular with the Amish communities west of Wausau.
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