Who hangs their clothes on the line?

[helle]

Outside on the line if fine, inside on the clothes horse if not. The only things that go on the dryer are towels and our sheets.

Same here. I actually have a camping "hills hoist" that sits under our patio. Best $50 I ever spent!

[Jellyfish]

Never had a dryer so it is always the line for me! Either inside or out, weather depending.

[Arimeh]

I have 3 clothes airers at the moment that I use as it's too hard to get outside with all the kids, plus it is the rainy season down here! I drag them out on a good day so they get the sun and finish them off in the dryer.

[Floweryfields]

I either use the line, or in winter near the wood fire over night - if I know it's going to be really cold in the morning and don't feel like frozen fingers before work. I've recently inherited a dryer, up until now (8 years) never had one so only use it very occasionally.

[Olive]

always outside when the weather is warmer.
inside on clotheshorse during cooler months, i have a large bathroom so with the heating on and door closed the dry really quickly
the only things to go in dryer are towels.
Nai i dry my sheets/doona covers over open doors!! very effective

[~TT40~]

always, except since moving into our current house, the line is right down the back and in the pool fence. so i have only hung my sheets on it. I use air dryers in that are always up in my family room and drive me INSANE!! but its only pure laziness so i dont have to walk right down the back and open a gate to get to the clothes line.. and poor poverty that has stopped me buying a new one and putting it in a better spot. I've never owned a dryer, even when i lived in Canberra i would be hanging washing out and it would freeze on the line.

[toomanyshoes]

Hang on the line weather permitting, have a little mini clothes line thingy that we put up outside on the patio or in the lounge room depending on how windy it is.

Dyer only if we really really need it. Would rather the washing piled up for a week than use it!

[~Kim~]

Always on the line. I have an undercover one outside as well. Rain is as rare as hens teeth here, but the sun bleaches everything!! And it's far too hot in summer to be out hanging stuff on the line.
I did used to use my dryer occasionally, but it pooed itself a few months back and we've still been OK.

[Charlotte91]

Got a big clotheshorse, use that all the time. I just drag it outside onto the deck, it gets the sun nearly all day.
If its not dry, it sits in hallway (our hallway is sooo wide. Never seen a hallway as wide as ours!) during the day and in the loungeroom in front of the fire at night.

I can't be bothered standing outside at the line.

[Frangipani]

I mainly use the clothes lines- we have 2- one is under our back verandah (gets partial sun but a good breeze- but also gets we when rains). The other under the house- which i use if i know things aren't going to dry outside that day. I wish i had a hills hoist out in the sun again- but we ran out of room in our back yard when we put the pool in a few years ago.

I only use the dryer for 15mins to soften the mcn's or in need of particular clothing that won't be dried in time (eg work clothes). Even on rain days i can get away with putting stuff under the house and only use the dryer if i need to finish them off.

[sunshine_sieben]

Nappies and clothes go outside on the line if the weather is fine. Sheets, too. I love the smell if you hang them out in the evening and collect them mid-morning. It smells so fresh. No fabric conditioner can beat that.
If it's raining, I have a small clothes airer and a curtain rod in the laundry where I can hang things. But if I need to do more than one load, I put things in the dryer until almost dry, then hang them to finish off (haha, the exact opposite to what many of you are doing). I find I get less wrinkles if I don't use the dryer until clothes are completely dry. I have a "iron" setting on my dryer that gets it almost dry but not bone dry. I don't iron by the way).
Beach towels go on the line, too.But bath towels go in the dryer because I hate when they're stiff like a board.

I didn't use to use the line nearly as much as I do now. I grew up in Germany and my mother had no outside hanging space whatsoever (still doesn't). So she always used the dryer and finished things off by hanging them off a pipe in the cellar. She had no space for a clothes horse either. When I lived in Sydney, I didn't have a dryer. I hated having to dry everything on the line. So when I moved to Queensland and got myself a dryer, I ended up using it all the time, like I was used to from home. I think it was when I started using cloth nappies that I thought to myself: what's the point of using cloth when I use the dryer on them all the time. Plus nothing beats the sun for stains.

[Trillian]

Always on the line, but because of the sheer number of socks and jocks that a family of 6 go through, I use the dryer for those. If anything gets wet on the line or it doesn't quite dry, I will put it through the dryer or on the clothes horse.

[Doing my best]

I use the clothes line..

But I only hang clothes out once.. If they get brought in, but still damp/wet, they go in the dryer.. I refuse to chase washing.

[Beach Mama]

I do! We are in Melbourne and we don't own a dryer. Don't think we ever will because I don't see the point environmentally and financially, and as much as drying clothes in winter gives me the irits, we have ducted heating and the 2 massive clothes horses sit over the top. Just when I am at the end of rope with it all is when we get a few clear windy days like we have had this weekend and I catch up on towels and sheets and nothing makes me happier than getting stuff in and out in one day!

[*Efjay*]

I use the clothes line. I only use the drier if I am desperate.

[CrazyLady]

95% of the time I use the clothes line. We do have a puppy that rips stuff off now so most tops or lighter material garments go on one of 2 clothes horses in front of the heater. It's not the fact he chews but more the puppy teeth holes or accidental ripping as he pulls them off the line. Sheets are a major target for him for how they billow so they always stay indoors or if it's sunny i'll put them out on the front verandah to air. If nappy bits or towels aren't 100% dry I will tumble dry the last dampness out but will air dry 90% at least. In the past I've found if it's that drab weather and stuff doesn't dry fast enough they go a tad smelly and I waste more water rewashing.

[alish]

always on the line, if raining i hang on the airer - if the airers are full the drier - which is usually towels and sheets..

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I'm lucky in that we have 2 lines, a standard hills out near the shed which we use for towels, sheets etc and then we have a fold down one out under the verandah.
Funny thing is it NEVER gets folded down as it's always full

I tend to put clothes out there even if the weather is not too great as it's quite windy here and things still tend to dry.

If the weather is really bad or the line is full then they go inside on 1 of 4 clotheshorses the only time the dryer gets used is if i have no room for towels and it's cr@ppy outside.

Your not weird hun