Who hangs their clothes on the line?

[Floweryfields]

(could someone possibly make a poll for me?)

Just read a story in the Sunday paper, that hanging clothes on the line is making a comeback with higher electricity prices....got me thinking, I've always hung on the line, except if it's raining. Am I weird?

So, if someone makes a poll to the Question: Do you hang your clothes on the line (weather permitting)
Yes always
No Never
Most often
Sometimes
Rarely

[Amaunet]

I use the line in summer but our backyard is too shady in winter/cold weather and it stays wet so the dryer is getting a workout! I only use it in offpeak or shoulder power times (we have a smart meter) to keep costs down.

[Nai]

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.

[Saffy]

I don't even have a dryer!
Outside on the line or clotheshorse in front of the heater

[Livinthedream]

On the line unless its raining, I like the sanitising effect of sunlight.
If its raining, it gets 12 hrs on the clothes horse and then finished in the dryer.
My stuff pretty much gets 12 hrs, and then if its not done, it gets the dryer. I cant stand the smell otherwise

[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.

[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.

[Party-of-five]

we have a fire so if I keep on top of the washing it all goes on the clothes airer to dry if I have bulk washing I use the dryer too.

[Jaycee]

Always on the line, weather permitting. I find that there is something very therapeutic about hanging washing on the line, I really enjoy it!

I do however do a separate load of just socks and undies and I always use the dryer for them

[Floweryfields]

Always on the line, weather permitting. I find that there is something very therapeutic about hanging washing on the line, I really enjoy it!

Me too, I love the smell of clean washing and find it quite therapeutic too!

[Glass half full]

Hanging clothes making a comeback!? Wow I never realized it had gone out lol!
We only got a dryer last year and I try to only use it as a last resort. Our washing line is under cover so I often have a clothes horse outside that I can put out into the sun, especially for nappies.


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