Who hangs their clothes on the line?

[RainbowBrite]

Outside on the line weather permitting especially towels and sheets.
If rainy on my large clothes horse in front of the heater.
I do use my dryer for socks, jocks, singlets etc because with 8 of us there is plenty of those
I do occasionally use my dryer for other things because in the winter I can so quaky get behind on the washing.

[Amity]

poll added. please vote

[Gigi]

don't use the line much, due to air pollution and safety issues. mainly use whatever i can rig up inside, to air clothes dry, then finish them off in the drier (only a few minutes).

[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

[Sopdet]

Currently I don't have a clothes line, so right now it is "rarely", if I did have a line, in this weather, I'd probably air but not dry.

[Peachey]

I love hanging the clothes on the line! If the weather is nice of course, even if its cold but there is a bit of sunshine I will try and hang them out

[MrsFabuloso]

Yep, I always hang on the line, unless the weather is bad and then it's either on the rope that's tied across the undercover area outside, or on the clothes horse in front of the fire (in winter!). We don't own a clothes dryer. Even if we did I don't think I'd use it, I love the smell of the clothes after they've been on the line.

[Jewel]

Always on the clothes line here. If it's raining they go on the clothes horse in side. We don't own a dryer.

[Tinks]

I can't use our clothesline

We live on a dirt road, in summer the clothes are covered in dust if I put them out there. In winter it's too cold and damp to dry anything so I use the dryer or clothes horses.

[Rowellen]

We don't own a dryer by choice so all or washing gets hung on the line. If it rains, we have 2 clothes airers & a portable clothesline. It looks really messy but better than risking burning the house down imo.

[~me~]

I live in a windy suburb..it's great for drying clothes even in winter.
I quite often have two loads out by 9am if I am home. Sometimes dependind on the day I will put socks and jocks in the dryer.
I use a clothes horse if it's miserable outside. We have ducted heating, so if I hang up early in the day, they will be dry by the next morning.

[Cassius2]

we dont have a dryer so the line it is for us!

[Pholi]

It's amazing how much effort some people have to go to to get all their washing hung out...
I line dry everything, and wouldn't buy a dryer. Like many others, I enjoy hanging out the washing, and I love the smell of sunshine on my towels when I unfold them later. Having a decent washing line in the sun and undercover space outside were 'must-haves' when we were househunting. But I guess we have predominently windy, sunny weather in Perth, with no dodgy neighbours, insignificant road dust, etc, so it's not too hard for us here.

[OceanPrincess]

I've got a massive covered outside line which is often full during summer... nappies, sheets, clothes, etc etc... but during winter stuff just doesn't quite get dry!

I do still put big things out there but they need to come inside to finish drying off so often my house resembles a laundry... ATM I have a queen and a single mattress protectors draped all over my dining room chairs trying to dry...

Winter we use clothes airers over the ducted heating vents. DH told me it costs $1.75 every time I run the dryer so I'm trying to stop using it... but the nappies generally still go in there.

[beansbeans!]

Unfortunately we rarely use our clothesline, actually you can only use it in the warmer months... And it drives me crazy.

In the house we are in now, our backyard is surrounded by 20m+ pine trees, therefore making our yard rarely see daylight. Its forever cold out there, and nothing ever dries on the line. In summer, the later months of spring and early autumn then its fine other than that its pointless even entering the backyard.

So I use my dryer daily, I use our airer daily too. But because the airer wasnt bought with this house in mind, it actually doesnt fit in our house, every room is soo small and with the girls running around its just a barrier. So until I get a new one, our airer lives on the front verandah, which even there it takes at least four days to dry the clothes. I also use the heaters too when they are on...

[jackrose]

I would love a clothes line, some sunshine and some drying breezes but alas, we live in an apartment.

Still 90% of the time I use the clothes horse. I use the dryer to finish towels off sometimes, if I catch them before they are dry and to dry a load if I am behind and have no room left on the horse.

I don't like the dryer for the cost, environmental impact, wear on the clothes and steaming up of the *laundry*.