I am curious on how to make a clothes line for air drying my clothes.?
Question:Well I realize its getting nice out and why not. How could I build a clothes line in my backyard? The only thing is I would want to remove it when I am not using it. What would I need or anyone know of good sites? Can anyone help me?
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This is a very simple process. Go to the grocery store. They sell inexpensive clothesline and clips. Tie the rope to two separate trees. Make sure you are not putting the line in a path where people, especially children, may run through to play or ride bikes, etc. Then, you can use this to clip your clothes too and dry them in the sun and the breeze. They'll come out smelling so much fresher and it is way cheaper than drying them in a dryer. It is also far less traumatizing to the clothes and your clothes will last longer! Then, when the weather turns too cool in the winter, you can simply untie the clothesline from the trees and take it down. You can buy inexpensive clothes racks for your bathtub and dry a few things in their at a time and also save on the cost of dryer time. Good luck!
You need to poles to be put into the ground or to points to which to tie a piece of rope to and the rope itself..preferably a nylon rope (will not get fraid or brittle after getting wet..hope this helps...
You just need two poles and a rope. Think about the most practical way to do that for you. Do you have a trees you could use? Would a couple porch umbrella stands be tall enough? Can you find one of those dog leads with the clips on both ends that is thin enough to put a clothespin on?
I really don't like the smell of outside clothes at all but if you do go right ahead. You can buy screws the shape of a closed ? mark and screw them into trees and just remove the line when not in use. Inside the home you can buy suction cups with hooks and use them for lingerie or just purchase a new rod and place between the curtain and use hangers.
Hi,they sell Clothesline Pulleys and Clothesline rope too! On the pulleys,you connect each ends onto something.Mine are hooked up to each opposite ends of the patio roof.My Sisters is hooked up to ,one end to her porch roof,the other is hooked up to the roof of her detached garage .Both of them work out quite well. Than you put the rope on ,and you can wheel the clothes further out ,or in towards you. I like my sisters better though,it's higher and longer.nothing makes your clothes and sheets smell better than being dried in the sun. The Clothesline Pulleys are normally sold with the rope at the hardware store.Make sure you get actual clothesline rope,it's coated so you don't get rust or anything else on your clothes.Also get the rope that is 1/4 inch,the thinner rope won't hold clothespins very well. Enjoy the clothesline.Bye,Oh I almost forgot to tell you, my sister made a clothespin bag out of a baby's dress. She sewed up the bottom, and part-way up the front. Than she hangs it on the line with a hanger,and puts her clothespins in it for an easy reach.I just purchased a clothes basket type cart with wheels.It's three ft. high,with a cloth middle to hold the wet clothes,and pockets on the outside for clothespins.Pretty Cool! Bye
First make sure you don't live in one of those snooty subdivisions with rules against clotheslines. I used to have a retractable clothesline. I got it at the hardware store. It's a plastic round container that you screw into something outside, and then you pull out the line and hook it into a hook you screw somewhere else across the yard. You can roll it back in when you don't want to have it out. Worked very nice for several years.
Go to a hardware store & ask for some rope so you can use it for a clothesline. Then ask him/her for some heavy hooks, so you can make a knot on each end of the rope & slip it over the hooks to secure it & be able to take the line down when you're done with laundry. The hooks have to be attached to a very sturdy place. ie: the corner of a garage & the corner of your house. You will also need a clothes pole, aka clothes prop. It attaches to the rope & keeps your clothing from touching the ground while drying. Nothing nicer than the sweet smell of line dryed clothing, sheets, bedding, etc.
If your house/apt isn't too far from a fence get a clothes line and some hooks (kinda like cup hooks but stronger) screw the hooks about 16 inches apart and on the wall of the building and and tie the clothes line around the fence and run it through the hooks and back to the fence tie tight enough that your clothes won't touch the ground. And if you want to get it out of the way just take the line off the hooks, WaaLaa there's your line. Funny that you ask b/c I just did it myself. It works pretty good.
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