Clotheslines

Published on January 30th, 2024

A clothesline is not just a wrestling move on WWE Monday Night Raw, it also used to be a place where people hung their wet clothes out to dry. The concept is uniquely simple. When the washing cycle is done, clothes are hung up on a taught string until they are dry. Sometimes pegs are needed to hold the clothes in place but often they aren’t .

At some point I guess some genius got the idea of building a machine much like a washing machine that threw the clothes around while blowing hot air on them. Thus for $300 and little hike on the utility bill, it is possible to dry clothes today without ever leaving the safety of your own home. In the land of home cinemas, rec rooms, and pools in every back yard, this was uniquely appealing to people. The only downside was that dry tumbling sometimes left the clothes smelling a wee bit burned and charged the clothes with static electricity. Also clothes that previously lasted 200 or more wash cycles would only last 100 wash cycles. Of course this problem was easily solved by inventing fabric softeners, anti static sprays, and buying more clothes. Nothing keeps people occupied and the economy chugging like solving the problems they just created, I mean just look the daily commute from suburbia.

However, last week or was it the week before, I bid farewell to our dryer (It came with the house which of course is no reason to use it) and installed a clothesline on the overhang in the back yard. I didn’t use hooks, nor did I go out to buy a “real” clothesline. DW simply sacrificed some of her yarn, pink no less, and we doubled it, doubled it once more and then tied it up tight between the overhang supports. Instant DIY clothesline! This process took 5 minutes of action and about 3 years of procrastination. I did not get clothes pegs. Unless it is really windy, they are not needed. I just hang pants along their folds and they dry into that. No ironing needed if hung correctly.

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Americans are apparently the people that have the most clothes and wash them most often. I don’t wash my clothes every time I have worn them. I think washing machines coupled with obsessive compulsive germophobia has made us wash a lot more often than we really need to. I usually wash cotton slacks and denim jeans every 5-7 days as they don’t get dirty in an office environment. Underwear, socks, and tshirts get one wearing though. Cotton sweaters get five or more, same with dress shirts (I wear them over a tshirt). Apply the sniff test if in doubt. For those who are really hardcore I recommend changing into “dirty/play” clothes when getting home from school/job, etc. That way the good office clothes only gets worn 8 hours a day.
I never use “hot” water (that’s 90C for the people blessed with the metric system). Warm (60C) is sufficient for your hot water needs. I don’t think this makes any difference in how long the clothes last but it does make a difference on the utility bill.
Next time I would consider getting a front loading machine. It saves on both water and clothes. The agitator even looks like the clothes killer it is. The other thing that wears clothes down being the dry tumbler.
Washing clothes inside out to prevents losing the coloring. I must admit I only do this for my expensive cotton shirts, but it really should be done for everything.

Any other tips?

Originally posted 2007-12-26 09:45:00.

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Frugal Bachelor said,

I have traveled extensively in Latin America and Asia and line-drying is one of THE most visible signs of frugality around the world. Even in some immigrant neighborhoods around here it is also very visible, and you can even tell some people line-dry their clothes from the smell (which I love).

When on vacation I always wash my clothes in the sink and then line-dry them within my room (I bring sink stopper and portable clothesline). That way I only need to take 1-2 days of clothes so I can travel very light. Not only are washing services expensive, but they also take time.

In a period of extreme frugality about 2.5 years ago I line-dried my clothes at home, and even washed them in my kitchen sink. Didn’t work out really well for me, they take forever to dry. I doubt I would do it at home again, but I will always do it while traveling.

Jacob said,

I remember washing clothes in the bathtub on an extended vacation some years ago. Indoor drying really takes forever and it also contributes a lot of humidity. Not recommended unless there’s some secret I don’t know?

One thing I suspect is that visible clotheslines might even be against zoning laws or at activate the more uptight members of the home owners association. Anyone know whether that is the case?

Oh, and DW suffered a bit of my enthusiasm of line dried clothes when I thrust it into her face and said “Smeeeell”. I watch too much Futurama 🙂

Shanti said,

While you make a great point for a majority of homes, there are some places where line-drying clothes just isn’t an option. When I lived in Italy, I line-dried everything. In Tuscany it was arid enough that everything dried quickly and usually with a lovely sun-dried feel. But here in Seattle the humidity is always up and if it’s not raining, the rain is coming. We joke that our state flower is mildew, which makes my point. I tried line-drying when I lived in an apartment complex where the laundry room was always full and inconveniently located, and most of my clothes, no matter how ringed-out they were, would start smelling moldy and gross-damp before they would feel dry.

I am whole-heartedly with you on the part about not washing clothes so often, though. Most of my clothes are cashmeres and silks and I wouldn’t want to wash them all the time, anyway. I wash most pieces of clothing once a month, which is about 4-7 wears per piece before washing.

Debbie M said,

It’s true that line drying is illegal in some areas, but if you can hide it from the neighbors via careful placement, they won’t care and won’t call the cops on you.

I dry my clothes on clothes racks inside. It does take a long time, especially in the winter, so I can do only one load of laundry a day (unless I pull out an extra drying rack and put it someplace in the way!).

You can also dry clothes by hanging them up spaced out on a clothes rod. Some people have these in their laundry rooms or can easily install one. If you dry shirts on hangers, then they are ready to put away as soon as they are dry.

Having a ceiling fan on full blast all day is a really big help, and flipping the clothes over after 12 hours to expose the other side also helps.

Having the drying rack near plants makes the humidity a good thing! Also, it’s a free humidifyer in winter or when you have a cold! Just don’t leave the racks too close to a wall or you can get mildew.

Unlike normal people, I really don’t like the smell of laundry that has dried outside, although it’s wonderfully fast, especially on a sunny, breezy day when no bird poops on them. A load of thin clothes can be dry by the time the next load is washed!

But to me, clothes dried outside smell like wet dogs. Maybe I should learn to love the smell of wet dogs?

I’m afraid I fantasize about the day when I can have a dryer (I have a washer connection in the kitchen and no dryer connections, so this would require remodeling). But I think I’ll still only dry jeans and towels in the dryer, and maybe not even until they’re bone dry. Things with elastic definitely last much, much longer when you never put them in a dryer.

Also, I have tried washing stuff in a sink and hanging it to dry while traveling, but I hate that. I am not strong enough to wring them as dry as my washer does, even when I do that trick where you roll them in a dry towel and then wring the water into a towel. And most hotels don’t have ceiling fans, so things seem to never, ever dry. And so you have to wear them very damp and hope they dry off before they chafe you.

Fubek said,

There are places where line drying is illegal? How sick is that? How can this be? Where is that?

I’m baffled.

Jacob said,

@Fubek – many places in the US have zoning regulations that forbid it because it is “unsightly”.

Baz L said,

I do have a question though:

How do you keep track of how many days you’ve worn something. I assume you’d rotate (not wearing the same thing all in a row), but how do you distinguish 3 uses from 4?
—
Baz L

Jacob said,

@Baz – I don’t rotate. Then it’s easy.

Jas said,

For Debbie M:

Dry your clothes on the line or in the rack. Then put them in the dryer just long enough to freshen and soften them. Use a dryer sheet (IE Bounce) if you must. Should only take 5 or 10 minutes!

steve said,

If an when you do get clothespins, don’t get the one-piece plastic-hinged ones, as the plastic hinge will fatigue and potentially project half of a clothespin into your face. (This actually happened to me)

No, get the wooden ones with the metal springs.
They will last approximately 200 years by my estimation.

I got a bag of old ones at a yard sale (probably 25 years old already, hence made is the US), but you can buy them new at the hardware store too, thought the newer ones are wimpier and made in Mexico or China. (nothing against Mexico or China, I am just noting the difference).

They are good for keeping the wind from blowing your socks and underwear and shirts away.

steve said,

PS I have a clothesline inside. All you need is a couple of hooks in studs in your walls, or do what I do and run a line between two doorways, wrapping the line around the hinges.

Look up how to tie a trucker’s hitch to be able to cinch the line up tight.

Cotton clothesline is the best in my long experience. Easy to tie, easy to undo, and easy to use for other purposes that you would normally use rope for.

Stay away from the plastic-coated stuff unless you are installing clothesline pulleys. Which are unnecessary unless you are installing a line out the second floor window (which some people do).

SimpleMe said,

I’m on the same page. Haven’t used the dryer in months. We inherited it and I’m sure it’s less than energy efficient. Don’t have a clothesline in Las Vegas, but we do have a spare room (I know, dumb, but it is what it is until we sell the house) where I lay everything out and air dry. We enjoy practically 0 humidity, so everything from jeans to towels is dry in a few hours. No ironing required!

I felt it deserved it’s own post, thus “Dry heat, undies and ceiling fans” at http://lessisfabulous.com/2010/06/11/dry-heat-undies-and-ceiling-fans/. Enjoy!

Tibbe-Line said,

I am the inventor of the Tibbe-Line, a device used to air dry laundry easier and more pleasing to the eye (www.tibbeline.com) The Tibbe-Line is multi-functional in that it can be used on an existing clothesline and can be made into a portable clothesline and can be used at home or taken with you (camping, traveling, etc.) You can hang 21 articles of clothing in the space of 39″ and hangars are used instead of clothespins.

The Tibbe-Line can also be used to transport clothing in a vehicle, as a space saver in the closet and for people in wheelchairs giving them access to their own clothes without help from anyone.

I have cut my laundry time by more than half as well as cutting down on my electricity consumption and electric bill not to mention saving money, energy, space, time and helping the environment.

The Tibbe-Lines retail set of 3 for $14.95 plus S&H. If you have any questions or want more information please feel free to contact me by phone or email 719-544ROSE(7673) or http://www.rose@tibbeline.com

Daniele said,

Yeah in Italy, as Shanti said, nobody has dryer and I saw one the first time I moved to Holland 😀

Annemarie said,

I rack-dry inside (outside is too humid), dryer-dry the white stuff or it comes out like boards. Finicky family hates boards.

Just read that some people have blamed the use of cooler water and no dryer for the increase in lice and other pests. No idea if it’s true.

veganprimate said,

I came across a laundry tip while researching RV living. I’ve tried it three times now, and it’s great!

The tip is to use less water by not rinsing your clothes. You don’t wash them with soap or detergent. You use ammonia. I’ve been washing my clothes in my hotel sink, so I use a couple capfuls of ammonia to a basinful of water. I think a quarter cup or half cup to a gallon is the ratio if you’re using a bucket or something.

It was mentioned that this method is good for clothes that aren’t stained or visibly soiled. The ammonia will evaporate and your clothes will smell fine. On the label of the ammonia, it mentions using it as a laundry additive, so I don’t think it is doing any harm. You’re simply just skipping the detergent.

I’ve really liked the results I’ve gotten.

Jacob said,

@veganprimate – Interesting!

(Just don’t mix it with chlorine as really bad things will happen.)

veganprimate said,

Jacob, if the yarn doesn’t hold up, don’t give up and buy a commercial clothesline. Try making a cable.

With regards to the ancient and venerable craft of spinning, a single ply is fairly weak. That is fiber that is spun (twisted) in one direction (say, clockwise). Plying makes yarn stronger. The more plies, the stronger it is. Your wife’s pink yarn, if it’s commercial yarn, is probably a three- or four-ply. Plied yarn is made by taking however many strands that have been spun in one direction and then they are spun together in the opposite direction.

The strongest yarns are cabled. A cabled yarn is simply yarn that has been spun in one direction, plied in the opposite direction (actually OVERplied…given excessive twist), and then plied again in the first direction.

So, if your wife’s yarn turns out to be too weak as is, take a length of it twice as long as you want your clothesline to be. Twist it some more in the direction it was last twisted in order to overply it. You can figure this out if the yarn gets tighter and firmer. If it starts separating out into the individual plies, you’re going the wrong way. Once you’ve got it all twisted, keep it held taught, and bring the two ends together…basically folding it in half. Then let go, and it will twist around the opposite direction naturally. Voila! A cabled yarn.

I’ll leave it to you figure out how to put twist into the yarn. You’re a smart guy. 🙂

HSpencer said,

Gated Communities and HOA’s.

Now we wouldn’t want to look like the Beverly Hillbillies would we?

You can have a high end wooden swing set from a name brand company, but no rusting metal ones from World Mart or some silly Ace Hardware.

Also, no mowing your own grass. If you can’t hire a Landscaper Co, you don’t need to living here to begin with.

Clothes Lines? What?

Laura said,

I wash most clothes at 30C or 40C, this seems to work ok.

Jacob said,

@HSpencer – And you can’t park an old car in the driveway, etc. This demographics is like wannabe royalty. Inherently wasteful, in fact wasteful by construction; like the tail of a peacock: Look at me, I must be superior because I look like such an easy target for economic trouble. I wonder just how large a part of the economy they support.

Well, I guess we know the answer to that question to some extent.

Two years ago, the streets were lined with “Starter homes in the low 400s”. Now we have print-out stapled to telephone poles from “shortsellersRus.com”. Every other business next to us (mobile home parks are put in areas zoned for business) has a big “for sale” sign posted on it.

Some times they stop watering the sidewalks every night sending a small river of fresh water down the drains. Then the grass starts browning to its natural color. Then they turn the faucets on again to reestablish the curb appeal.

It’s the smell of progress.

Caine said,

I’ve had good luck using simple green as a detergent. Supposedly much more enviro friendly.

I recently bought a front loading washing machine. 600 dollars vs top loaders of 3 to 4 hundred. 150 cash back from Calif and my local utilities. My old top loader used over 50 gallons per wash, the front loader uses 17. We wash a lot and the new washer saves us over 1500 gallons of water a month. That’s about 10 dollars worth a month, which pays back the difference from front to top loader in under 2 years.

To get back on point, the front loader has an incredibly fast spin cycle and the clothing comes out so dry it would greatly reduce line drying time.

Bridget said,

I rarely use my dryer. I wash about every 2-3 weeks and hang most of my clothes on a wire rack in the garage.

Starshard0 said,

I think it’s ridiculous that line drying is illegal/forbidden by HOAs in some places.

What’s next? It’s illegal to park anything other than a luxury car in your driveway?

Jacob said,

@Starshard0 – There’s certainly a regulation on what kind of vehicles you can park in the drive way. When we lived in HOA-land, we were chancing having the RV outside for as long as we did.

Debbie M said,

The worst is when it’s the homeowners themselves who are the eyesores or ruining the neighborhood. History books biased me against homeowner associations. I even have some qualms about my neighborhood association.

Jan said,

Silk and wool should not be washed. My step-grandmother (a wealthy woman) taught me to hang them in side out in a place that they could get air (she had one section of the closet for it). If you can put them outside during the time of day when direct sun does not get them- even better.

She also taught me that hot water was a waste of energy. That most clothes did best in cold water. We don’t even have the hot hooked up to our machine. Once a month I put hot water in from the sink and do our cotton undies and socks. Otherwise they are washed in cold as well. She never used hot water- ever.

If you do use a dryer- don’t use dryer sheets. They are bad for your dryer (according to our daughter’s repairman).

Vegan-I looked up your idea and found this http://www.ehow.com/how_4722643_use-ammonia-laundry.html?ref=Track2&utm_source=ask
Never heard of it. I will have to try it- thanks for the lead!

bigato said,

You only need to measure the clothes durability by wash cycles if you don’t hand wash.

Monika said,

Here’s a great tip for saving a lot of money while washing your laundry:
As a detergent, use soapberry / soapnut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapindus)
I have been using it for about 3 years now, and would never return to detergent, be it conventianal or green.
The average price is 7-8 Euros per kilo for the soapnuts, which last me about six months for two people, plus the price for the water softener and essential oil. Can’t be beaten!

Here’s how:
Take 3-4 soapberries per wash, add softener according to your local hardness of the water (I use zeolithe) and a few drops of essential oil for a better smell if you wish (like lavender or orange). All of this has to enter the washing mashine together with the laundry. A small cotton pouch is delivered with the berries, I find it more convenient to use a small a plastic container with holes in the lid.

Further information:
http://www.waschnuss.com/eng/index.html

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dave said,

Super late comment, but in case anyone comes across this, spin dryers work well. They spin at 3000 rpm and remove 90% of the water from your clothes. Regular washing machine spin cycle only removes 40% of the water. Clothes hung up will dry in an hour or so, even indoors.

A low tech alternative to a spin dryer is a roller or mangle, like your grandma used to use, before all this newfangled electricity came along. Commercialy made ones can still be purchased at Lehmans and a few other places.

Lindsay W said,

You could always go a step further than changing into “play” clothes when you get home and just take your clothes off completely when it’s warm! When you only put clothes on to go outside, they don’t get dirty for weeks! Layers are worth it when it’s freezing (and you really only have to wash the innermost ones), but when it’s hot, why not save on laundry AND cooling?

oinkette said,

You don’t have to go outside to use a clothesline. I set one up across my living room. Then I finally broke down and got one of those fold out things.

Also, dedicates I just go ahead and wash in the shower with me. Since my bras run well over $100 (I’m a 34f, so no regular stores carry me) I’m not destroying them in the wash after only 1 use.

Nick | Millionaires Giving Money said,

Dryers have helped to raise family expenses and deplete natural resources just for a tiny convenience. Sometimes technology can can be a nuisance. I always hang my clothes out because its the right thing to do.

Bob said,

If you live in a humid environment (or the pollution gets really bad), you can dry at home using a heater (beware of fire!) then a fan, then just letting it hang. Also useful to leave it near an open window to get some breeze (assuming pollution levels are ok – if you can’t see the sky then you probably shouldn’t open any windows).

Karen said,

I put shirts and jeans in the dryer for about 5-7 min and then hang them up. Everything else gets hung up. I use racks in the spare bedroom to hang it up. We bought a house with a hottub, something I never thought I would like. Well I was wrong. Air drying clothes saves money and now I can run the hot tub without feeling wasteful. Front loader washers have more repair issues as the vibration can cause the floor shocks (?) to break. Just a thought.

gayathri said,

I have two week sets of clothing.I wash one set on a Saturday and hang dry them in the garage till Thursday if it is winter or take them in early if summer. The secret is hang the clothes neatly with no wrinkles. Once dry one does not need to iron at all. Have managed to live like this in Auckland which is in no way as cold as it is in USA or as hot as it is in India.

I feel we humans just love creating problems and then love solving them.

greenie said,

In my work(energy efficiency/conservation field) I get a daily exposure to what people do in their homes with electricity. The sheer amount of laundry that many people do is mind-blowing; households of 3 or 4 doing 2-3 loads of laundry a day, etc. While some people do hang their laundry out when the weather is decent, many(most) others insist on using the dryer. The excuses I hear the most are “allergies” and “my back, shoulder, arms, etc hurt”. So I’d put much of it down to just laziness; these are not wheelchair-bound people or super old either. Blows my mind given their electric bills and the dent in their income due to it; I’d sure be looking to save money if those were my bills!

As for me, a simple piece of cotton clothesline does the trick. My washer is a front-loader which spins out well. And I never use anything other than cold water; the clothes get clean just fine this way.

In the winter which is pretty cold here I relent and do use the dryer. But only when I must.

Henk said,

I remember from my 2 years in USA, living in a typical suburb, that we were not allowed to dry our Clothes outside on a line !!! one of those shocks you get as an European person when you start living in USA. Life is so strange in a suburb in USA, 2nd surprise was that my neighbor rang our door in 2nd week of arrival, to ask if we could keep our grass well maintained, so mowing every weekend ….haha. 3rd surprise was, that we sometimes walked to shop, and then police stopped us about what we were doing, as nobody walks to a shop, so it looked suspicious …. OMG, it was a weird 2 years in USA, strange culture …..

Jeanie said,

I have been hanging most of my clothes on hangers on my shower rod for decades in order to keep them in good shape. I keep the bathroom fan on and don’t have a problem with humidity (I live in New England). I actually have a problem that I cannot wear my clothes out even though I get tired of them (therefore, I can’t replace them). I have some clothes that are over 10 years old. Of course, jeans will be stiff if you hang them instead of putting them in the dryer (I actually like them that way), but it is bad for them to go in the dryer since it shrinks and thins them. The “lint” you get in the dryer is the cotton, etc. coming out and thinning the fabric.

Radeonic said,

If you live in Hong Kong, you can try to hang dry but you pretty much need to use a dryer because the clothes are not going to dry with a 90% humidity.

And if you live in Vancouver where it rains every other day (or everyday in the winter monthes), you will have no choice but to use a dryer.

Also this assumes you have a backyard to hang your clothes to dry. If you live in a rental basement or you live in an apartment, you probably cannot do that because you won’t have anywhere to hang your clothes. It might work if you live alone. But if you have a family of 5 in an apartment, there’s no way you have room to hang your clothes out to dry.

Radeonic said,

If you live in Hong Kong, you can try to hang dry but you pretty much need to use a dryer because the clothes are not going to dry with a 90% humidity.

And if you live in Vancouver where it rains every other day (or everyday in the winter monthes), you will have no choice but to use a dryer.

This sounds more like penny-wise but pound-foolish to me.

Anita said,

I bought a nice Samsung Washing Machine, It is Awesome. Believe me, don’t buy junkie washing machines. I used a clothes lines too. Go green. if possible including toilet paper.

gk said,

I live in England and only line dry my clothing. Many, if not most, people I know do know even own a clothes dryer. In the winter we hang clothes on a rack, in the summer outside. Yes, they take longer to dry inside, but it still works fine.

jennypenny said,

I hung our clothes out to dry on the balcony of our vacation condo this week. Someone yelled from another balcony that I couldn’t hang our clothes there because the sight of them was ruining everyone’s vacation. Crazy. I didn’t feel like a confrontation, so I lied and said the dryer in our unit was broken.

Jane said,

So glad I don’t live in the USA. I walk to the shops and horror of horrors I line dry absolutely everything!

Harriet said,

“And if you live in Vancouver where it rains every other day (or everyday in the winter monthes), you will have no choice but to use a dryer.”

I lived in New Zealand most of my life and in Auckland we had high humidity as well as very regular rain. I could hang out the washing first thing in the morning and without rain could bring it in at night almost as wet as it went out. Then it would go out the next day and the next till it was dry enough to put away. We couldn’t afford a drier, simple as that. Also on rainy days I would hang out the washing – but with only 20 pegs so I would have to link all the clothes together. I could usually take 20 pegs off the line before the washing was so wet it was better to leave the washing out. I can still tell when there is a pressure change indicating a shower is on its way in time enough for me to race outside to get the washing. The rain in New Zealand is often just for half an hour or so at a time so sometimes the washing went out three times in the one day. The only positive is that when it rained the humidity would drop so washing could dry.

This can’t be done if you are working in paid employment but if you are at home its possible so don’t make excuses about living in Vancouver/Seattle/wherever. You can hang clothes outside to dry even if it rains every day for a month – just hang it out between showers – or if all else fails – on a special rack in the kitchen over the coal cooking range. i did it for decades. My mother, her mother and all the grandmothers had no choice but to dry outside. Don’t tell a person it can’t be done when they have done it for years without question.

CT said,

Just to clear things up for people who don’t live in the US. Only some developments have HOAs(home owners associations) that prohibit clotheslines and have huge lists of silly rules. And like everything else–it is the buyer’s responsibility to know what they are buying before they buy. We told our realtor absolutely no HOAs so we never wasted time looking at what we didn’t want. And yes, we can walk to shops if we want.
Some HOAs even prohibit growing fruits/vegetables(but non-edible, ornamental fruits and vegetables are allowed).
I cannot ever imagine a day when I would live in a HOA.

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