Energy saving on a wet washing day!

It's really wet but I still have to dry my laundry. This is old technology but it's a great way to save energy today! My front window looks like it has a crack but I think it's caused by a snail trail, never seen that before so wanted to share! Cheers, Lesley

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[phekwig]

That's a very practical idea...

[flydarling]

@phekwig It's so old fashioned but it still works today providing you have high ceilings and a warm dry place to put it. Clothes dry in hours! Cheers, Lesley

[lolaknows]

Very ingenious! Love it!

[flydarling]

@lolaknows It's one of those things that's not everywhere so I thought it was worth showing! Works so well without you having to think about it or keep an eye on our changeable weather here in the UK! Cheers, Lesley

[Blinkazoid]

Hi there Lesley! Bravo on saving a bit of energy. Looks like a great way to do things. I'd install one of those myself if I had a nice tall stairway. I have to duck my head when I go up and down the stairs here as it is though.

[flydarling]

@Blinkazoid Thanks Robert, you're right the key really is the tall ceilings. A lot of the great old houses over here had them in the hot kitchen to dry things. We wouldn't be able to dry sheets without them being in the way, anywhere else in the house. Cheers, Lesley

[flydarling]

@cooksterz Glad you liked it, I saw your video while I was doing laundry on a wet day so thought I'd show you a different approach. When it's dry outside I use a rotary line with pegs (clothes pins) and I love the smell of sheets dried that way. The only casualties this way are sometimes you knock things off and they land on peoples heads as they come up the stairs! Cheers, Lesley

[cooksterz]

That is a brilliant dry rack! Just love that! Really 3 racks and a pulley system! Genious i tell you. I guess softener can make them a bit softener. Great share and ill approve the resp, and then go maker sure my dogs didnt pull off the sheets and things on the clothesline!! :D

[flydarling]

@timido66 Van it's a lifesaver as I can hang things indoors if our weather looks a bit iffy and I'm going out. It would take a very acrobatic dog to get to the sheets on this rack! Not all houses would have room to hang one like we do, our wide landing means I can reach everything too. Cheers, Lesley

[flydarling]

@fairplay9449 I really like houses from the Edwardian era as they have such high ceilings which makes them feel spacious and in this case allows us lots of headroom up the stairs even with a load of washing! Cheers, Lesley