Monday, July 7, 2008

Drying in the winter -our latest technology


We wanted to reduce our reliance on electricity for clothes drying in the winter.

My darling man made me a clothes line which hangs under the eaves on the side of the house away from the weather.
As you can see about 2/3rds of it is under the eaves. Darling Man will add a short roof from the eave to the fence so that it can be completely dry.
He even put down 24 bags of blue metal, so that the ground drains any water away and keeps the feet dry while we hang out the washing.
Already we have reduced the need for the use of an electric dryer for hours every week, to less than 1 hour per fortnight ( sometimes we just need a quick 'whoosh' to completely dry something which has hung outside in damp weather.

1 comment:

Nicole and Andrew said...

dont ya just lov handy men :o)
i have lines up on our front deck, but its not just for rainy weather, it also gets used as over flow line. i only wash twice a week so i need all the line i can get. it is also used to dry the bath towels every day