Comments on: Air Drying Clothes: Dry Clothes Absolutely Free!

By: learning the ropes

learning the ropes — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:39:05 +0000

We do this all the time. We now have a home with a small yard, so tying two nylon cloth lines and buying a couple dozen clothespin did it for us. We pay 1.5$ per dryer load because we live in a pay per wash apartment. So its an even bigger saving for us, and then we don’t have to hang around for the dryer to do its job and picking up our clothes from it. We just use the washer, hang the clothes for drying and we are good to go anywhere we want while mother nature does its job.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:31:45 +0000

We have geothermal heating cooling, which does everything including heating the hot water. the only thing it doesn’t do is to run the clothes dryer.
I was thinking…air conditioning and heat pumps tend to dry the air out, because when it chills, it loses mositeure, ditto when it heats. Why not build a drying closet, between the air return (back to the heater/air conditioner), so that you would blow all the air past your clothes. The mositure would be removed in the air handler, and the velocity of dry air passing around the clothes would dry them quickly. you could set up the clothesline in the closet, or put it on a roller so you could slide it out, load it up, slide it back in and shut the door.
Just a thought!

By: Rob Lewis

Rob Lewis — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:45:42 +0000

Because of the amount of washing we do, we tend to put a bit of it in the dryer and leave the rest to dry around the house when it’s wet outside.

The only problem I find is when we have clothes hanging over doors, the kids tend to forget and the hangers end up scratching the paint off the door frame.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:18:16 +0000

Great post!

It actually really cracked me up because my family (way back in the day) never used a dryer either! AND when I asked my Mom why that was the case, she gave me a similar list; too bad I was only like 12 when I asked the question!

I could have cared less then. But now… it makes a lot of sense!

By: garrett

garrett — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:37:40 +0000

You can always air fluff stiff towels in the dryer, just don’t use heat, and you’ll have soft towels with very little energy use.

By: garrett

garrett — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:36:22 +0000

Stop writing. Get your ass to Home Depot and stop paying to heat and cool your home at the same time!

By: Jadin

Jadin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:30:27 +0000

We. too, always line dry. We had been “putting up” with stiff, board like towels, etc. until we started using vinegar in the rinse water. WE tried softener to no avail, but after using a similar volume of white vinegar, within two, three washes, everything is perfect!

By: VicfromATL

VicfromATL — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:48:38 +0000

Great post. I have started doing the same..though I was Air drying some of my clothes earlier.

Imagine what would be the impact if whole America did this!!

Cheers,

Vic

By: jim

jim — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:39:09 +0000

Jon – I think you’re drying them in an area that’s too humid, ie. it’s drying too slowly.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:42:34 +0000

What am I doing wrong? My clothes- especially the towels- smell musty when I air dry them.

By: David

David — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:41:30 +0000

Don’t forget that it’s free, whereas running your dryer can be the most expensive utility cost in your home!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:23:25 +0000

We do this all the time. I find the best place to hang clothes (especially in our small apartment) is on hangers hanging on the trim over door frames.