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The drying time indoors will typically be longer than outdoor drying because of the lack of direct solar radiation and the convective assistance of the wind. Small loads can simply be draped over furniture or a shower curtain pole. A clotheshorse can help save space in an apartment, or clothes lines can be strung in the basement during the winter. Several types of devices are available for indoor drying. to preserve privacy and as a safeguard against vandalism.to raise the humidity level indoors, and lower the air temperature indoors.reduce the damage to fabrics from sun's UV rays.Laundry may be dried indoors rather than outdoors for a variety of reasons including: The line presents a hazard to pedestrians, depending on line mounting height, pedestrian height, and lighting conditions.Clothespins can leave imprints on the clothes.Environmental contaminants such as soil, dust, smoke, automotive or industrial pollutants, pollen and bird and animal droppings can come in contact with clothing.There may be a risk of theft or vandalism of clothes depending on where the clothes are hung.Exposing laundry can lessen privacy, showing information about inhabitants' living habits.Neighbors may find it aesthetically unpleasant.Laundry items need to be hung indoors during rainy weather, or may get wet if the weather changes.Putting laundry on a line usually takes more time than putting it into a mechanical dryer (as laundry items have to be hung up and fixed one by one).For non-commercial mechanical clothes drying the repair and replacement costs (including labor expenses) are about $200.00 per 1,000 loads of laundry or 20 cents per load. For a simple line drying arrangement (rope and clothes pins) the repair and replacement costs are about $20.00 per 1,000 loads of laundry or 2 cents per load.Does not vent indoor air to the outside and waste the large volume of conditioned (heated or cooled) air that a mechanical dryer's blower does.Eliminates the noise from a mechanical clothes dryer.Avoids the potential of airborne lint and reduced air quality.

Laundry items often do not need ironing if line dried in a breeze.

Laundry items stay softer to the touch (mechanical clothes dryers tend to remove short, soft, fine fibers), and may be less wrinkled.

No static cling and no perfume smells throughout the neighborhood from fabric softener and anti-static dryer sheets.

Laundry items do not shrink (hot air from a mechanical clothes dryer may shrink items).

Zero greenhouse gas emissions per load (2 kg CO 2eq of greenhouse gas emissions from the average mechanical clothes dryer per load).

Here are some advantages and disadvantages of using a clothes line instead of a mechanical dryer: In Scotland, many tenement buildings have a "drying green", which is a communal area predominantly used for clothes lines – it may also be used as a recreational space - as well as a clothes horse connected to a pulley system inside which can be used in the frequently cold winter weather.īoth clothes lines and clothes dryers serve the same purpose: drying clothes that have been recently washed, or that are wet in general. More elaborate rotary washing lines save space and are typically retractable and square or triangular in shape, with multiple lines being used (such as the Hills Hoist from Australia). Longer washing lines often have props holding up sections in the middle due to the weight of the usually wet clothing. Washing lines are attached either from a post or a wall, and are frequently located in back gardens, or on balconies. Clothing that has recently been washed is hung along the line to dry, using clothes pegs or clothespins. two sticks), outside or indoors, above the level of the ground. It is any type of rope, cord, or twine that has been stretched between two points (e.g. Clothes lines located in Tripoli in northern Lebanon.Ī clothes line, also spelt clothesline and also known as a washing line, is a device for hanging clothes on for the purpose of drying them.