[CrazedLedZepFan]

Originally Posted by PrettyPaula

im surprised at how many people in america have dryers...

i dont have one... i wouldnt ever use one, they are hugely uneconomical and massive waste of electricity! sorry!

i use the line outside to dry things, and if its winter we hang on clothes horses in the house and on radiators....

i dont see the point in paying for something twice if that makes sense?

I agree. I only use my dryer in the winter/when it rains (usually plan laundry around the bad weather, lol). Though I don't have room for hanging things in my tiny house, though if I did I would (mom and dad had a designated "laundry room" at home with lines strung up). It saves soo much electricity.

[JuliaDH]

6 washed and dried. 1 more to wash & dry. Then I will fold infront of the tv tonight after the kids go to bed. I hate matching socks. I love hanging and do all year round. I will set aside stuff from different loads if they need to be dried quickly and use the machine. But generally 80% of my stuff is dried au natural!

[Shopaholic1204]

I hate matching socks too. Dh is so weird about his socks matching that I usually just end up throwing his in the drawer so he can figure it out. Plus, its annoying trying to match 50 billion black socks. They're ALL different. And like I said..dh is weird about his socks, lol.

Mine are easy to match..they're all different colors, lol.

[WebRover]

Our Homeowners' Association rules include a restriction on clotheslines. However, the State of Florida passed a law in 1980 that invalidates bans on solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources.

However in my part of Florida, the average morning humidity is 88%. Not so good for outdoor drying. We have no basements. We have tropical showers summer afternoons. Indoor drying just puts more load on the A/C - the real energy user.

Webrover-I know, put a line over one of your AC vents and Freeze Dry your clothes.