Hanging Clothes out to Dry

I hang clothes out on the line whenever possible. I love the fresh smell they get from drying outside. I never really thought about the allergies before as we are lucky and no one in our house has allergies. We are moving in a few months and one of the first things that will be done at the new place is to put up a clothes line , as there is not one there currently. One thing I do to prevent clothes from gettin too stiff is to make sure i use plenty of liquid fabric softener. In the colder months I use dryer sheets, but come spring I switch to liquid.

I love Spring- I love to hang clothes out to dry- ok not the actual manual labor of it but the smell and the feel. Go outside when its nice and sunny out and hang up laundry. My daughter loves to help. It’s fun to her- I love that we conserve energy, save on the electric bill and I love being outside- I have terrible allergies—but the clothes never seem to bother me-

here in the philippines, we still do that. we wash our clothes and hang them outside in the sun to dry. and i still do that until today. when my boyfriend from sweden came over here last year, he told me that it's kinda old fashioned to do so. well, that's me. and when he returned to sweden, he bought a thing where i can hang dry my clothes when already in sweden. great! and fortunately, i haven't gotten any allergic reactions to this method.lucky me.

It is amazing how much allergies play a roll in everything we do.We here are STILL waiting for weather good enough to allow us to put our stuff outside.We have been getting some type of rain almost every day with the temperatures still under 60 F.My g/f does have bad allergies and they are really cicking in.

I don't really like hanging the clothes outside but only because I swear the bees wait for me to come out.lol. But I do love the smell of clothes after they have been dried outside. I will usually throw them in the dryer for a few minutes to make sure there are no bees in there.lol. I didn't know that this also helps eliminate the allergens.

Oh I am so happy you started this discussion...not because I really care to go out and hang my clothes on the line...but because I forgot I had a load of laundry in the machine...and now I just ran to rewash it because it was already getting that musty smell. I put them in yesterday morning and forgot all about them till I just saw this discussion..lol Now...I love the freshness of clothes hung on the line to dry. I don't however like finding spiders and beetles or any other bugs on them....lol And it never fails a bird poops on something. But it's a beautiful day so I will go hang them out as soon as they are done washing...again. Thanks again for the reminder.

I hang clothes out to dry all the time. I am going to hang rugs that I just got done washing. Its so nice to crawl in bed after your bed linens have dried outside, everything smells like springtime.

I hang clothes out to dry because I don't have a dryer....they are very expensive here in Portugal. However, since neither I nor my roommate have any allergies we don't seem to have a problem. Should an allergy arise, however, it is good to know that the source could come from clothees drying on the line outdoors. +

You know, I have never thought of that! You do have a point there! I guess because I do not have bad allergies that I never stopped to think about it. But that really is useful information! I know many people that suffer allergies and I am sure that I will run into more at some point in my life. So, this will always be in my mind from here on out. Thanks! I love being able to store away information! :)

This is an issue I have been thinking on lately. Australians used to tradionally always hang their washing outside to dry. Nowadays, many Aussies have driers. They are very expensive to run, as they require a great deal of eletricity. In Adelaide, that means in winter sometimes we can't hang our washing outside, so people use driers. I have decided to make a big effort to use those indoor clothes hangers to dry my winer washing. I only had one, so went out today & bought a seond. Now, I wonder if this will rediuce the allergy problem? We have a lot of allergies in our family. Surely the washing, hung indoors, won't be exposed as much to pollen & dust. This will solve the allergy problem & the high electricity use problem with driers. I hope!

Hanging laundry outside is illegal in many communities--it's an eyesore--and it's impossible for apartment dwellers. My pollen allergies are pretty severe and I can't imagine the dryer getting rid of them for me. Not an issue, since it's illegal where I live. The last time I lived someplace it was legal was 1976, and that only in the airwells on lines between your and a neighbor's windows onto the airwell. But that was useless because dripping water from higher apartments meant yours might never get dry! Or general air pollution might make them turn gray. I'll use a dryer!

I would love to hang my clothes out to dry, i love the freshness you get and depsite being allergic to a lot of things, air/sun-dried washing doesn't affect me. However, i don't think i'll be hanging stuf foutt his summer as i'd be worried about it getting stolen, since we don't live in such a great area.

I used to do that. But the clothes were taking too long to dry. So we got a dryer and have been using it since.

I love seeing clothes on the line to dry, it sure brings back memories. They smell so fresh coming in off the line. I haven't heard the dryer hint before, but it sounds easy enough.

When I lived up north I use to hang clothes out to dry all th etime. It saves a high electric bill that way. But since I moved to Florida I don't hang clothes out. I don't even have a clothes line. I really don't see alot of clothes line in town either. I am not sure if it is allowed or not.

I can't hang my clothes out to dry here because we are not allowed in our complex. When we lived in Newfoundland, I only used the dryer in the Winter and on rainy days. When I go home for holidays I will be hanging out clothes for the 2 weeks I am on holidays.

That might work .. I even have to be careful of some of the latest fragranced softeners you can buy .. with all the rush to go 'au naturelle' with fragrances and use real essences of plants and flowers as the frangrancing agent instead of chemically made smells .. I find some of the very flowery scents can make me sneeze if I wear the clothes directly they have been washed ...

I love to hang out my wash in the summer time. The clothes smell so fresh, and it takes so little time to dry them. When I am ready to hang out my next load the first load that I hung out is all dryed allready.But I have to look out for the tiny bugs that like to hang on the clothes. I usually then put the clothes in the dryer for a few seconds to make sure all the bugs are off and the dryer makes the clothes softer.

We used to hang our clothes up til about 11 or 12 years ago. I know it's better for the enviroment but the clothes aren't soft when hung out and the towels are usually real rough.I usually try helping the environement in a lot of other ways,though

since we do not have an operating dryer I have to hang up outdoors or in the house. you are right about the allergens though. My clothes usually get hung in the house along with the towels and linens - the others get hung outside. Another drawback about hanging out is any road dust that might come across the property. the bonuses of course are the scent of line dried clothes the natural brightening agent from the sun (great for whites anyhow) the conservation of fuel energy