TH dwellers, dry your clothes on these

ksdk

I have a clothes line but don't use it in the winter. I have 5 drying racks. Everything gets a blast in the dryer, then hangs to finish drying. Using the dryer first softens them up, so you don't have crunchy clothes.

SuperGreen

Hmm that's a good idea, but what floor do you let it drip on?  I'm not too keen on letting it drip on my carpet or HW, I'd be worried about mold and warping, respectively.  We can't have drying racks outside at all per our HOA, not even in our fenced backyard.  Yes it's highly unlikely the HOA inspector will come by during the exact time I have this out, but it's like a $200 fine.  I can't wait to move to upstate NY where I can do what I want!

Roni.Cedra

My mom always wrung the clothes out pretty well before hanging them and we never had dripping. Do you have a garage? Also, Bath tub :-) That is what I did when I lived in the apartment. I got a small one that fit in the tub.

SuperGreen

No garage or basement.  And we only have one tub which is in the nasty cat litterbox room.  Our awesome cat pees in the tub, isn't that nice?

Roni.Cedra

SuperGreen:

No garage or basement.  And we only have one tub which is in the nasty cat litterbox room.  Our awesome cat pees in the tub, isn't that nice?

Our cat did that too... my  mom always said it was better than on the carpet ;-)

You could get something to put under it... like they do for muddy boots? But I think... yeah... Maybe petitioning the homeowners association. 

amz05

my clothes are never *that* dripping wet when I hang them on my rack. If I do have ones that are a little more drippy I just put a bath towel under the rack to catch the drips.

I usually set mine up over carpet and the carpet never gets really wet if I don't use the towel either

Alirebco

We have that but we only have one and I use it for diapers. 

ksdk

There's no dripping! The washer wrings them out pretty well, but I always do the blast in the dryer first. I set them up on carpet in the laundry room or bedroom, unless I am hand washing, then I use the tub or the bathroom floor with a towel under the rack. I came to this because it keep my clothes so nice... no shrinkage, no wrinkles... and it keeps the bills down.

heliocentric

I'd need like 30 of those racks to dry all our laundry. Maybe because I do several loads on the same day. I guess if I did one load a day it'd work, but then I'd always have laundry hanging and that'd get on my nerves. I just suck it up and use the dryer in the winter. (I can use the clothesline in the summer.)

cyprissa

I use drying racks for lots of clothes and I've never seen any dripping. The spin cycle on the washer gets them past the drip stage. Clothes usually dry overnight.

SuperGreen:

Hmm that's a good idea, but what floor do you let it drip on?  I'm not too keen on letting it drip on my carpet or HW, I'd be worried about mold and warping, respectively.  We can't have drying racks outside at all per our HOA, not even in our fenced backyard.  Yes it's highly unlikely the HOA inspector will come by during the exact time I have this out, but it's like a $200 fine.  I can't wait to move to upstate NY where I can do what I want!