Front loading washers

[xeney]

Built-in heater apparently will give me a sanitizing option to my washing, which is great for pet bedding.

We thought this was a great idea and it was one of the reasons we were glad to upgrade to the Duet (the old Kenmore/Frigidaire did not have a sanitize cycle). But the sanitize cycle ruined our towels, shrunk the cover on the dog's bed, and made our diapers look old and worn in one shot.

We just use "heavy duty" now. The sanitize cycle is REALLY hot.

[Irulan]

We thought this was a great idea and it was one of the reasons we were glad to upgrade to the Duet (the old Kenmore/Frigidaire did not have a sanitize cycle). But the sanitize cycle ruined our towels, shrunk the cover on the dog's bed, and made our diapers look old and worn in one shot.

We just use "heavy duty" now. The sanitize cycle is REALLY hot.

The one I got has that, but it wasn't a selling point for us. I was more interested in the larger capacity for all our sleeping bags.

[badger]

I actually air dry almost all my clothes and underwear and just put sheets and crappy in-house clothes in the dryer.

A lot of my clothes have that 1-2% stretch and found that they became baggy after a couple of months. After I started hang drying, I don't have them become limp anymore and last much longer.

Maybe the newer machines won't do that, but it's become habit for me now that I'll probably continue after I get my laundry crisis sorted.

[tulip]

My dryer came with the house and is very old, but it works when I have to use it so I won't replace it until it dies and cannot be repaired. The washer came with my house, too, but it's newer and the same Kenmore model I had in my previous house. I MUCH prefer to dry things on the line outside. That is one reason that I will never live in a development with an HOA. Give me a real neighborhood any day!

[Irulan]

My dryer came with the house and is very old, but it works when I have to use it so I won't replace it until it dies and cannot be repaired. The washer came with my house, too, but it's newer and the same Kenmore model I had in my previous house. I MUCH prefer to dry things on the line outside. That is one reason that I will never live in a development with an HOA. Give me a real neighborhood any day!

When we bought our home 20 years ago, we made our realtor dig out what few CCR's there were. No one even knew our neighborhood even than them. But sure enough, they existed. Fortunately, they were very simple: no livestock, junkyards, or garages taller than houses and that was it.

(CCR is COmmunity Covenants and Restrictions)

I was talking to some recently who has lived in her home in a non CCR are for 30+ years. New people are moving in that are offended by laundry out on the line and are harassing the neighbors. That whole mind set of keeping thing so "nice" that you can't live your life, ie hang your laundry out... ( or put up a basketball hoop, etc) is just out of my comprehension..

For me the key is making it easy. We put up our rectangular on a corner of the deck so all I have to do is go out the back door and the line is right there!! I love my laundry breaks on the sunny days.

[tulip]

When we bought our home 20 years ago, we made our realtor dig out what few CCR's there were. No one even knew our neighborhood even than them. But sure enough, they existed. Fortunately, they were very simple: no livestock, junkyards, or garages taller than houses and that was it.

(CCR is COmmunity Covenants and Restrictions)

I was talking to some recently who has lived in her home in a non CCR are for 30+ years. New people are moving in that are offended by laundry out on the line and are harassing the neighbors. That whole mind set of keeping thing so "nice" that you can't live your life, ie hang your laundry out... ( or put up a basketball hoop, etc) is just out of my comprehension..

For me the key is making it easy. We put up our rectangular on a corner of the deck so all I have to do is go out the back door and the line is right there!! I love my laundry breaks on the sunny days.

I'm with you! Right now I only have a folding rack that I put out in the back yard, but I want to get a real clothes line or one of those Australian (Hill) umbrella drying racks that'll hold a whole load. There's nothing better than sleeping of sheets that have been dried in the breeze!

[OakLeaf]

Florida law prohibits HOAs from banning clotheslines.

You know the people who don't want clotheslines in their neighborhoods come back from Europe with stacks of photos of other people's colorful laundry.

I've just got a couple of lines strung across our second-floor deck.

[bmccasland]

I recently helped a friend move into a renovated apartment house in the older part of the city (New Orleans). Because of termites, much work had to be done, and the owner had just finished his unit, including rebuilding his balcony (upstairs apartment), and the renovation included the old laundry line fittings. Friend (a guy) didn't get it . I was in lust for the space.... the character of the old place..... Then again, my mortgage is less than his rent.

[Norse]

I LOVE the smell and feel of line-dryed sheets. We have a retractable line (4 lines total) that we pull out and attach to a removable pole when in use and the lines retract and have a home on the back of the house when not in use. This past summer, new neighbors moved into the house with a bullseye view of our line so I asked if it bothered them. They said absolutely not, they love it and they want to get one for themselves!