Front loading washers

**Irulan** · 02-08-2009, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by 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!

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** · 02-08-2009, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by Irulan

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** · 02-08-2009, 08:27 AM

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** · 02-09-2009, 05:30 AM

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** · 02-09-2009, 07:14 AM

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!

**Irulan** · 02-09-2009, 07:19 AM

and what would you have done if they said "yes, we think it's trashy".

Me, I would never ask that question, as I'd never do anything different anyway on this issue.

**tulip** · 02-09-2009, 07:25 AM

Norse, glad to know that you like the retractable line. I would like that option because I only do laundry once a week, and the rest of the time I like my garden (yard) to be line-free. Does the retractable line sag? Do you have to hook it up high to accommodate sagging?

I don't think I'd ask either!

**OakLeaf** · 02-09-2009, 07:56 AM

http://www.latimes.com/features/home...,5628220.story

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**Norse** · 02-09-2009, 08:32 AM

I asked after we had become friends with them, had them over for dinner.... I suppose we would have put up more trees/bushes between our yards if it did bother them.

After a lot of use, the lines do eventually start to sag, so periodically we need to tighten them. After fixing many, many splayed areas, DP invested in some new lines last year and redid much of it. Kind of hard to explain the removable in-ground pole that they attach to, but if the lines are really tight, you can put the pole on the ground, pull the lines out (they all attach into a contraption that has a hook that hooks into the pole), attach to the pole hook and then lift the pole up and put in the ground. We live in a very wooded, natural looking area so I am glad that we do not have to have the lines up all the time.

**ttaylor508** · 02-11-2009, 04:30 PM

We just recently started looking at front loaders and I think we are going with the Whirlpool Duet Ultra. It pays to price shop as most of the sellers will negotiate their prices as they are very motivated to make the sale right now. We are getting the 4.0 Ultra for the same price as the lower model Sport. I thought the Sport would be fine, but DH wants all the bells and whistles and since they are willing to give it to us for the lower model price, what the heck!

I am hoping it will help with the workout clothes funk!

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