Line Drying
I had a new client ask me if I could line dry her bed sheets outside. When I told her that we could she was so overjoyed! I love that there are very simple things that I can do to help bring joy into people’s day, even if that is only through laundry.
We offer line drying both inside and out! I have a clothes line in my backyard that was here when we bought the house. It is perfect for helping to get my big comforters to dry! I also have a few drying racks and clothes racks in my house that are available to hang dry customer’s clothes. It allows the option for me to launder more delicate items for my customer base.
Not all laundry NEEDS to be line dried, but all laundry can be line dried! What are some of the benefits to line drying, you may be asking. Well let’s talk about a few!
Line drying helps to keep your laundry lasting longer. When your dry your clothes, blankets, etc. in the dryer it can get worn down over time with the constant tumbling in the drum, getting knocked around by other articles in the dryer, and the heat added to help dry the clothes. With line drying, we are allowing the clothes to hang and naturally reshape themselves with just room air temperature. No constant movement, no added stress to the fabrics!
Laundry tends to keep its vibrant and colorful look longer when dried on a line. It also prevents clothes and other articles of laundry from shrinking. The shrinking comes from the added heat on the laundry. When air drying and line drying your laundry, there is no extra heat.
You also can save money with line drying! When your start your drying it uses electricity/gas to heat up the air in the drying to dry that laundry. Drying laundry takes longer than washing the clothes. So, typically, you are taking up to an hour or so to dry one load of laundry! If instead you line dry your laundry you are saving that electricity/gas from being used, and you will see a dip in your utility bill! You can even line dry your clothes to 50% dry and then throw them in the dryer for the remainder of the time. That still helps to save on the electricity and gas!
Line drying does take longer to dry laundry than a dryer would, but you can gain all the benefits from above and your clothes will smell like the comforting summer breeze if you have the opportunity to dry them outside!
Try line drying your next load of laundry and tells us what you think!
