When I were a lad (lived in shoe box, no lid; dad worked 25 hour day etc etc...) we had a clothes dryer attached to the kitchen ceiling with a rope and pulley to raise and lower it.
I'm thinking of installing one of these in the garage to increase the indoor drying space but haven't a clue if/where they might be sold nowadays.
Anyone?
TIA.
Check the small advertisements in the back of most home decorating magazines. That's where I found mine. Cast-iron hardware, enameled in a choice of colours, and smooth, natural finish wooden bars.
Sheila
Just remember that you'll be adding to the humidity in the garage, if you have tools or machinery in there it might affect them.
Mary
Ours came from John Lewis.
regards
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That's your starter for 10.
It's a lot hotter and dryer close to a kitchen ceiling (especially if the kitchen has a cast iron range + oven heated with a coal fire) than in an unheated garage with cold damp air coming in around the big doorway .
Yes. My pulley is mounted over the Rayburn in the kitchen. Stuff I hang in the garage takes forever to dry - stuff over the Rayburn dries surprisingly quickly.
The garage has the central heating boiler in it so there's a little background heating. It's worth a try.
Thanks to the other respondents for names of suppliers: appreciated.
Typical Usenet, eh? A few responses telling you what you wanted to know, but more telling you why you shouldn't do it!
Argos used to sell a kit. Proper cast iron and decent pulleys. Wood slats were a bit short, though.
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:02:30 +0000 someone who may be F wrote this:-
|!When I were a lad (lived in shoe box, no lid; dad worked 25 hour day etc |!etc...) we had a clothes dryer attached to the kitchen ceiling with a |!rope and pulley to raise and lower it. |! |!I'm thinking of installing one of these in the garage to increase the |!indoor drying space but haven't a clue if/where they might be sold nowadays.
Lakelandlimited
This the sort of thing?
Aaaah ! Had one in our kitchen (In England) when I was a lad (a long time ago). It was called "the pulley". My Mum was Scottish - that explains things.
Thanks :-)
|!F wrote: |! |!> I'm thinking of installing one of these in the garage to increase the |!> indoor drying space but haven't a clue if/where they might be sold |!> nowadays. |! |!This the sort of thing? |!
|! Prices appear to be in the ?30-?50 range but the wooden slats will |!need replaced eventually (probably last the life of the "pulley" |!(ceiling clothes airer) though) so a timber merchants for them. A piece |!of rope from virtually anywhere and (if memory serves)
Sash cord is traditional here if you can still get it. Lasts 40+ years.
|!a twin wheel and |!a single wheel pulley which should be available from either, one of the |!sheds or a traditional ironmongers if one exists near you. The only |!trouble would seem to be the "spreader bars" but sure you could get them |!from a builders salvage yard. Maybe you could source an entire "pulley" |!(ceiling clothes airer) from them. May well be a lot cheaper to buy |!from a yard but beware of the "oh you can't get these new you know, |!very rare that, it'll cost" attitude of SOME yard owners.
Lakelandlimited sell them.
Aah! Nostalgia: not what it used to be!
Thanks for all the memories and sources...
We had a four line retractable clothes line. Hanging space is the whole length of the room and it's less obtrusive when not in use.
MBQ
Ah, but will it take the weight of a load of wet washing? And can it be lowered to a comfortable level while it is being loaded? :-)
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