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"Up in the laundry"
I guess it depends on your situation and priorities. 80% of our
clothing is dried on the washing line rather than in the dryer (it smells nicer, gets fewer creases, and saves money). It is kinda funny but I have never liked the smell of lined dried clothing. I much prefer the smell of drier sheets to the air smell of outside. Maybe I am just weird. Tori -- Bonnie 3/20/02 Anna or Xavier due 10/17/04 |
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"Up in the laundry"
"Circe" wrote in message news:5e%xc.29104$tI2.2323@fed1read07... Cathy Weeks wrote: Unadulterated Me wrote in message ... We do too, but our laundry is on the middle story which although isn't ground level it's built along side a small hill(you don't have basements in NZ houses) I hate to show my ignorance, but why not? We don't tend to have them in houses in Southern California, either. And, like Andrea, I have no idea why not! We just don't! Because there are no tornadoes in SoCal, but there are earthquakes?? I'm not sure about NZ. |
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"Up in the laundry"
PattyMomVA wibbled
Jacqui wrote: I guess it depends on your situation and priorities. 80% of our clothing is dried on the washing line rather than in the dryer (it smells nicer, gets fewer creases, and saves money). Taking a load of wet washing down a flight of stairs doesn't appeal to me. Must be nice to have sun-dried, breeze-dried clothing and bedding. I might use a clothesline if they weren't prohibited here (community association rules). That is a shame. That's the thing, all situations are different. I know that laundry upstairs would make no sense for us, and the underlying thing for me is also that I damaged my back in a fall downstairs. The chance of doing that with a load of heavy wet laundry just seems too high for comfort... Jac |
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"Circe" wrote in message news:5e%xc.29104$tI2.2323@fed1read07... Cathy Weeks wrote: Unadulterated Me wrote in message ... We do too, but our laundry is on the middle story which although isn't ground level it's built along side a small hill(you don't have basements in NZ houses) I hate to show my ignorance, but why not? We don't tend to have them in houses in Southern California, either. And, like Andrea, I have no idea why not! We just don't! -- Be well, Barbara Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 4), and the Rising Son (Julian, 6) Or in NC - flooding from hurricanes. |
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"Tori M." wrote in message
... I guess it depends on your situation and priorities. 80% of our clothing is dried on the washing line rather than in the dryer (it smells nicer, gets fewer creases, and saves money). It is kinda funny but I have never liked the smell of lined dried clothing. I much prefer the smell of drier sheets to the air smell of outside. Maybe I am just weird. Tori -- Bonnie 3/20/02 Anna or Xavier due 10/17/04 Clothes dried on a line are crunchy. Give me a dryer anyday. We have a sort of laundry room. We have a 3 bedroom, ranch base housing house. In the hallway we have a little nook I guess where the washer and dryer go, it has shelves and doors that slide across. I did have one friend (with a MUCH higher ranking husband) who had a 2 story house with her washer and dryer upstairs. After they got all moved in, she liked having it all upstairs which is where you put the clothes anyway. Moving was a pain though. |
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"Up in the laundry"
"Circe" wrote in message news:5e%xc.29104$tI2.2323@fed1read07...
Cathy Weeks wrote: Unadulterated Me wrote in message ... We do too, but our laundry is on the middle story which although isn't ground level it's built along side a small hill(you don't have basements in NZ houses) I hate to show my ignorance, but why not? We don't tend to have them in houses in Southern California, either. And, like Andrea, I have no idea why not! We just don't! Earthquakes, of course! Well, and the lack of tornados as well, I suppose. Like Jamie, in our 2.5 year old house we have a laundry room on the second floor (where most of the bedrooms and bathrooms are). It's lovely - just enough room for a W&D, with cabinets above and a huge linen cabinet on the other side. It was a key feature that we looked for in a new home (though it wouldn't have detracted us from buying it anyway because we still love the floorplan). I like how I can easily throw a load in or fold clothes in the loft/library or our bedroom at any time, and do not have to lug things up or down the stairs. The only things that I have to bring up or send down the stairs are kitchen towels, any towels for the guest bathroom and when I change the sheets in the guest bedroom (ie, maybe one load per week or so). The washer is set in a pan, and the entire room has an additional pan built into the actual frame of the house. If the washer should flood, those two things should help and if they don't, well, that's what we have homeowner's insurance for. kellie (also in SoCal) EDD #3 in 2 weeks |
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"Up in the laundry"
Sophie wrote:
"Circe" wrote in message news:5e%xc.29104$tI2.2323@fed1read07... Cathy Weeks wrote: Unadulterated Me wrote in message ... We do too, but our laundry is on the middle story which although isn't ground level it's built along side a small hill(you don't have basements in NZ houses) I hate to show my ignorance, but why not? We don't tend to have them in houses in Southern California, either. And, like Andrea, I have no idea why not! We just don't! -- Be well, Barbara Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 4), and the Rising Son (Julian, 6) Or in NC - flooding from hurricanes. I get to go to NC next week :-) I was surprised at no basements there. Most houses have them in SD. They will get water in them if they don't have a pump but it isn't a huge deal. I think your ground is softer too, or I was told that anyway. Radon can be a problem here. Another odd thing - even modest houses have garages in SD. Not everyone has them, but most do. Garages seemed to be sort of a rarity in Greensboro, even the upscale neighborhood. For the record - my laundry is in the basement of my 2 story house - lots of stairs. I can't complain because the basement is finished and last year I was going through a filthy porch to a filthy unfinished basement with laundry - ick. When I was there, I was just glad I had one though as I was sick of going to the laundry mat. This house is the first time I've ever had a garage too, an unattached one. Moving up in the world, lol. Main floor laundry and attached garage in my next house I guess! -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (5) and Luke (3) |
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"Up in the laundry"
"Circe" wrote in message news:5e%xc.29104$tI2.2323@fed1read07...
Cathy Weeks wrote: Unadulterated Me wrote in message ... We do too, but our laundry is on the middle story which although isn't ground level it's built along side a small hill(you don't have basements in NZ houses) I hate to show my ignorance, but why not? We don't tend to have them in houses in Southern California, either. And, like Andrea, I have no idea why not! We just don't! Probably too much caliche in the soil; that's why we don't have them in Phoenix. It's really expensive to dig holes in that stuff! -- C, mama to nineteen month old nursling |
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