Install a Clothes Drying System That's Not in the Way When Not in Use - PEP BB nest.straw.drysystem

Carabiner, 550 cord, a knot, and a couple screw hooks. Simple and effective.

I have set up indoor drying racks in our basement boiler room. This space isn’t used and the room is warm in the winter. We used this set up last winter and it worked well. In the summer, the racks are used on the patio outside.

I think the word ‘installed’ has mislead me. It maybe a US / UK difference. My UK Chambers dictionary definition is:
1) To set up and put in use
2) To place in a certain position

I feel my solution has been installed, but I failed …  so clearly installed means something different.

No worries . . .

While I have long wanted a retractable multi-line clothesline to put above the tub, I didn't want to order more plastic crap (does anyone make anything in metal anymore?). I already had an extra extendable bar and some closet rod brackets, sooo...

I have had this pulley system for over a year now and was able to convince my husband to finally install it.  Double bonus because I can now make my whites whiter with the power of sunshine!

Clothes drying system not in the way when not in use bb submission for nest

Hey skippers! I am using an old patio umbrella. I placed it into a pipe, which I buried in the corner of my lawn. The fabric skirt isn't damaged, so I will keep it. Maybe I'll make a skirt out of it?? 😉

It just cranks up. It doesn't take up much room. But even so, it can be pulled out of the pipe/hole easily and the lawn can be mowed.

After visiting WL I was reminded how much I missed having a clothesline outside. I use to have a permanent system at my last house. I found a dusty, discounted, retractable clothesline at a hardware store and I'm so thrilled to now be able to hang my laundry outside! I needed to trim some trees to allow clearance/access to the clothesline.

In this Badge Bit, you will install a clothes drying system that isn’t in the way when not in use.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - install a clothes drying system that isn’t in the way when not in use
   - examples could include:
       - pulley to pull to ceiling
       - retractable string/rod system
       - Australian crank up system
       - creative solutions encouraged
   - could be indoors or outdoors

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following with pictures (or a video < 2 mins long):
   - before, during, and after of installing a clothes drying system that isn’t in the way when not in use
   - demonstrate it meets the above stated requirements

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Here is my solution. The clothesline in the video is 10 meters long. It's super quick to set up, the clothesline tightener makes it easy to tighten the line and take down is just as fast as setting up. All components are of first class quality.

I installed a retractable clothes line from my she shed to the raised bed "latice"

I installed a clothesline yesterday. I found a sunny spot between two trees and screwed a small hook into one of the trees. I cut a length of twine from a bucket of twine I found in the barn. The way I tied it up allows the line to stay pretty tight.

Here's the bucket of twine I found in the barn.



Here I am getting ready to screw the hook into the tree. I am holding the line to see where I want the hook.



Here is the line wrapped around the tree and being held tight with the hook and a broken off branch. I didn't even have to tie any knots on this end.



Here is the double-barrel knot I tied on the other end to the other tree. Sorry it's blurry.



Here is the line all installed with a wet blanket drying on it.




When done with the clothesline, you can just unloop it from the tree with the hook, coil up the line, and hang it on a branch.