Re: Common Laundry Question | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Joanie Connors (jvcphdgmail.com) | |
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:51:24 -0800 (PST) |
Here in the dry Southwest, we can hang clothes on a hanger, and as long as one side is exposed, it will dry in a few hours, often without wrinkles. I also could do that in Arkansas during the heating months. For you folks with the picky neighbors, couldn't a laundry line be incorporated into a fence, with extender bars holding the lines inside by 18 inches? If you used a vinyl fence, it could be closer. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Susan Hyne <susanhyne [at] gmail.com> wrote: > >> Each line-dried load "earns" $.40 (the amount saved in electric > >> costs) which goes into a sustainability fund. > > > >>>How did you calculate this? > > > > On-line calculators like the one below can be used to estimate cost per > load. You input your local electricity/gas rate, drying time, and number > of loads. > > http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/dryers.html > > > > Nancy--who posted several messages about line drying at CoHo--can post more > specifics about the savings we've had over the last several years. As I > recall, the collective savings last year were equal to the annual electric > costs for a 2-bedroom unit. > > > >> One added benefit of sharing laundry facilities in the common house is > more > >> interaction among residents. Our laundry room is also our rec room, our > >> exercise room, our game/puzzle storage room, our CoHo business bulletin > >> board room, and our free-to-good-home box room. All of these uses bring > >> folks together. > > > >>>Can you say more about this? Are the washers and dryers in a big room? > > > > The room is medium sized. Until recently, it hosted a ping pong table (we > switched to foosball). > > > > Along the four walls: > > Narrow: shelving for games/puzzles, free-to-good-home items > > Long: 3 washers/2 dryers (1 stackable unit), utility sink, small counter > and doorway to outside > > Narrow: drying racks with treadmill in the corner > > Long: bulletin board with long folding table in front and doorway into > common house > > -- > Susan Hyne > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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Re: Common laundry question Nancy Baumeister, November 16 2012
- Re: Common laundry question Jerry McIntire, November 16 2012
- Common Laundry Question Thomas Lofft, November 15 2012
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Re: Common Laundry Question Susan Hyne, November 16 2012
- Re: Common Laundry Question Joanie Connors, November 16 2012
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Re: Common laundry question Nancy Baumeister, November 16 2012
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Re: Common laundry question R.N. Johnson, November 26 2012
- Re: Common laundry question Sharon Villines, November 27 2012
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Re: Common laundry question Fred H Olson, November 30 2012
- Re: Common laundry question Lautner, Patricia, November 30 2012
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