A good idea, or totally nuts?

[PrettyCandles]

Pitching an open-sided gazebo over my rotary washing line so that I can use it all winter ?

I've had a similar idea but instead of a gazebo I thought about using a parasol.

Not sure whether either/both are nuts though, sorry!

I considered a parasol, too, but couldn't figure out how to anchor it, especially if it was to be big enough to provide decent shelter. Now that the lawn isn't going to be mowed for a few months, legs and guylines won't be in the way.

Wish I'd thought of this a couple of months ago, when summer stock was being cleared!

sounds reasonable

I have considered something like that, but in practice I find that if it is a damp day the washing doesn't dry at all in the damp atmosphere anyway.

Am considering doing this under the covered side access to my house. Very sensible!

It mightn't dry well on a damp day, but I guess it would stop it getting soaked by a sudden shower - which could be useful year round.

Not sure how much of the drying effect comes from direct sunlight though, which it would impede.

my mum dries clothes on a washing line in her carport if it s wet. She reckons that even a few hours in the outside means less time in the tumble dryer, even if the air is damp.

we had a carport built next to our house for this very purpose! Couldn't afford a garage and have no room in our teeny tiny kitchen for a tumble drier - best money I ever spent. The washing does get very cold in the winter (sometimes frosty!) but has definitely reduced the number of trips to the laundrette

I put my washing in the conservatory and leave the door open, but on damp days it doesn't dry it at all.

Maybe the effectiveness depends on air-currents; a good through-draught in the car-port, as opposed to still air in a conservatory.

When we used to live in a flat, we hung laundry on the balcony all year round, hanging a sheet or bath-towel at the front if it was raining.

My neighbour does this. It looks wierd but she always has washing out, so seems to work for her!