Those clothes airers that hang from the ceiling..... a question or two!

[KaySamuels]

I'm hoping someone on here has one or at least knows what I mean.

My first question is what are they called?

My second question is where can I buy one from?

I am seriously sick of all the clutter in my house and my main bugber is the clothes horse in our bedroom.
I have recently sorted out toy storage and it's made a big difference, so I am moving onto clothing/laundry issues now!

Any advice, links to stockists etc appreciated.

I'd love one on the utility room but the ceiling light is in the way.

Does it leave room for a light when it is up?

My mum's had the same cord (about 1cm diameter i think!) for decades and it's never broken once
I wonder what her secret is?

(But i'm not going to wonder for too long as i'm off to bed!)

i thought maidens were those wooden concertina things...

Sheila Maid- bloody brilliant! Working on the principle that hot air rises, there's all that unused drying potential up there on the ceiling!

We've found our kitchen one so useful I bought a smaller one for the utility room- great for wet coats/dog towels/drippy things.

here's the website

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Don't you have to take up the flooring on the upstairs level, though, and attach it to a joist? That always put me off getting one. Hang, on, I think I did get one, and that's why it never went up!

we call ours an airer, its ace. my hubby made mine and its above our wood burner so things get dry very quickly. we didnt take up flooring

Friends have a got a GNU - think Amazon sell them. Which is the cheapest as after one ourselves.

I call mine a pulley. It hangs above the stairs where there is a pocket of hot air just going to waste,

Just make sure it is properly fitted, into the joists at the top and somewhere really secure for the cleat. A load of wet washing is really heavy and exerts tremendous force on the fixing points. You don't want it coming crashing down, that's for sure!

We got ours from sheilamaid.com (they advertise in the guardian weekend magazine)

Our airer was from ebay and its THE BUSINESS. It hangs over the kitchen radiator, and is in front of a street window, so I have to be a bit circumspect about which of my scanties I hang on public display

After a tumble drier it's the most efficient way of drying a load of washing.

mawbroom is right though, you need good firm anchor points. DH says tap the ceiling and you can hear where the joist is (sounds less hollow), and do a bit of exploring with a fine drill bit to locate it exactly.

I am just bumping this thread, finally got one of these from IKEA, much cheaper works great and laundry is much less of a bugbear. Was about £12 worth every penny!

what if you have normal ceiling height...would they still work?... but would tiy not be able to walk under it?...Does anyone do a modern version..the trad one looks heavy

The one from IKEA is silver hollow metal, so lighter and more modern looking. here

Not sure about the ceiling height as we live in old house with very high ceilings. HTH

Oh it is brill. Though I made about 10 holes in the ceiling, and it still appears only to be fixed through a very thin piece of wood up there

How long before it falls down, place your bets please. It's lasted about 6 months or maybe more so far.

hi sammyK...this looks more my thing...does it take e whole machine load of washing?...would it be strong enough to take towels

also do you need to use clothes pegs

I love pulleys but for those of you who have them in the kitchen - a question:- do your clothes not absolutely stink of cooking smells?

I get a full load of washing on mine, I hang the odd thing up with pegs, but the majority I don't bother pegging, just hang it over each rail. I usually get an adult and a child peice of clothing on each rail as a rough idea of how much you get on it.

When DP put ours up he made sure the screws went through the wooden beams in loft so less likely to fall on your head. You have to keep your eye on the pulley rope, check frm time to time that it's not wearing out or fraying. HTH

I am happily going to dispense with my drier now I have this.