corrugated clear plastic sheets over a pergola to hang laundry on rainy days.

[united4ever]

We moved into a place last year with a pergola that we don't really have any use for. However, I hate hanging laundry inside on wet days and risking damp/mould. Doable a bit in summer when you can open the windows quite a bit but now its getting cold this is not an option. Anyone tried corrugated plastic sheets as a shelter and hanging laundry underneath? Are they easy to put up? Are they easy to cut to size and can they be cut with scissors or do I need to saw? Can you just drill through them onto the wood? Any tips on this welcome. Thanks a lot

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Ive done it for my chicken run, was a pita but do'able.

I reckon you could use a hacksaw for the who,e thing if no jigsaw.

I don't think your washing will dry as you think on a rainy day under cover.
Whether your washing will dry depends on the humidity of the air around it.
Your clothes won't dry outside if the air around them is already saturated with water because of the rain.
You would be better waiting until you get a dry day with a brisk wind to dry clothes and dry outside then.
I hang out clothes all year around- even when there is frost on the ground clothes will dry if the conditions are good, bright and dry.

I've strung an indoor washing line in my utility room and when I dry clothes in there in the winter have a dehumidifer on the go. Shut the door and leave it. Clothes dry and the dehumidifier gets all the moisture.

I have a moisture meter in the house and the moisture percent doesn't go up.

I have an undercover outside area where I dry some washing. I much prefer a brisk day but sometimes one doesn't come along for weeks. It's not ideal but stuff does dry eventually - I use for stuff like DC school rugby kit which is time critical and can't be tumble dried.

undercover will work if there is a breeze, and protects against a rain shower when you are out.