I've been considering line-drying (certain) clothes for some time now. I thought I wanted to buy a clothes-line, but then after some consideration, decided to just use some cording or rope, or even 'bungee-cords' if possible, to hang stuff on outside. I don't have it figured out yet - but I'm SURE we have something around here we can rig up...lol. I have read all the posts here, & noticed the 'couple pennys savings' in energy costs some mentioned. Well, every penny counts...but what I'm looking for is not only the few cents savings, but the *Wear & Tare* - (aka *mileage* - so to speak) - on my dryer also! I grew up with washer & hanging clothes out to dry, & I absolutely hated it! "Hanging" wasn't so bad...it was the folding & ironing that came later that I dreaded - for a family of 9! LOL! But now that "I" have 'control' (haha)... Those stiff clothes...UGH! But I have plenty that can be hung out to dry. OH, and before even reading these posts...told family I want a clothes-line that is "IN NEIGHBORS' FACE" - complete with lots of undies! LOL! Last week, I noticed my neighbor has a clothes-line...but under the shade of the backyard patio, & only a couple little towels on it over a few days. (Not that I'm nosey...we've been doing yard work & 'they've' been rebuilding their patio) I also 'caught' another neighbor arranging her backyard patio chairs & draping some bedding on them to dry or air out. (She also kept it close to house - under back patio!) I find it comical that neighbors want to sorta 'hide' it. I want a full-blown clothes-line like we had in the 60's - right smack in middle of yard! Panties, bras & all! LOL Well, we're in desert on about 1/2 acre, and only chain-link fence btwn neighbors. The DUST factor concerns me some. And the tons of birds. But the biggie is those strong winds that come out of nowhere. I certainly don't want to see my undies draped on someone's chimney - a mile or two down the road! haha... ANYWAY...Like I said, the 'mileage' on the dryer...that's worth saving, for certain.

Actually, a window can add to the functionality of ones laundry machines: the dryer. Remember that a dryer takes in ambient air and vents it to the outside... whirlpool_trainee hit it right on the head. I added weather stripping to my laundry room door, and whenever running the dryer with either the heat or A/C on I open the window and close the laundry room door. This makes a huge difference in heating and cooling bills, which only makes sense. Just think: in the summer you are drawing in hot air, paying to cool it, then you pay for your dryer to heat it back up and blow it outside.

So you are picking fights and being rude because you feel entitled to do so? Ok, so.. why do you feel entitled to pick fights and be rude in this thread? LOL, I said that was your opinion. My opinion is that I am not rude, nor am I picking fights. If you constantly worry about what others "might" think... well I choose not to live in that bubble. I don't concentrate on trying to please people that are not "pleasable" under any circumstance. So now you are doing exactly what you are claiming that I am doing... being rude and trying to pick a fight with me. Interacting on a forum board is a "two way street". I am just pointing out the *error* in your thinking. (You can of course disagree if you want, you have that right just as much I have rights too.) If what I say offends you... well I'm offended that you're offended = call it even. I am not here to tell you what you want to hear. I am here to tell you "how it is." You are free to not like it. How a con works... tells you everything you want to hear. Itching ears love it... sooner or later you realize the fallacy of that. (The truth is the truth for a very important reason.) Honey do these jeans make me look fat? Let's lie? so you understand the point... because thus far everything seems to fly right over your head.

Ahh, yes your power costs are higher than ours stateside. I have a windowless laundry room (why waste a window on laundry!) with hvac and a big dryer that runs four hours a week... I still don't know how an extractor fan would help much- it might help reduce the moisture in the air nominally but the makeup air has to come from somewhere.