The clothes dryer - Features and Varieties

Good for those people who live in country houses - for them the problem of drying laundry is solved very simply. There is always an opportunity to hang freshly laundered laundry in your yard or on the veranda, where it will not be threatened neither by other people's eyes, nor by soot and dust.

But for city dwellers, the question "where is the best place to dry laundry? A few decades ago, the problem as such did not exist - everyone preferred to dry laundry in the street, in yards, in which sometimes even installed special dryers. But now the very concept of "yard" is gradually becoming a thing of the past. In modern yards there is not always room for a playground, not to mention clothes dryers. But even if space were found, after such a drying clothes would have to be rewashed, as clean air, lack of dust and pollution can not boast of any major city.

Owners of urban apartments do not have many places to dry laundry. Those who are lucky enough to have a large glazed balcony or loggia can install a folding dryer there or, the old-fashioned way, to stretch ropes under the ceiling. This would probably be the best way out of the situation, but there is not always free space on the balcony.

Usually, the balcony is used for storage of various necessary and not so necessary things, or performs some useful function - storage room, smoking area or terrace, on which you can have a cup of coffee in the morning, admiring the city scenery. In general, the balcony is rarely a superfluous, unnecessary room, which can be assigned the function of drying laundry without loss.

Another solution to the problem could be the installation of folding dryer in any free corner of the apartment. Usually this corner is a corridor. If you are not doing laundry every day, there is nothing wrong with setting up such a dryer for one or two nights a week. But if you have small children in the family, then washing and drying laundry becomes a permanent process that lasts for months. In this case folding dryer, loaded with clothes, will become a constant attribute of the apartment.

A great way out of this situation is a clothes dryer, designed specifically for the bathroom.. The bathroom is just perfect for drying. It is usually the cleanest room in the house, where small children and pets are not allowed access. Special bath dryers are great for small apartments, in which every centimeter of free space is counted. The variety of available designs allows you to install the dryer almost anywhere in the bathroom.

Ropes stretched over the bathroom in several rows, designed to dry laundry - a phenomenon not at all new. Today, this design has been somewhat modernized, making it much more convenient to use.

Ceiling-mounted dryers for laundry are two brackets, which are attached to the ceiling. Thin metal rods are suspended from the brackets. With a mechanism consisting of rollers and ropes, the bars (one or all at once) can be lowered for hanging laundry. Mounting such a dryer is very easy: with plugs brackets are attached to the ceiling on both sides, and part of the design is fastened to the wall in order to fix the ropes in a certain position.

A more modern modification of the ceiling dryer can be considered a wall dryer. Brackets in this case are not attached to the ceiling, but to one or two walls of the bathroom. Ropes are stretched between the brackets, on which the laundry will hang. The length of the ropes is adjusted by a roller mechanism. The ceiling dryer can be stationary or folding, which can be retracted if necessary.

Folding dryer is attached only to one wall, which does not allow you to place a large amount of laundry on it. Externally, it resembles an accordion, which in the folded state almost does not take up space on the wall. Such a dryer can also be used as a towel rack.

Floor dryer is a folding design on the type of ironing board. It takes up a lot of space and therefore is only suitable for spacious bathrooms. The strength of such a dryer depends on the manufacturer, so it is better to choose more expensive models. A significant advantage of the folding dryer is that it is very easy to fold and hide, for example, behind a cabinet or a door.

The dryer on the battery - a compact design that is more suitable for drying towels and underwearthan for clothes or sheets. It looks the same as a ceiling dryer, only it is attached to the radiator. Batteries, however, are not in every bathroom, so some people attach such a dryer directly to the bathtub. This is not very convenient, because it hinders access to the bath, and to protect the drying clothes from splashing water and household chemicals is not always possible.

Perhaps the most, impractical option - this dryer for the bath. It is a triangular frame with stretched ropes or slats, which is placed on the rim of the bath. This device is very unstable, and, besides, a lot of laundry on a dryer is not hung, otherwise the whole structure can fall directly into the bathtub. However, if you use it only occasionally and mainly for drying small items, this dryer can be very handy, since it does not require much space for storage, and it can be easily installed even by a child.

Electric dryers allow you to save time spent on drying laundry, reducing it to a few hours. It is very convenient because You can put such a dryer for the night and remove it in the morning and it will not take up unnecessary space in the apartment. When choosing the electric dryer, keep in mind that you will need an additional outlet in the bathroom.

There are several types of electric dryer designs, but The most popular are the floor models. They can look like an ordinary folding floor dryer, or they can be in the form of a ladder of heated tubes or clothes hangers.

Wall-mounted electric dryers Wall-mounted electric clothes dryers are often in the form of small wall hung racks or panels with hooks.

There are also electric ceiling dryers. They are fastened in the same way as usual ones. Such a dryer is controlled by a special remote control.

So, when choosing a clothes dryer, you should pay attention to the following features:

• Design. Choosing the design of the dryer depends on which place in the bathroom it will be located, as well as on how often you will use it.
• Manufacturer. If possible, try to pay attention to the products of well-known brands. For example, dryers from Leifheit and Gimi proved themselves well.
• Quality. Before buying try to test the design for durability and pay attention to the material from which it is made. The material must be moisture resistant.
• The weight of the laundry is usually indicated on the package or on the instructions to the dryer. Do not neglect these instructions, because if you overload the dryer, it will not last a month.

Today in stores there is a huge selection of dryers for laundry of various designs and sizes. It would seem that even the most picky buyer will certainly find what he needs. But also homemade dryer can have its own advantages.

Firstly, it is a way to save money. Although the bulk of their dryers are quite inexpensive (the simplest models will cost you a few hundred rubles), the extra money in the family budget will never hurt.

Secondly, you will definitely be able to vouch for the quality of materials and durability of homemade construction.

The simplest option is a ceiling or wall dryer, placed under the ceiling. To implement it you will need only brackets, dowels and a few meters of rope or wire.

More elaborate designs require more time, materials, and some engineering skills.

Here's one way to do it.

We prepare a square frame from wooden bars and a few pieces of wood or metal rods (the number depends on the size of the frame). In the bars we make holes for the bars. Fix the rods in the holes (make sure that the rods sit tightly and do not pop out when pressing). Assemble the frame with self-tapping screws. Next, prepare a wooden or plywood board equal in width to the resulting frame, but 15 cm longer.

Connect the two parts of the structure using one or two furniture hinges, which are fastened at the bottom of the parts. After that the dryer can be painted. Then on the top of the dryer install a clamp (choose the most suitable option for you), and on the sides - folding mechanisms. On the lower part of the dryer you can place hooks for clothes. Fix the construction to the wall.

The dryer is ready!