| The telescopic clothes airer expands to be filled and | | | | wall airers can hang 20kg and expand to take large |
| contracts to allow more space in cramped areas. | | | | loads of washing especially on a multi-strand washing |
| Wall mounted airers are set to become a standard | | | | line for use, say over the bath. They can be installed |
| part of home equipment. Modern home designers and | | | | on garage walls or outside in a sheltered area as well |
| builders are including laundry airers as a drying system. | | | | as in kitchens, utility rooms, bathrooms, and |
| Among the items considered are solar heating, cavity | | | | bedrooms or, for that matter, anywhere where |
| wall insulation, double glazing, light tubes and of | | | | there is some unused space. |
| course wind turbines, water recycling tanks, mulching | | | | Space, of course, is a scarce commodity for city |
| systems, a grass roof as well as energy saving lamps | | | | dwellers, a large proportion of whom live in |
| etc. Most of the equipment-based items are | | | | apartments or small houses. Portable floor mounted |
| expensive to buy and install and the pay back period | | | | airers are also useful in that the smaller version can |
| depends on the number of sunny days per year or | | | | be used standing in the bath and, together with a |
| the speed of the wind that blows. They are all | | | | wall mounted washing line holding up to 69 feet of |
| however, part of a movement known as the Green | | | | washing, provide a complete drying service for any |
| or Eco friendly movement that is designed to help us | | | | washing load. |
| reduce CO2 emissions. | | | | Nothing can be as untidy as seeing all the small |
| The modern wall mounted expanding airer is not | | | | washed items strewn on every radiator because of |
| expensive and it immediately and permanently | | | | lack of space to dry indoors. The solution lies in a wall |
| contributes to reducing your CO2 usage. Every time | | | | mounted drying rack, which can become the centre |
| you use it you are reducing your usage of a direct | | | | point for drying all year round. |
| heat drying system such as a tumble dryer or | | | | The search for additional space is often a problem to |
| launderette. | | | | be faced in the modern home and the clothes airer |
| It also helps create more hanging space and often | | | | fills this need easily then folds away out of sight |
| uses previously unused space in the home such as up | | | | after use. |
| in the cornice of the ceiling or in unused rooms. Some | | | | |