Is this for you?
If you’re carrying washing up to the roof daily, a floor stand fills your balcony or uniforms are still damp in the morning during the rains, a ceiling rack helps.
A typical job, start to finish
You measure the width and depth of the space and send a photo of the ceiling, showing the fan, light and washing machine.
We confirm the slab is concrete and mark the bracket line with a level.
We fit. Brackets are drilled and fixed, rods are cut and capped, ropes are threaded and cleats fixed to the wall. We run each rod up and down until it moves smoothly.
Which space needs what?
An upstairs house balcony with a concrete slab is ideal. A utility area in a flat suits a rack right above the washing area. A small balcony benefits most, because the rack frees the whole floor.
How many rods?
A couple usually manages with three or four. A family with school-going children usually wants five or six, so uniforms can dry overnight. Ask for longer rods if you dry bedsheets.
In the humid months
Spread clothes across every rod, raise them all the way and keep a door or window open. Moving air dries clothes faster than warmth alone.
Looking after it
Lower rods gently, tie the rope off firmly on its cleat and spread heavy items. Replace a rope once it frays.
Questions we hear in Tenali
“Will it hit the washing machine?” No. We place the rods so that, lowered, they clear anything on the floor.
“Where does the rope go?” To a cleat on the wall, wound and tied off, away from children.
If your ceiling isn’t suitable, see wall mounted cloth hangers in Tenali. Full details on ceiling cloth hangers.
Saris and long clothes
If you dry saris or long dhotis, ask for the rods to be fitted a little higher, or for longer rods placed further apart, so the fabric hangs freely and dries evenly.
Before the rains
Fitting a rack before the monsoon means you never have to race to the roof when the sky darkens.
What to tell us when you call
The width and depth of the balcony or utility area, how high the ceiling is, where the fan and light are and whether a washing machine sits below. A photo of the ceiling helps us bring rods cut to the right length.
Tying off
Each rope ties off on a cleat on the wall, which keeps it tidy and out of children’s reach.
Older relatives
Carrying a heavy basket up the roof stairs every morning is hard work for grandparents. A rack on the balcony lowers to waist height, takes the full load and goes back up with a pull of the rope.
