Unfortunately, you gave hand washing a very bad name by doing it in the bathtub. Oh, my aching back!! I’ve been hand washing and line drying for two here in the frozen Tundra for almost 19 years and find it almost a spiritual experience. I have deep douhble-bowled kitchen sink where I place two 3-gallon white buckets trash picked from my neighor’s recycling bin. Works fabulously with no bending. In the winter I hang items to dry on a very large rack in the bathtub and a very narrow but tall rack in the shower stall. There are also removable tension rods near the tub area ceiling where I can look large items over until the drips stop and then transfer to racks in other rooms-all trash-picked and repaird. Shirts on hangers in doorways and I trash-picked a lovely hanging rack that holds about 18 pair of sox that can hang from a doorway also. Absolutely no big deal. For large items like bedding I use 18-gallon plastic bins that I trash picked on a sturdy bench outside the back door weather permitting. In the winter I change bedding just once a month because we take evening showers, but flip to the “clean sides” mid month. I have several sets (gotten cheap at garage sales) so I fold them up nicely and save them if the weather does not cooperate. I find this a joyous experience as I hate machinery that just breaks. Water is recyled to flush the toilet.
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