My dh put one up for me about two weeks ago, I love it!! I live in Florida too and I know what you mean about the a/c. My only complaint is that it is not big enough. I can hang only one load at a time. They do dry really fast here in the Florida sun and I can wash one and then wait till the first load is dry So far it has not taken long at all. I don't put underware or sock on the line though, too much work. They only take a little bit in the dryer so that's not too bad.
Another thing I have been doing is to wash clothes as soon as there is a full load. Not waiting till there are more than one. This only takes a short time to wash and dry and its done for a few days. I actually like this a lot.
Jas maybe try putting your clothes onto hangers and hang those on the clothesline. I have been known to get almost a full load onto a five foot shower stall rod

and if the clothes are "short" for example wash clothes, hang a wash cloth on the hanger and then hang another wash cloth from that wash cloth, and continue.
Sheets were always my Armageddon until I realized I could fold in half or quarters then hang and they dried beautifully.
Hope this helps some.
SwirlyThing I have LOVED hanging out my clothes, I am happy you are excited at the chance and hope it lives up to what you hope to accomplish!
I gotta tell this story. I am always paranoid about what I will find in my clothes. I have found many things, crickets, ants, spiders, scorpions (I think they fell out of the tree) and lady bugs. Well one spring I had to let the clothes sit out overnight and when I went midmorning to get them from the line, lo' and behold a bird had built a nest and already laid an egg in the sleeve of a sweatshirt! I dont recall what kind of bird it was anymore, but I do remember I lost that 40ft line for several weeks

I was ok with that - I still had another 120ft. Now I feel it is an adventure to be able to hang the clothes outside and see what nature has to offer this time

Nature never fails me.
ps - my line is no longer under a tree.... no more ants and scorpions!
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