Spring Tension Rod

A spring tension rod can be useful in many situations, but especially in emergency situations. They are practical and easy to use and can be bought in different sizes, from two all the way to six feet in length. Several emergency uses come to mind but first let me give you some of the normal uses for spring tension rods.

These rods are often used inside closets. Not walk in closets but regular closets inside your room. It may be necessary to use additional support for the rod where it contacts the wall and possibly a hanger in the middle too, but this will depend on the amount of clothes weight you will be putting on it. Usually they do not need extra help but it is better to be sure than find all your night gowns lying on the floor one morning!

These rods are also used in the laundry room, if you do not want to iron the clothes after they are removed from the dryer, the best and easiest thing to do with shirts and pants is to hang them up while they are warm. The best place to do it, is right there in the laundry room, all you have to do is stretch a rod from one wall to the other and proceed to hang your clothes on it. It will not take you more than five minutes to set the whole thing up and you will have almost ironed clothes ready for use.

The same thing goes when you have your kids and their friends hanging out at the pool, you don’t want wet kids and their towels all over your house. The solution is simple, take a rod and set it between two walls in the sun, ask the kids to dry themselves and leave their towels hanging on the rod to dry. The problem is now solved, no wet kids inside and no wet towels either. In fact if they come back out to the pool, it is possible that their towels may have dried some already and they can continue using them.

Now let’s take a look at some possible emergency uses for these rods. Your daughter is getting married and everyone has to get dressed in the church and later change at the reception venue, but what are you going to do with all the dry cleaned clothes while they change. It is simple and easy, one rod is hung in the room where the men will change, and all the tuxedos fit on it and they will remain perfectly clean and pressed while waiting for the ceremony. Another one can do the same in the ladies room.

Any time that you need to hang clothes or any other light material and you do not have a place to do it on. You can use a spring tension rod anchored between opposite walls in a room. I have even seen them stretched between two cars making a tent with a blanket over them.