I remember using the wringer washer in our dirt floor cellar from about the time I was ten. It was a double tub Dexter, and it really saved time with the two tubs. I'd put hot water soapy bleach water in the one tub, and warm soapy water in the other. We had to use the water for more than one wash cycle. Our old side-armed gas water heater wouldn't reheat fast enough to change water for each load. I would hang the clothes out on the line, and have to hide behind the drying clothes if I saw any of my friends. For I was........ Larry Hunt Pittsburgh, PA