Laundry Drying Racks

Fold-down, pull-out and fixed drying racks made for your laundry room: sized to the space, built around the folding brackets or slides chosen for the job, and finished for a damp room.

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TrussMetal is a metal fabrication shop in North Vancouver that works across Metro Vancouver. This page is for homeowners, designers, builders and building owners fitting out laundry rooms and laundry closets.

We fabricate the rack frames and bars and fit the bought-in folding brackets or slides, which the quote names. We supply them; fixing to the wall or into cabinetry is by your installer or millworker to the details we agree.

Configurations

Fold-down wall racks

Bars on a welded frame that sits on locking folding brackets. Raised, the brackets lock it level; folded, it hangs flat against the wall and a catch holds it.

Pull-out racks in cabinetry

A rod frame on side-mounted slides inside a base or tall cabinet, made to fit the millworker’s cabinet.

Fixed wall bars

Hanging rails and bars with no moving parts, for drying on hangers above a tub, sink or floor drain.

Sized to the room

Length, depth, bar spacing and height set for the space, the door swing and what you dry.

Concept drawingFold-down drying rack on the wall (side view)Side view of a drying rack on a welded frame held level on bought-in locking folding brackets fixed into studs or blocking, with its folded position hanging flat against the wall shown dashed and a tray or drain below provided by others. Concept only.Bars on a welded frameLocking foldingbracket, bought inFolded, heldby a catchTray or drain by othersBrackets intostuds orblockingSide view
Concept drawingPull-out drying rack in a cabinet (side view)Side view of a rod frame on bought-in side-mounted slides, pulled out of a cabinet built by the millworker to the slides’ full extension. Concept only; slides and sizes follow the order.Cabinet by the millworkerSide-mounted slides,bought inRack frameand rodsPulled out
Concept drawings, illustrative only: not a tested design, a shop drawing or an installation detail, and not a photograph or record of completed TrussMetal work. Dashed parts are by others or bought in. Parts marked “if specified” are included only where the agreed design calls for them.

Load and Movement

Wet laundry
Wet clothes are much heavier than dry ones, and people lean on a rack while they load it. The rack, the brackets or slides and the fixing are chosen together for the load the rack is sized for.
Hardware ratings
A bracket or slide maker’s rating describes that part under the maker’s own test conditions, spacing and fixing. It isn’t a rating for the finished rack, and we don’t publish one.
Raised and folded
Fold-down racks sit on folding shelf brackets, used the way their maker intends: raised, the brackets lock the rack level and a lever releases them; folded, the rack hangs flat against the wall and a catch holds it so it can’t swing out.
Pulled out
Pull-out racks run on side-mounted slides and stop at the slides’ full extension.

Fixing and Damp

Fixing
Brackets fix into studs, blocking or masonry as their maker’s instructions describe, never into drywall alone. Where the wall needs blocking, the contractor adds it before installation.
Materials
Stainless steel or aluminum bars and frames, because the rack is wet every time it is used; powder-coated steel only where the coating suits a damp room.
Hardware for damp rooms
Brackets and slides are chosen with the damp in mind: one bracket maker warns that humidity can attack its finish.
Drips
Racks drip, so they go over a floor drain, tub, sink or tray.

Not part of this page: ceiling-hung pulley airers, and drying racks for sports gear (see kayak and paddleboard racks).

Before We Build

Settled before an order
The size and what dries on it, the wall construction and fixing, the bracket or slide model, and the finish. The quote names the bought-in hardware.
Checked before delivery
Each rack is assembled with its hardware in the shop and worked through its movement: raise, lock, release, fold and latch, or slide out to the stops and back. Anything that binds, drops or doesn’t latch is put right before it leaves.

Who Does What

Responsibilities that affect the quote

TrussMetal: rack frames and bars, fitted with the bought-in brackets or slides and catch named in the quote, and checked through their movement before delivery. Supply only.

Installer, contractor or millworker: blocking, and fixing to the wall or cabinet to the agreed details.

Owner or designer: what the rack is for, the space, and any cabinet it goes in.

Related Work

See metal components for millwork, fold-down wall desks and custom brackets.

Questions

Will a rack hold a full load of wet laundry?

It is sized for the load you tell us it will carry, with brackets and fixing chosen to suit. We don’t publish load ratings.

Can it go on a concrete wall?

Yes, with fixings suited to concrete that the chosen brackets accept, confirmed before we draw.

Can it go outside?

These racks are for laundry rooms and other indoor spaces.

Do you install them?

We fabricate and supply them. Fixing is by your installer or millworker.

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Send the space and what you dry.

What to include in your message

  • Where it goes, with photos, and the size you want
  • Fold-down, pull-out in a cabinet, or fixed bars
  • What you dry on it, and how full it gets
  • The wall: wood studs, steel studs, concrete or block
  • Finish, quantities, timing and who installs

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