How to Build a Laundry Rack

Measure and cut your PVC into four 3-foot lengths, three 33-inch lengths and 16 1-foot lengths.

Arrange four of the 1-foot pipes in a line. Connect the pipes together at the gaps between them, using three T-shaped connectors with the stem of each T extending on the same side at each connection. Apply PVC cement, if desired, to the connectors and pipes to secure them. Repeat to form three other leg units like this one.

Lay two of the leg units on the ground parallel to one another with the T stems facing in. Set the 3-foot pipes between the legs like rungs on a ladder. Push the ends of the 3-foot pipes into the T-connectors, using PVC cement if desired. Slip a pipe cap over the two bottom ends of the rack and secure with PVC cement if you like.

Lay the two remaining leg units on the ground as in Step 3 and connect them together with the 33-inch pieces of pipe, using cement as desired. Attach a pipe cap to the bottom two ends of the rack. Attach a slip tee to the top ends of the unit with the loops running parallel to the rack’s rungs.

Slip the remaining 3-foot pipe through the slip tees so the 33-inch wide rack can swing on the pipe. Do not glue the slip tees. Slip an elbow connector over each end of this pipe with the open end facing down. Secure the connections with cement if you like.

Push the open top ends of your 3-foot rack into the downward facing open ends of the elbow connectors. Secure with cement, if desired. Stand the rack with the bottoms of the two halves pulled away from one another to form an upside-down V shape.