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Post by wolfmom on May 16, 2015 16:07:53 GMT
I'm finally putting up a clothesline and want to do it right this time.
I used a regular cotton? clothesline last time and it would stretch. What can I use instead? I WILL be taking it down after each use, so metal won't work and I am concerned that the vinyl clad lines will crack after a couple years.
I have a long run so think I need clothesline pole. (Eye bolts from tree to tree) The last time I used a 2 X 4 with a notch in it. When the wind came up, it would flip and blow over, dragging clothes with it. What can I use/make instead??
As always, your help is appreciated.
Now to go fine the clothespins....
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Post by tenbusybees on May 16, 2015 16:51:00 GMT
The vinyl lines sstttrrr-etch too but I've not had issues with them cracking.
Mine is strung between trees....heavy eye bolt into each tree. We put a turnbuckle on one side. Every now and then I have to retighten and tie the line.
On our old clothesline we had to put a pole support in the middle to prevent as much sag.
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Post by sawmilljim on May 16, 2015 18:05:50 GMT
One we had was on two inch T post out of old pipe .Use stainless steel wire, should out last us all .
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Post by horseyrider on May 16, 2015 21:16:21 GMT
Ours is out of some sort of polyester rope. It sagged just a little; nowhere near as bad as cotton, and it doesn't need wiping down every time like the plastic covered metal cable. I really like it. I think I got it at Ace Hardware. You can definitely string a line between a couple of trees; but remember that birds like trees too. Get them back off the line ASAP, and you still might have to rewash a couple of things.  |
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Post by Rustaholic on May 16, 2015 21:47:24 GMT
Yes for a clothes line I would use the plastic covered rope.
Mom's clothes line is two treated 4 X 4 posts with inch galvanized pipe through them to string the ropes on.
There are four ropes across the yard.
She has 2 X 2 poles for holding up in the middle.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 6:38:14 GMT
Just curious...why take it down after each use?
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Post by wolfmom on May 18, 2015 10:58:35 GMT
Thanks all - Yes, it's an eye bolt in each tree with the line strung between - that sorta came out wrong. I'll look for polyester rope...The orange bailing twine is made of plastic fibers I think. I'll see if I can find something comparable. Yes, it does last forever and doesn't stretch. I like the turnbuckle idea to tighten the line - maybe some sort of ratchet like on a tie-down would work - then I wouldn't need to use a pole to prop up the line. As far as putting up a couple T poles or an umbrella clothesline, I'd rather use the trees already there and put that money for a new outside door.... Why take it down after each use?? - because I live alone & don't have to do laundry often.  |
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Post by terrilynn on May 18, 2015 11:54:41 GMT
If you take the clothesline down after each use it won't matter if it stretches a little as you can put it up nice and tight each time you use it.
As far as a clothes line prop my son made me one that is really nifty. He took a pipe and made it the height I wanted (probably between 4 1/2- 5 1/2 feet) Then he took some heavy wire (we use it for fencing, but it is really stiff stuff) and wound it twice around the pole (think of a paper clip, but round) he then stuck the 2 straight ends into the open end of the pipe and the tension keeps it there. Then I simply stick the clothes line in between the 2 metal loops (coils?) and put the other end on the ground. The wires pinch the clothesline and keep it raised and the pipe stays right where I put it.
I hope that made sense and was understandable.
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Post by ohiodreamer on May 19, 2015 16:42:10 GMT
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Post by fordy on May 19, 2015 21:49:05 GMT
...............The key is put your 'Eye' bolts about 10 feet up on the tree trunk ! Then , tie one end off , run a thick nylon line over to a pulley to tree #2 , and back to tree #1 through another pulley with lots of xtra rope . When not in use , you can tighten both lines and keep them out of harm's way . , fordy |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2015 18:53:19 GMT
I need a clothesline and cannot visualize the set ups you are talking about, I would love to see pictures!!
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Post by fordy on May 22, 2015 14:40:21 GMT
I need a clothesline and cannot visualize the set ups you are talking about, I would love to see pictures!!
.............Visualize this , you have a Pulley attached at each post ...........then you take one end of a rope and tie it to one of the support posts , then you take the other end of the rope and walk it over to the other pulley and insert IT through pulley #2 , next , you take that end and walk it back to pulley #1 and insert it through pulley #1 . The excess rope will be used to raise and lower the rope as you hang wet clothes on it with clothes pins . When , not on use , you simply pull the rope tight and it will , or should be fairly flat and 'AT' the same height off the ground as the pulley's . , fordy
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 1:48:46 GMT
Thanks Fordy.
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Post by Rustaholic on Jun 7, 2015 21:42:43 GMT
Well, Have any news clothes lines been put up yet?
How about some pictures?
I have been trying to talk my mother into letting me have her clothes line poles so I can use them here.
Mom is going to be 91 in July and she won't be putting any clothes out there.
Only my 61 year old sister lives there with her but not for much longer as her dementia is getting worse all the time.
She wouldn't know how to hang clothes on the line.
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Post by dw on Jun 9, 2015 21:28:10 GMT
I had the old fashion t-posts for yrs then switched to umbrella. I really like the umbrella. I can basically stand in one place, basket sits on a couple cement blocks and spin the lines to fill. Everything dries fast here so no worries about clothes too close together.
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Post by Rustaholic on Jun 17, 2015 20:09:36 GMT
Thanks all - Yes, it's an eye bolt in each tree with the line strung between - that sorta came out wrong. I'll look for polyester rope...The orange bailing twine is made of plastic fibers I think. I'll see if I can find something comparable. Yes, it does last forever and doesn't stretch. I like the turnbuckle idea to tighten the line - maybe some sort of ratchet like on a tie-down would work - then I wouldn't need to use a pole to prop up the line. As far as putting up a couple T poles or an umbrella clothesline, I'd rather use the trees already there and put that money for a new outside door.... Why take it down after each use?? - because I live alone & don't have to do laundry often.
I found an old one the hard way.
It was grown inside the tree.
It was down low like for a dog chain but there was four inches of wood grown over the eye end of it.
It completely destroyed a chain.
I am just glad I had another saw with me and it didn't do much damage to my bar on that saw. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 2:11:31 GMT
I like plastic or vinyl coated steel braided cable the best. The plastic coating is translucent, and has a green tint to it.
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Post by Rustaholic on Jul 3, 2015 1:19:49 GMT
I like plastic or vinyl coated steel braided cable the best. The plastic coating is translucent, and has a green tint to it.
It is great stuff as long as you are careful to not damage the coating.
Even then out in the weather all the time I have seen that cable rusty with the coating all broken down because of the sun mostly.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 1:48:11 GMT
One we had was on two inch T post out of old pipe .Use stainless steel wire, should out last us all . OUrs is like this lasted literally decades. Can't believe Im old enough to say decades. lol In referring to my life. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 12:34:06 GMT
I like plastic or vinyl coated steel braided cable the best. The plastic coating is translucent, and has a green tint to it.
It is great stuff as long as you are careful to not damage the coating.
Even then out in the weather all the time I have seen that cable rusty with the coating all broken down because of the sun mostly.
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Post by Rustaholic on Jul 8, 2015 17:08:25 GMT
I don't know what it costs now. I just know that years ago I was considering buying some for my mother's clothes line and it was way more than the plastic covered twine she had been using.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 20:01:42 GMT
The plastic covered wire is not bad. Less than $10 for 50'. I just bought some. My clothes poles are treated 4x4, set in concrete, with another treated 4x4 across the top to make T, facing each other, 6 eye bolts in each, one flat king size sheet apart. I can get a full load of any sort I wash up, and since I live in Idaho desert, that's good enough for me. I use them year around, none of this up and down. My family never stops making laundry!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 14:40:54 GMT
I don't now what it costs now. I just know that years ago I was considering buying some for my mother's clothes line and it was way more than the plastic covered twine she had been using. Do you have a Tractor Supply near you?  ? I was nosing around in their hardware aisle, and they have 50 foot rolls for $4.99. That is 10 cents a foot. |
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Post by Rustaholic on Jul 9, 2015 22:55:13 GMT
I don't know what it costs now. I just know that years ago I was considering buying some for my mother's clothes line and it was way more than the plastic covered twine she had been using. Do you have a Tractor Supply near you? ? I was nosing around in their hardware aisle, and they have 50 foot rolls for $4.99. That is 10 cents a foot. WOW, I was just in the new one 1 1/2 miles from our house a couple hours ago. We would have to shorten up Mom's clothes line to make good use of those. Judging from the back of her 40 foot long house the clothes line must be 30 to 32 feet long. I am still hoping to talk her into letting me have it. If I set the poles here about 23 feet apart two of those 50 foot rolls would do it. Mom will be 91 in 16 days and she can't hang clothes out there. My sister with her dementia can barely hang clothes on the line downstairs in the laundry area.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 1:58:49 GMT
Any updates?
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Post by snoozy on Jul 24, 2015 17:37:18 GMT
Just as a side note, when I was in Taiwan several years ago, I noticed that people always put their wet laundry on hangers, then hang them up to dry. They could dry a massive number of clothes in very minimal space. The typical American way using clothing pins requires a great deal of space for the same amount of laundry. So obvious, so sensible, yet I never thought of it before I saw it there.
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Post by susannah on Jul 25, 2015 14:03:59 GMT
I had the old fashion t-posts for yrs then switched to umbrella. I really like the umbrella. I can basically stand in one place, basket sits on a couple cement blocks and spin the lines to fill. Everything dries fast here so no worries about clothes too close together. I have the umbrella style as well. When we bought this place, there was a bird feeder on a metal pole just a few steps outside the lower level patio doors. I figured I'd never use the feeder. In spring, summer and fall, bird feeders attract bears like crazy up here - I should have taken a picture of what a bear did to the next door neighbors bird feeders a few months back. BUT...removing it gave me a nice start on the perfect place to put the pole for an umbrella clothesline. I'd never had an umbrella line before, and I like it - it's really easy to use, and maybe once or twice an "outdoor drying season" I have to tighten up the lines. It has plenty of room - it's just the two of us most days. |
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Post by Rustaholic on Jul 27, 2015 1:29:16 GMT
Just as a side note, when I was in Taiwan several years ago, I noticed that people always put their wet laundry on hangers, then hang them up to dry. They could dry a massive number of clothes in very minimal space. The typical American way using clothing pins requires a great deal of space for the same amount of laundry. So obvious, so sensible, yet I never thought of it before I saw it there. |
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Post by PNP Katahdins on Jul 27, 2015 19:10:23 GMT
Just as a side note, when I was in Taiwan several years ago, I noticed that people always put their wet laundry on hangers, then hang them up to dry. Just be sure to use plastic hangers since wire ones may rust. I keep eight on the bathtub shower curtain rod all the time. The wooden folding laundry racks also work well outdoors as well as indoors. With the trees and birds near our clotheslines, I prefer to be safe rather than sorry. Peg |
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