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over a year ago
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Right please explain in the most basic of terms how to put a washing line up.
I've googled and watched tutorials but it's not going in.
I want to erect a washing line going from the wall on my house to the fence at the bottom of my garden.
Do I buy a retractable thing that screws into the wall, do I buy washing line on its own and then get some sort of hook/screw combo, if so what type?
Is there some sort of washing line erector service person I can call? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Right please explain in the most basic of terms how to put a washing line up.
I've googled and watched tutorials but it's not going in.
I want to erect a washing line going from the wall on my house to the fence at the bottom of my garden.
Do I buy a retractable thing that screws into the wall, do I buy washing line on its own and then get some sort of hook/screw combo, if so what type?
Is there some sort of washing line erector service person I can call? "
ilm come and erect it if you erect me  |
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Drill a hole into the brick (not mortar), insert a rawl-plug, screw in a hook or eye to attach the line to. You can tie loop in end of the line and pop onto the hook, so it's easy to take on/off and take the line down if you want to at any point. |
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Oh Christ, distance from the house to the fence, I dunno, I should have measured this before hand. If the distance was a drive I'd say you could fit 3 (fiesta size) cars in a line.
The back fence is 10ft wood and it's more like panelly wood than gappy fence. |
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"Oh Christ, distance from the house to the fence, I dunno, I should have measured this before hand. If the distance was a drive I'd say you could fit 3 (fiesta size) cars in a line.
The back fence is 10ft wood and it's more like panelly wood than gappy fence. "
I'd find a local handyman if I were you.  |
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"Oh Christ, distance from the house to the fence, I dunno, I should have measured this before hand. If the distance was a drive I'd say you could fit 3 (fiesta size) cars in a line.
The back fence is 10ft wood and it's more like panelly wood than gappy fence. "
Screw hook to middle fence post. Mount Retractable line to your house wall and a hook further along the wall.
You can then loop your washing line down to the hook on the fence post back up the garden and secure to the hook on the wall.
Like an upside down V. |
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Yeah now all this is just sounding like what I've been reading on google.
Shit sake, I'm not a stupid person but I really struggle to visualise people's words do you know what I mean.
All I hear is screw, loop de loop pull back on itself.
Ahh thanks though everyone. |
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"Oh Christ, distance from the house to the fence, I dunno, I should have measured this before hand. If the distance was a drive I'd say you could fit 3 (fiesta size) cars in a line.
The back fence is 10ft wood and it's more like panelly wood than gappy fence. "
Sounds roughly 40 ft so a decent hook and eye would probably do drilled and screwed into the brick wall with a plastic rawl-plug same arrangement on other end if the fence posts between the panels are stable in the ground you can get the eyebolts and hooks in poundland ( eyebolt in the fence post just screws straight into thw wood ) |
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Buy a laser distance measurer from any hardware store.
Stand at your wall and point it at the fence and it will tell you the distance in metres or feet.
Buy one masonry nail, one wood nail. A piece of line, you'll be able to get it cut to size but add half a foot for looping. Sorted. |
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"Buy a laser distance measurer from any hardware store.
Stand at your wall and point it at the fence and it will tell you the distance in metres or feet.
Buy one masonry nail, one wood nail. A piece of line, you'll be able to get it cut to size but add half a foot for looping. Sorted. "
What no hammer....?
OP if you follow this advice stock up on washing powder .....   |
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I have a similar problem. I have a very tall pole but the previous owner broke the rope that threads through the pole top position and I have to hang my clothes on a clothes horse. Wouldn't know where to start to fix it.
A real dilemma op  |
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"I have a similar problem. I have a very tall pole but the previous owner broke the rope that threads through the pole top position and I have to hang my clothes on a clothes horse. Wouldn't know where to start to fix it.
A real dilemma op "
Have either you or op thought about getting a husband?  |
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"I have a similar problem. I have a very tall pole but the previous owner broke the rope that threads through the pole top position and I have to hang my clothes on a clothes horse. Wouldn't know where to start to fix it.
A real dilemma op
Have either you or op thought about getting a husband? "
Having a crossdressing besty is a lot less complicated |
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"I wanna peg stuff out and I don't want to get another rotary line cos they get really cobwebby and spidery. "
I have this issue too.
Wipe the line before you use it.
Or don't and have spiders in your clobber. I'm a bugger for it. |
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"I have a similar problem. I have a very tall pole but the previous owner broke the rope that threads through the pole top position and I have to hang my clothes on a clothes horse. Wouldn't know where to start to fix it.
A real dilemma op
Have either you or op thought about getting a husband?
Having a crossdressing besty is a lot less complicated "
Yeah but both too fecking far away |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Buy a laser distance measurer from any hardware store.
Stand at your wall and point it at the fence and it will tell you the distance in metres or feet.
Buy one masonry nail, one wood nail. A piece of line, you'll be able to get it cut to size but add half a foot for looping. Sorted.
What no hammer....?
OP if you follow this advice stock up on washing powder ..... "
I'm sure she's intelligent enough to work if there is nails involved she will need a hammer. Honestly |
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Just use a rotary line and hosepipe the fucker down before using it, and then spin ir around really fast before collecting your dry washing, so the spiders get dizzy and fall off.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Buy a laser distance measurer from any hardware store.
Stand at your wall and point it at the fence and it will tell you the distance in metres or feet.
Buy one masonry nail, one wood nail. A piece of line, you'll be able to get it cut to size but add half a foot for looping. Sorted.
What no hammer....?
OP if you follow this advice stock up on washing powder .....
I'm sure she's intelligent enough to work if there is nails involved she will need a hammer. Honestly "
It's the laser measurer that gets me...bit OTT for one little job  |
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We've got a line like you want. The fence end will cause you problems. Wet clothes are heavy. Add a bit of breeze and before long the fence will come down complete with laundry!
If you're close to penarth then Wassons is your real life google.. They have everything you require and really good advice. Take them a picture of the fence end! |
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When I moved into my current place no washing line.
The fences though on either side dude have concrete posts (with wooden panels in)
I simply bought a line wound it round a post (knotted/tied)
Took to opposite side of lawn and repeated.
I also have a clothes property (available at argos/wilko) so that when I've pegged out the wet laundry I can raise the line height .
If you have any option to tie at 3 points (or more) Then it'll give you more than one line (eg a zig zag across the garden)
This is the simplest way but it won't be retractable .
If the posts are wooden screw in big hooks (like cup hooks but fully closed round) instead to thread the line through. |
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