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Post by Granny Smith on Jun 10, 2014 16:20:32 GMT -5
I've had a devil of a time finding plastic coated clothesline! I've looked at every dollar store and at Walmart, but nobody had it. I wanted 100', but would have settled for 50'. No luck.
Dan stopped at Lowe's today and he found it! It was $11 for 100 feet, but it will last me several years, so I think it's worth it.
Now if I can just get somebody to set a post for me...
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Post by michelle on Jun 11, 2014 7:28:45 GMT -5
Glad you found it.
Hanging clothes outside is one thing that I don't think I'll ever do. I have too much of a pollen allergy.
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Post by guimauve on Jun 11, 2014 8:47:07 GMT -5
I have allergies too...but honestly, my whole self is outdoors so much, I didn't really ever get any relief from hanging them indoors!
I too had trouble finding heavy duty clothesline (clothes pins too) the last few years. Finally found the line at home depot, and the pins at the dollar store...they aren't the best pins, but the only wood ones I could find.
I set my own post, it wasn't too hard. I probably dug the hole a little bigger than it needed to be, but enough grass grew up to it so that it doesn't show. I did indulge in ready cement though since it was my first time working with it. I also levelled and tied the post before I poured the concrete in, and then readjusted the post after the cement was in but before it started hardening. It's been there for several years and hasn't needed any fixing yet...
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Post by Granny Smith on Jun 11, 2014 11:05:52 GMT -5
When these guys set a post, they use Quickrete and just pour it in dry. It absorbs enough moisture from the ground to turn it into cement.
The main reason I haven't set the post myself is that I'm using part of a leftover 12' pole and am scared of power tools. I really just need the guys to cut it down to size, but I've talked them into doing the whole job, including installing the pulleys and clothesline. I have one of those kits to make the clotheslines that you can pull and it moves the clothes, the kind I've only seen in old movies.
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Post by guimauve on Jun 11, 2014 12:47:58 GMT -5
:-)
That is the kind I have - one end (pully) attached to the house, the other end to the pole...a winch in the middle to roll it tight.
A little fyi...I hadn't thought about it before, but I just put the dog out - her lead is the same material as the vinyled clothes line. Next time you have trouble finding a clothes line check the dog supply!
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Post by Valerie on Jun 13, 2014 18:36:34 GMT -5
Gayle, you don't need to cut the pole! Just dig the hole deeper! I can say that because in our sandy old soil, a hole less than 3' is a waste of time anyway.
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Post by Granny Smith on Jun 13, 2014 22:23:18 GMT -5
Hahahaha!!! I don't want to have to dig to China! It will be taxing enough to dig down a foot. Since the bulldozer was here, this ground is hard! I'll probably have to use a mattock to dig with.
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Post by Valerie on Jun 14, 2014 7:29:38 GMT -5
I thought of that after I first posted about digging. I forgot most of y'all live where the ground is rock with a bit of dirt sprinkled on top.
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