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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
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 Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 2:30:35 PM
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I would like to make an old fashioned clothesline for my backyard. I would like it to be made of wood, not the store bought umbrella metal type. I would like it to be a T post style.
I have looked throughout the internet and can't locate instructions. I dont know how to attach the cross part for the top of the line to be attached, or how to string the line part across from one side to another as the plasticky rope stuff eventually starts to sag, the woven rope eventually get dirty, maybe wire would work, but then again how to attach it.
Has anyone else made a clothesline for their yard?
Kim
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 2:35:42 PM
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I would think that you could just get a long wood screw to attach the two pieces of wood, then twist in some eye hooks an then string your rope/wire from post to post. I am using rope because I didn't want the wire to possibly rust on me. Not sure if it would. I have tightened my rope once and I think it will stay tight this time.
Alee
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
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Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 3:19:28 PM
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I have a metal one that was here when I moved in and it has BIG eye hooks that when the line (I have the palstic coated) starts to sag you just wind it one more time around the eye hook or untie it and retie. Hope that helps?!? My metal posts are stuck in concrete in the ground.
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 4:04:01 PM
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I think you can get them at Lowes
My hubby maked me some metal ones about like the woodden ones you are talking about
He got the metal poles somewheres
We had to take it down for some reason; I can't remember
never put them back up, pinkroses
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 6:53:31 PM
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Good luck on getting a clothes line outside.
Air dried linen. Nothing like it!
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 12:29:33 PM
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Sandra,
I am following your lead. I am buying metal poles, having a welder weld a top to it to look like a T. I will have the top post drilled thru to put the big hook/eye things thru and the other side to keep the clothesline from sagging, I will put these twisty things with screws in the middle of them.If it sags you just twist the screws tighter. On one end of the twisty things, there is an eye for the line and the other end also has an eye to bolt into the top metal pole.
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joyfulmama
True Blue Farmgirl
1175 Posts
Debra
Silver Springs
NV
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 12:07:05 AM
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Kim,
I have the "T" metal pole type clothes line, my DH found it through Craigs list and brought it home, drilled holes for new eye hooks & added BLUE plastic wraped wire(easier to see)line and then we painted it RED so I would not keep walking into it, duh!
I think having a fire engine red clothes line is trippy! I love it!
>^..^<
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2008 : 10:55:00 AM
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Grace,
ah! I Love it.
what does DH mean?
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fionalovesshrek
True Blue Farmgirl
186 Posts
Paige
kinston
North Carolina
USA
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AmethystRose
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Rosemary
Huntingdon
PA
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2008 : 8:55:08 PM
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| I have three lines. The central line is plastic coated wire, and I wrapped a woven rope along the wire, looking similar to a vine around a tree. To avoid ironing I dry anything that I can on hangers, and the bumps formed by the wrapped rope make spacers for the hangers. On a windy day, I can tuck the hook of the hanger between the rope and wire. If the weather changes suddenly, it's easy to scoop up the hangers. |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Aug 31 2008 : 10:21:16 PM
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Kim,
My mom (levisgrammy) has Dad and my brother build her one almost exactly like what you are describing. If you can pin her down, I am sure she'd be able to tell you just what they did.
hugs jess
Farmgirl Sister #235
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Aug 31 2008 : 11:01:51 PM
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I feel very blessed that when we moved in here 6 years ago we had a big old iron pipe T post type (welded) clothesline with 5 lines. It is really long too. I love it!! If I ever live in a house without one I have one put up right away..I have never had the umbrella style though.
If you do the wood posts it is almost a neccesity to do corner braces to keep it from getting weak. Wet clothes can be heavy.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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chickabella
True Blue Farmgirl
177 Posts
D. A.
Austin... ish,
Texas
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Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 05:35:57 AM
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Here's some photos of what Spouse put up. He used 4x4's, and cut notches into both the upright piece and the crossbar, then fitted & screwed them together with deck screws. He also used screw-in eyebolts for stringing the line, and put the posts into cement.
 
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spiral sage
Farmgirl in Training
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crystal
rock hill
sc
USA
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9362 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 07:56:18 AM
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Chickabella,
That looks exactly like the one my husband and son made for me, with one exception. They put a full piece across the inside instead of one on each side of the pole. They used eye bolts to run covered wire line through and I can tighten the line also. there are these little things on the line that your turn and it tighten it. Oh I almost forgot they also cemented the poles into the ground.
crshelpmeet is familiar with it because we both had put it to good use!
Denise
farmgirl sister #43
"Take a lesson from the teakettle, though up to its
neck in hot water...it sings!"
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Edited by - levisgrammy on Sep 04 2008 07:57:30 AM |
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luvnlife
True Blue Farmgirl
82 Posts
Michele
Quincy
WA
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2008 : 4:59:32 PM
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I have a VERY OLD clothesline that is as sturdy today as the day it was built. It's metal with galvanized cable/wire, it hooks into large eyebolts on the cross beam of the end posts. My kids grew up swinging on the end posts and because of the concrete and sturdy metal posts, they are no worse for the wear. I like all metal because nothing rots or sags over time like with wood or rope. I'd suggest investing in as sturdy and large a clothesline that you can afford. You'll never say "I wish I had built it smaller". As I type this I have nearly 12 loads of laundry hanging on mine and it has room for the three more loads I have to go till I'm done. So glad I don't have to rotate drying clothes or wait till the clothes are dry to come off before I can hang more. Best wishes!
Family life is the source of the greatest human happiness. This happiness is the simplest and least costly kind, and it cannot be purchased with money~Havighurst
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