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May 5, 2008
we want a clothesline pole/ladder
anyone had one installed in their backyard? we're in a brownstone, and the neighbors all have them, but not us. I've been leaving messages with ironworks places--is this the way to go? anyone know a cheap place to recommend?
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Best bet would be an iron worker or mason, both trades are involved. When I had mine done a number of years back the mason that was doing work at the time took care of this.
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 12:27 PM
I bet one of your neighbors would be glad to part with theirs -- my wife hates ours. I had to save it from destruction by growing a wisteria up it (climbed 4 stories in one season) and hanging a hammock on one end.
Posted by: phripley at May 5, 2008 1:10 PM
that's a thought. though they're in poured cement, so a big dig would be involved. thanks for the idea (and the hammock idea...)
Posted by: zoes at May 5, 2008 3:13 PM
Don't have a place to recommend but when I was a kid, my father and I put one up in our backyard fairly easily. We bought several sections of 2" threaded galvanized pipe, dug a hole about three feet deep, stuck the pipe in and poured cement around it. AFter the cement hardened, we added on additonal sections of pipe until we got to the height we needed. On the top section, we had drilled a hole and inserted an eyebolt to attach the clothesline.
Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 5:16 PM
I recently got a few bids because I thought I could talk my landlord into installing one. It was going to cost over $1000 to build something we could use on the third floor.
I actually think $1000-1500 isn't outrageous given the kind of structural integrity you need (it is just a wee bit less simple than it looks, and you don't want it falling over ...) but I wasn't willing to spend that and neither was my landlord.
Posted by: amanda at May 8, 2008 5:06 PM
I have one that I will give you for free - take it away and it's yours!
Please contact me at:
slslaughter (at) gmail(dot)com
thanks!
Posted by: shasla at May 15, 2008 11:52 AM
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