Clothesline Pole
Has anybody had a clothesline pole that is set in the cement in the back yard removed? Ours is unsightly and we don’t use it. I would love to hear recommendations and what people paid. Thanks
Has anybody had a clothesline pole that is set in the cement in the back yard removed? Ours is unsightly and we don’t use it. I would love to hear recommendations and what people paid.
Thanks
oh please you have nothing better than to spend 3 thousand dollars to remove a clothes pole.
are you kidding.
it should be law, everyone should have clotheslines to dry clothes.
🙂
Wow, I’m looking for a clothes line pole and wish I was your neighbor. Three K to cut it off and take it away? Don’t think you got ripped off, you did.
Wow, I’m looking for a clothes line pole and wish I was your neighbor. Three K to cut it off and take it away? Don’t think you got ripped pff, you did.
I am currently doing mine, pain in the azz….im down to clay so 4ft deep and still wont move. I used jeep thinking I cud jst topple it over only to find out the concrete didnt move…just the pole bent. Im thinking a sawzall and then just leave concrete in ground
We were having work done in our backyard, and there was a crew of three guys.
My elderly neighbor popped his head over the fence, and asked the crew if they could remove his three-story tall clothesline pole if they had the time.
The guys jumped over to his yard and cut down the pole in about 15 minutes.
Total Cost = Free.
Well, not really free – my neighbor then bought the guys a pizza lunch in gratitude.
Anyone with a sledge hammer and a metal grinder should be able to do the job for next to nothing.
Sorry if you paid 3 grand — you got ripped off.
this conversation is amazing.
We have one we need to remove too and because I’m going to have a raised vegetable bed built over its present location I’m going to just have our handyman saw the pole off at the base then saw it in half to carry it out through the house. I don’t care if the cement plug stays in the ground underneath the vegetable bed.
We had one in our backyard — standard type, it was about 6 feet tall, but big and heavy. I thought it would be a major pain to get rid of, but it wasn’t — like an earlier poster, we started to dig a little around the cement, and then after a very short time it was possible to rock back and forth. Eventually the whole darn thing just toppled and came out, including the cement plug.
Granted, that sounds like it probably wasn’t installed very professionally (this was a couple years ago, but my recollection is that the cement plug itself was only a couple feet deep (definitely not 3.5), but still, that may be the case for you too.
A lot is going to depend on the clothesline itself. If it’s one of those gigantic clothline towers that reach three stories like many of the houses in my neighborhood have, it’s a risky business and you should expect to pay a premium. A large part of the cost is going to be the fact that they have to really take their time and cut if off in sections making sure that it doesn’t hit any of the myriad of wires that you’ll find in most Brooklyn backyards. So the contractor is going to give you a worst case scenario cost. If you’re just talking about an 8 or 10 foot pole in the backyard, hire a day laborer. $150.00 and your done.