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Hammering in washing line spike

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Just splashed out on a new posh brabantia rotary washing line that comes with a very hefty spike and just been trying to work out the best way of getting the spike into the ground.

Any advice on suitable tools/methods?

Bashing it with a rubber mallet go me nowhere :o
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  • geo555
    geo555 Posts: 787 Forumite
    Get someone to hold a block of wood on the top and hit it with a sledge hammer.
    (".)
  • culpepper
    culpepper Posts: 4,076 Forumite
    I did mine about a month ago .First I hit it with the mallet with a bit of wood ontop so i didn't bend the top of the spike shaft,then I took my sledge hammer and pushed the handle into the spike,then hit it with the mallet ,stopping to see how straight it was every few wacks.
  • ChrissieI
    ChrissieI Posts: 161 Forumite
    What is the surface you are trying to put it in (grass, Tarmac)?
  • purplepatch
    purplepatch Posts: 2,534 Forumite
    Grass, but the ground is very hard.

    Better invest in a sledge hammer then methinks.
  • if you are into stoney ground and hit a biggish stone no matter how hard you hit it it wont go in. you might be better just digging a hole and putting it in with postcrete which is a bag of dry redimix cement you just pour in water to the hole add the mixture and leave it to dry.
  • purplepatch
    purplepatch Posts: 2,534 Forumite
    if you are into stoney ground and hit a biggish stone no matter how hard you hit it it wont go in. you might be better just digging a hole and putting it in with postcrete which is a bag of dry redimix cement you just pour in water to the hole add the mixture and leave it to dry.

    Yikes, my husband isn't going to be happy about digging up his lawn :eek:
  • ye try the mash hammer thing first.

    but i put in fence posts with a similar metal spike withe post bolting on top and thats what i ended up doing becasue there were lots of potato sized stones which made it very difficult.

    anyway being a good husband is all about sacrifice.
  • ChrissieI
    ChrissieI Posts: 161 Forumite
    Grass, but the ground is very hard.
    It would be best to dig a hole and concerete the post in. I had one in grass and as soon as the grass got wet the washing line started to move around, as the hole gets larger with the wet weather. Then it will stay put for years.
  • ChrissieI
    ChrissieI Posts: 161 Forumite
    Yikes, my husband isn't going to be happy about digging up his lawn :eek:
    If you cut the patch of grass out first with a large knife you can relay it after the hole has been dug It will soon look like it has never been moved.
  • Debt_Free_Chick
    Debt_Free_Chick Posts: 13,276 Forumite
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    Yikes, my husband isn't going to be happy about digging up his lawn :eek:

    Then just put his Y-fronts away damp :rotfl:

    It's not noticeable, honestly - the hole in the lawn, that is. In fact, if you're anything like me, the blimmin rotary stays out permanently ... which is more of an eyesore than an ickle-lickle hole in the lawn :D

    If he's that proud, keep the piece of turf that you carve out to make the hole and then, when you put the rotary away, cover the hole up with the turf :rotfl: Honest - that's what my partner does! I'm too lazy to put it away and, anyway, we seem to be running a 24hr laundry so there's always washing drying!
    Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac ;)
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