Rotary clothes airer in a parasol base

Savvy_Sue

I did a quick search but couldn't find anything, so here goes.

I don't have anywhere I could concrete a rotary clothes airer into the ground, and I don't see it ever happening anyway.

I'm sure I've heard it suggested that you can put one of these into a parasol base, suitably weighted.

Has anyone tried it? does it work? Not sure if the base would be deep enough IYSWIM.

I've got a couple of airers which I put outside on fine days, but one of them tends to blow around the patio or blow over, and the other is a b*gger to unfold and fold without causing injury to my toes ...

Amanda666

Sue, I use a cast iron parasol base for my rotary airer.

Just put some house bricks on the base if its quite windy but normally its fine.

Its out side and in use as I type

Think the base was about £5 from Mr T's a few years back.

angchris

i tried the plastic bases filled with water once and one gust of wind and it was over. def get the cast iron base if poss

MrsTinks

Don't suppose you have a lawn? We bought a rotary airer from Mr T (£10 off a £24.99 one...) yesterday and located a ground spike from Argos and it's then hammered into the lawn so it's flush with the ground so you can still mow over it.

Savvy_Sue

We do have a lawn, but it's always very shady there, plus I don't see the chaps hammering a spike in for me ...

sandieb

What about one of those clothes lines in a reel?

Savvy_Sue

Again, it would require someone to mount it for me, and I know that's just not going to happen! I also know one of the reasons which will be given: there's a layer of something covering the bricks on the outside of the house and he's reluctant to do anything which disturbs it ... Another reason is that there's a caravan parked between the two obvious mounting points ...

I only started thinking about it because I saw someone offering a rotary drier on Freecycle today, and I wondered how I could instal one with minimum hassle!

Dobie

Hi
Coopers of Stortford; sorry I can't do links but if you Google Coopers & then go to laundry you'll find it; do a rotary drier that's on a base of it's own; it's £19.99.
That should solve your problem.
Dobie

MATH

My whirly-gig sheared off at the base a few weeks after I had had it concreated into a newly laid patio:mad: No way was I having any of it dug up to re-cement so I tried a cast iron parasol base. It was fine for popping out a few bits on the line but if loaded with heavy towels or sheets the breeze would take it over. The wind always knows when a: the ground is wet and b: when you've done a whites wash:rolleyes:
For the last 2-3 years I have used two large concertena style airers. The good thing about them is that you can move them into breezy/sunny spots throughout the day and should it start to rain just pick up and run for cover. Yesterday I got three 10kg loads of washing dry with no probs at all.

HTH

Savvy_Sue

Dobie wrote: »

Hi
Coopers of Stortford; sorry I can't do links but if you Google Coopers & then go to laundry you'll find it; do a rotary drier that's on a base of it's own; it's £19.99.
That should solve your problem.
Dobie

Found it thanks. Have you got one? Only I'm sure it would blow over ...

I've got one like this, and it blows all round the patio, and sometimes blows over into the flower bed.

The one which eats my toes is from Lakeland ...

I know I'm hard to please, but I've got those airers downstairs for outside, and they're not really cutting the mustard. I've got good airers in the bathroom, which work well in that space but I don't think they'd work outside.

sad01

Hi Sue
I had the same problem but hubby filled an old tyre with concrete, he puts the spike into the concrete so when it hardens i can place the line into it and put it wherever i want in the garden. I have used this for about four years now and never had any problems.