Can anyone recommend a clothes line that will last??

Brie

It's the lattice of coincidence that I hop on the forum to see a post looking for recommendations for a drying rack just after our clothes line has collapsed yet again.

So what would you recommend? 

We've had 2 different umbrella type contraptions - a Brabantia one (collapsed and bent in half) and a Villedia one (the clip goes pop and the the thing folds up and take a few hours to untangle and redo all the ropes.)

I admit there is a small problem of the servants leaving the washing out in high winds and rain - so not the conditions for which they may be tested.  The soil is also soft under the lawn (but rock hard in the border gardens of course) so the things start to tilt quite quickly which again is not the way they are meant to be used.  We don't have too much really heavy stuff that we need to dry but even a slightly damp superking duvet cover weighs a bit.

I'd love to have just a straight line but can't see anywhere that it could be positioned - not helped by the fact that we don't own any of the fences so don't necessarily want to attach something unless necessary.     

Any practical solutions? (yes we have a dryer which I hate to use as even a small load takes several hours to dry - it's useless but the house servant loves it)

marcia_

 I have this one if you have a wall space. Ours has lasted 8 yrs so far 

https://www.brabantia.com/uk/wallfix-wall-mounted-dryer

shiraz99

I've got a Brabantia Liftomatic which I've had for a number of year and it's the best outdoor airer I've had. If your ground is that soft that airer's tilt then perhaps you need to concrete them in. The biggest advantage I find with the Brabantia over others is that it's not a continuous line but individual lines between the arms so it always stays taut.

Slinky

Is it possible to get the rotary ones restrung, if you know what I mean? The outer line of our 4 arm drier has broken, I've tied it up for now but the metalwork is fine, it just needs a new line.

Brie

shiraz99 said:

I've got a Brabantia Liftomatic The biggest advantage I find with the Brabantia over others is that it's not a continuous line but individual lines between the arms so it always stays taut.

Thanks @sharz99
That sounds exactly what I need.  I shall order the servant off to Dunelm to get one on the morrow!

shiraz99

Slinky said:

Is it possible to get the rotary ones restrung, if you know what I mean? The outer line of our 4 arm drier has broken, I've tied it up for now but the metalwork is fine, it just needs a new line.

Yes, plenty of places sell the lines for these.

ashe

Just buy hooks and washing line, easy 

casper_gutman

A clothes line doesn't need to be connected to a fence. Ideally it needs to be higher up anyway. We used a scaffold pole in an unobtrusive corner of the garden behind the shed, concreted into a deep but narrow hole with Postcrete.

Alternatively, can you get sockets for the rotary airers which concrete in instead of pushing into the soil?

Digging the hole is the hardest part of either of these options, but it's not so difficult in soft ground, which it sounds like you have