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[Closed] Base for a rotary washing line

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Morning all,

The back garden in our new house is artificial grass over a type 2 base.  Is there any reason why we wouldn't be able to use a ground spike for our rotary washing line?

Can't upload a pic but was thinking of something like the screw into the ground jobs you get on eBay?


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 12:07 pm
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What about a parasol base?


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 12:46 pm
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Cut hole in grass, dig small round hole, put spike into postcrete.

The spikes are normally plastic and meant to be screwed into soft ground or concreted in for sandy / gravely ground.


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 12:50 pm
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Parasol base had been the plan if a spike was a no go. The spike for the line was concreted in at the old  place so woukd be buying a replacement.  Thought the plastic ones would probably be made of cheese so had looked at some metal ones with a longer looking spike with a screw thread at the bottom.


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 1:02 pm
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I just used a piece of plastic tubing about a foot long and just pushed it into the ground, pulling it out a few times to get rid of the earth in the middle. Worked fine for years, washing line freely rotated.


 
Posted : 30/07/2018 7:48 pm