Rotary Washing Line

We have a rotary clothes line outside, but since we're both tall, we'd have a little bigger. At present it is anchored in a ground stake. Any ideas what we can do biggera

You can cut the mast and placed in a pipe extension. Before the cut, you'll need to measure the outside diameter of the pole. If it is a hollow tube and then also measure the inside diameter. You should do this measurement before cutting the pole so that you can ensure that you can get a piece of pipe to use for the extension section which match the form either inside or outside diameter of the existing pipeline. A hardware store or home center should have pipes of different diameters. You probably want galvanized pipe. You'll also need two or maybe four 1 / 4 inch diameter bolts that are as long as the pipe diameter plus one-half inch or two to accept washers and nuts.

When you find the pipe with the diameter at right, then you cut the existing pole and cut the extension pipe to the length you want more than 3 inches on each end to enter in or on the ends of existing pipes. Install the outlet pipe or in the existing pipe about 3 inches of overlap. Drill pipe and bolted together. Two bolts in each joint the better.

power transmission belt may be too soft, but you might be able to use two couplers leads to the outlet pipe of the existing pole if the diameters match, in which case you want a piece of pipe extension that has the same diameter as the existing pipe. This would then avoid drilling through the pipes to be assembled.

You must paint the joints with a spray outdoors to prevent corrosion.