I dug 2 holes and poured concrete in the holes and stuck the pole in the concrete, and it looked pretty good, but after about a month the weight of the clothes started pulling the poles over concrete and all. How do I keep this from happening? Should I dig a bigger hole and use more concrete? Should the hole be dug a certain way and a certain debth. I am serious. I hang clothes outside because I have a window air conditoner and the dryer makes my house too hot. I was going to hire a handyman to do it, but he wanted to charge me about 300 bucks for materials and all. I cant afford him.
2006-07-06 03:34:31 · 8 answers · asked by happydawg 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
The 1st holes were in the ground about 14-16 inches.
2006-07-06 04:26:54 · update #1
I live in central illinois. The soil is black and we farm corn and beans here. Acres and acres of them.
2006-07-06 04:27:52 · update #2
You Concrete may need more. I assume your poles about 2-3 inch. So, dig your Holes about 10 inch and about 18 inches deep (Deeper is better). Maybe this will work. Not sure were you live, sounds like you soil may be soft too and not a lot of Rocks/Clay. What you can do, when you get the poles out to "Reset" Take a hammer and bust the old concrete off and as you put new into your holes add the old in for support. Have your Pole already in the hole then add your Concrete. You can pour Quickcrete in Dry and have a Bucket of water. Pour Dry and add a little water as you go. Take a Fat Stick or Piece of wood about 1-2 inch and pack your concrete as you go stop about 1/2 from top and cover with Wet Dirt Mounded. DO NOT allow the pole to move until the Concrete has had time to set. About 2-3 days BEFORE you put a line on. Hope this helps.
2006-07-06 03:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, first off, I would dig the hole 3-4 feet deep.
Get a 4X4 and drop it into the hole and concrete around it. If you are using a "huge amount" of clothes, then I would put more concrete around the post.
One bag is sufficient to hold the post if there is no drag or weight on it. If there is, as in clothes line then I would go as much as four bags!!
Now, since you have that post in already and its sagging, I would just dig a hole, about 3 feet from the pole, and put in an eye bolt in about 4 bags of concrete... Then, I would put another eye bolt in the "wooden cross" that your clothes line should have, actually, the post should have it on...
I would get an eye hook and then, a steel line with plastic covering it, and two compression fittings to secure the lines together. Put the line through each eye, (the wood cross and the concrete anchor), then loop it around itself, and secure it with the compression fittings ...(wish I could recall what they are called..but, brain damage at my age...sorry :)).
Do this at both ends and it should secure the posts that you have now, instead of installing new posts.
Oh, hang some yellow ribbons at every foot or so on the line so that kids will not hang themselves on the line if they are running, they will see the yellow and know to stop.
I wish you well..
Jesse
2006-07-06 03:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dig deeper & dig wider, more concrete. You should have at least 2-3 feet of the pole buried. You can make the holes irregular on teh sides too, not smooth and slick inside, as this willhelp hold the pole in place.
Chip the concrete off your poles and try again. Don't be stingy w/ the concrete. And make sure you're using something w/ gravel in it too, not just cement. Use something like Maximizer brand.
2006-07-06 03:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
deeper holes. You need to pour the concrete below the frost line in your area to begin with. then sink the poles deeper than you have it now to give it leverage and strength. Did the handyman tell you how deep he was going to dig the holes?
2006-07-06 03:41:28 · answer #4 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you didn't get your holes deep enough. They need to be 2 to 3 feet deep, or maybe deeper depending on soil conditions.. a bigger hole won't help but a deeper one will..
2006-07-06 03:41:18 · answer #5 · answered by J P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dig hole deeper.
2006-07-06 03:41:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pray to God and apologise. He would not like women human beings wearing bras so He makes use of His almighty means to blow down clothing strains in wish that the bras will fly off and He can one lower back see those marvellous woman-lumps bouncing up and down even as they run. YAY BOOBS!
2016-11-01 07:25:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Home depot has one that can be easily installed and retracts.
It can be used outside or inside. It screws to a tree, post or wall. You can also tighten it if it starts to sag.
2006-07-06 10:35:53 · answer #8 · answered by margherita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋