In which she hangs the washing

[zeborah]

So there I am, hanging up the washing, and this happens:



Apparently this has been happening:



So since my washing still needs drying I've now done this:



But I feel further action needs to be taken for the longterm and I don't know where to even start looking in the Yellow Pages....

Comments

[graydon]

It looks like you could in principle replace only the pipe below the rotor bit; whether it's still possible to unscrew that connection is not determinable from this distance.

I don't know how the support pipe is attached to the ground, but I'd expect that you could measure the size of pipe and get a replacement from a builder's supply or a gas-fitters. Digging up the old pipe -- that is truly some glorious rust -- ought to give the right size hole to set the new one in concrete in, and that comes (at least hereabouts) in pre-mix bags for the purpose where you can dump the bag down the hole and then add water.

All moot if the upper bits are creaking to their end, too, of course.

[zeborah]

It's dug into the ground but no idea how deep, or whether (probably) there's a flange some there somewhere.

The repair place I've found lists repairs for the "top pipe" but not for the main support pipe itself. Worth asking. But as you say, with that much rust there, I wouldn't be surprised if the rest was just as bad and it was just a roll of the die which bit broke first.

Theoretically it looked like it was possible to unscrew the top but in practice I think that connection's all rusted too. I'd just previously assumed that it was rusted-stuck, rather than rusted-an-inch-from-disintegration.

[(Anonymous)]

That does sound a whole lot like your best bet, finances permitting, is to get that clothesline seller come and take the old one away and install a new one at the same time.

It's a pity there isn't a pure aluminium version.

[graydon]

That was I, not noticing I'd been logged out but the rushing abyss of time.