Time to sort this out!

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We have a rotary washing line outside. It was here when we bought the house and I think it must have been here almost 20 years before that because it’s concreted into the patio that the previous owners created when they revamped the house in 1998. So it’s doing quite well really. But over the last couple of years bits of the washing line itself have been breaking so that the usable lengths have gradually been getting fewer. Finally I said it was time to get some new line. So we bought a reel of wire-cored washing line and my partner set out to replace the old one. The problem was he took it all off without really noticing how it was fastened. Then when he put the new line round the supports it was all droopy. Of course I said that was no good, so I took it off again and tried to re-fit it. I had a look on YouTube for hints but nobody seemed to have a system like this, so I just gave it a go anyway – but I ended up making it worse! Now when anything is hung on it it just pulls the line through so the hanging item is practically touching the ground! Luckily it was then the end of summer so we didn’t really need it. Now though we have reached the time of year when we actually get some sun again (none from September to March, no matter how nice the weather is, due to our neighbour’s trees!) so I really will have to sort it out! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2025.