Making a shade house from a rotary clothesline

by Val Roche

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I have a large rotary clothesline that I wish to turn into a shade house with the help of 4 long pieces of galvanised pipe ,[ to anchor the corners,] and shade cloth . However I can't work out how to attach the corners of the rotary top to the holes in the corner of the galvy . I will have to pay one of the neighbors to give a bit of a hand , as I'm an aging duck and will need help . What are the heavy weight metal rings that screw up?
Thanks . Hope someone can help.

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Z on Nov 14, 2013
I'm not sure what you are talking about as I've not heard of a shade house, but I do believe the answer to the last question is a flange. Is this what you are looking for? http://i.ebayimg.com/t/10-pcs-Galvanized-Pipe-Fitting-Flanges-3-4-/00/s/NTAwWDUwMA==/$%28KGrHqV,!p8E-64bB!LOBQ!K8UQymg~~60_35.JPG

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- Val Roche on Nov 14, 2013
  @Z Hi There . A shade house is a free standing structure , similar to a gazebo but more functional in style than a gazebo . Its basically a shed type structure of wood or metal frame and shade cloth over the top . Specifically for growing plants and protecting more delicate ones from heat or cold . You probably call it something else in America . Thanks for the reply but what I'm looking for is like a heavy wire type ring that has a split but also a little screw device attached so you can slip it through a hole and then do it up again . Not unlike a macrame ring but heavier
  
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- Z on Nov 14, 2013
  @Val, I'm going to need a photo to help you. Can you take one showing where you want to attach the pipe to? I do know what you mean by a shade house now. It's like a green house only it shades the plants from too much sun instead.
  
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Val Roche on Nov 14, 2013
Well bless my soul . I have just been told by a friend who lived in America , that you don't use clotheslines to hang your laundry out in the sun to dry , only clothes dryers . In view of all your sadly disastrous weather maybe there's a reason . If any one is interested enough you could go to E-Bay Australia and see what rotary clothes lines are

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- Z on Nov 14, 2013
  @Val, I was getting a rotary clothesline mixed up with a retractable clothesline which completely confused me on how you were going to make a shade house as retractable clotheslines are narrow. Sorry about that. Guess I'm trying to do too many things at once as usual. I'm still not sure what you are looking for to attach the pipe to it though if your clothesline is made from round pieces I wonder if you couldn't use a pipe elbow? I miss hanging clothing out to dry as I enjoyed it when I was younger. Our laundry room is on the second floor so I'd have to carry wet laundry down two flights of stairs and then through the basement woodwork shop to the back yard to hang it. Then carry it all the way back up again. I fear I'd lose the use of my knees.
  
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- GrandmaCarol Speight on Nov 15, 2013
  @Val Roche I hang my clothes out Val!..except in Winter and then sometimes even then I do IF something is stained and I need the help of the frost to help with clearing it. I use a "whirly-gig" 4-sided clothes line.
  
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- Linda B on Nov 15, 2013
  @Val Roche I would love to use a clothes line. But the trailer park rules say no clothes lines. I did use one before I moved here. I use to live on a ranch. Alot of people here in America still use clothes lines.As for you question, I do not know what you need either.
  
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- Linda B on Nov 15, 2013
  Are you looking for somthing like this??? Sorry the picture will not post.
  
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- Lynn5280 on Nov 16, 2013
  @Val Roche hey Val some of us in America still use clotheslines! I guess it depends on area..
  
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- Grandmasue10 on Apr 13, 2016
  @Val Roche I love the smell of sheets and pillowcases hung outside. Did you know the sunshine is like adding peroxide to your wash? It disinfects!
  
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Centrd on Nov 15, 2013
Are you talking about something like this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B0013KA9D4/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_1/278-0438583-9951706?ie=UTF8&index=1 They don't seem very expensive compared to hiring someone to make something for you. I'm afraid I don't understand what "the heavy metal rings that screw up" means. Like large eye screws or eye bolts?

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- Val Roche on Nov 15, 2013
  @Centrd I'm not computer literate but I believe the middle picture is even better than What I was looking for I answered this also on the Amazon site . This is the type of structure I was taking about .and yes it will be far cheaper to do it myself [ with help ] I have the commercial sewing machine required . The eye bolt will be perfect . Thanks very much to everyone . may you all have a very happy Christmas and new year without ANY natural disasters
  
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Centrd on Nov 15, 2013
Not sure I understand the amazon answer reference, but I found the hardware images by doing google searches for "eye screw" and "eye bolt". Maybe you can find what you're looking for doing the same. good luck.

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- Val Roche on Nov 15, 2013
  @Centrd Thanks to everyone once again
  
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Darryl Morrison on Oct 28, 2015
Darryl Morrison Australia Maybe a little late to help Val, but I've just converted an old rotary clothesline into a semi-permanent carport frame. The square becomes the roof component and the 4 curved lengths become the posts. Drilled holes fitted with nuts and bolts secure the "roof" to the curved end of the posts. The hardest part is lifting the old configuration up and away from the heavy centre pole which has the handle attached. The easiest way to imagine it is to think of the existing structure turned upside down.

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