restringing the rotary... or just buy a new one?

[MontyVeda]

Last year i talked my mother out of buying a new rotary washing line to replace the serviceable yet saggy old one.

As luck would have it, I found a spare washing line in the garage and restrung the rotary... cementing my position as son number one!

But... after a couple of months, the line was as saggy as a saggy thing, so I pulled it all tight and retied it, only for it go saggy again after a month or two.

I used this stringing method:

A couple of weeks ago i picked up a new replacement washing line in Wilkos and yesterday, restrung the rotary again (NOT using the above method) cementing my position as son number one ...but it turns out that 20 meters is way too short for a rotary

Is it just easier to buy a new rotary?

 

[Rusty Nails]

It's so much easier to buy a new rotary drier, but think of the warm feeling inside by helping the environment that re-stringing will give.

 

[Blue Hills]

as per the other thread i would restring.
I didn't realise there was an art/science/academic subject of restringing rotaries though - where did you get that diagram @MontyVeda ?

 

[MontyVeda]

as per the other thread i would restring.
I didn't realise there was an art/science/academic subject of restringing rotaries though - where did you get that diagram @MontyVeda ?

google image search... i figured the slightly more complex idea would be better than a simple spiral, but having tried it, i'm not convinced.

There's another thread?

 

[numbnuts]

My housing association will not re-string a rotary, we had top of the range and the string broke so they replace the whole thing with a new one, talk about waste

 

[the snail]

My housing association will not re-string a rotary, we had top of the range and the string broke so they replace the whole thing with a new one, talk about waste

The trouble with those sort of jobs, is that by the time you,very paid for materials and somebody's time, it costs more to fix stuff. I suppose your housing association could fix more stuff if you don't mind paying more for your rent.

 

[Sharky]

Well done in fixing it. Should entitle you to Honary Life membership of the Rotary Club..

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Rather than using a continuous line, would splitting the line into sections, perhaps one loop long, and tying them firmly at the end of each bit limit the stretching?

 

[Blue Hills]

google image search... i figured the slightly more complex idea would be better than a simple spiral, but having tried it, i'm not convinced.

There's another thread?

The thread on climate change in the dreaded NACAs has stuff on make do and mend.

 

[FishFright]

Would something like this suit ?

Amazon product ASIN B07YR2F9VLView: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ZIXXONE-HOME-Washing-Clothes-Replacement-Plastic/dp/B07YR2F9VL

 

[MontyVeda]

Well done in fixing it. Should entitle you to Honary Life membership of the Rotary Club..

good joke but.... it's not been fixed

 

[DaveReading]

Rather than using a continuous line, would splitting the line into sections, perhaps one loop long, and tying them firmly at the end of each bit limit the stretching?

The line may not be stretching.

 

[annedonnelly]

I think some replacement lines are more prone to stretch than others. I've never had a rotary though, just a couple of lines strung across the garden.

Oh and well done to your mum for drying outdoors. So many people just use dryers these days.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The line may not be stretching.

That's me done then. I don't do complicated.

 

[MontyVeda]

The line may not be stretching.

hard to tell if it's the line stretching or the stringing method going slack where the weight was. The old line was quite thin (2-3mm), but steel inside. The new one is 5-6mm, but way too short.

I had a look at the 1* reviews for the one on amazon the fishfright posted... lots of folk saying it soon stretched or snapped.