We live in a rented place and I want to put up a rotary washing line in the garden. Landlord is ok with hole in ground, but not with concrete in his lawn.

Do you have to concrete them in? Is it essential, does anyone have one that isn't?

hints and tips much appreciated.

thanks!

ours isn't

no, my rotary line is just sunk into the grass, and it is a big heavy one.

get one of these instead

Phew - just bought one and don't want to trek back to Argos to take it back! Thank you!

Now to make hole in ground......would a teaspoon do it?

Thanks nailpolish, but there's nothing to attach it to at the other end, if you see what I mean. Hence the rotary.

You can get a metal spike that will hold it more securely, but if your landlord doesn't want concrete, he may not want a metal spike either. Should be fine as long as you don't overload it on one side when the ground is soggy, that would make it lean and ruin the hole.

there's a hole in ground with some kind of metal holder sunk in,ifyswim..- no concrete -as far as I can tell - was here when we moved in

Ours is concreted in, but we turfed over it afterwards, so you'd never know

The one I bought just has a plastic holder with it, hope that'll be enough...It's a cheap one from Argos, some of them are £90

NailPolish, I think you will find that washing line is commonly known as the decapitator...

We have a spike in the ground too. It has been there for 4 years and holds the washing line just fine - no need for concrete.

We keep losing the hole over the winter, when I don't use the washing line, as the grass grows over it a bit so I can't see why the landlord would object to it. If you fill in the hole with earth when you go it will be virtually undetectable.

Darn it, looking at the Argos site I could have bought a groundspike for £2.99....can I be bothered to drive back again!?

lol at the link, customers who bought this also bought Atonement.

it doesn't look very strong though

We have one of those ground spikes and it is really good-took a bit of hammering into ground to get it in but keeps the line upright even when it is heavily laden

Thanks ladies! Ground spike in, washing line up, washing out in the sunshine - and I only trapped my finger in the mechanism once. OUCH!

Thanks for all your help

lol @ decapitator

we have one and it stretched across the drive/front door

am going to call it that from now on

Can highly recommend getting a small piece of dowelling or bamboo (about 6" long), painting it a very bright colour and then sticking it in the hole whenever you take the line down.

Soooo much easier to find again if you don't use it through the winter and it vanishes under mud/grass.