I want to be installing a fold down clothes line.
Fold down clothes lines are a great idea because they can be tucked away giving you the space
on a small backyard.
They can be fitted anywhere but preferably in the sun where the clothes can dry.
However it's always a good idea to install them away from obstructions such as heating
units and cooling units.
The tools I'm going to be using are a hammer, my safety equipment consisting of gloves,
ear muffs, a face mask and some safety goggles, a drill, the clothes line itself along with
it's components, a tape measure, a shifter, a screw driver, a knife, a pencil and some
DynaBolts.
The first step in installing this clothes line, we need to measure on the wall where
I'm going to be mounting it.
A standard height for mounting the clothes line is about 1.7 meters.
However, you can do it to suit your height.
I'm now going to measure 1.7 meters from the ground and put my mark on the wall.
Now that I have my 1.7 meter mark, I'm now going to hold up the clothes line and draw
my guidelines where I'm going to be drilling.
Now it's time measure across 2.2 meters.
If you don't have a mate to help you out, it's always good to do it in meter long increments
so that you can measure across.
The next step to installing a clothes line is to make sure our line is nice and level
so the clothes line sits straight.
So for that we're going to be using this level putting on my existing line and measuring
all the way across the end.
I'm now ready to start drilling my holes to be able to mount my clothes line to the wall.
As I'm drilling into brick, I'm going to be using a masonry drill bit to be able to get
through it.
And I've also got all my safety gear with my face mask, safety goggles and ear muffs
to ensure I don't get hurt during the process.
Just a quick tip when drilling into the brick, I've put a piece of tape around the drill
bit so I know how far to drill.
So what I do is I simply put the DynaBolt on my drill bit and then tape the rest to
know that I'm going in deep enough.
The next step in the process to installing this clothes line is to attach the bracket
to the wall.
I have my hammer, my DynaBolts, my ratchet and my socket.
To do it I'm going to be holding this up to the pre-existing holes, putting the DynaBolts
in the holes, hammering them in and securing them with the socket.
And now I'm going to move on the other side and repeat the same process.
The next step in the process to installing this clothes line is to now fit the cross
bar.
To begin this process, we simply put a plastic corner in the bracket first where we're now
going to loosely secure the metal bracket.
And to do so we're going to need the nuts and the bolts provided.
First of all we simply thread the bolt through here and put it through the first hole and
just put the nut on enough so it hangs in place.
We're now going to repeat on the other side.
Now the two ends are loosely fitted we're going to secure the cross bar.
We're going to put it into place first and then we're going to be using the shifter and
we're going to secure it tightly so it stays in position.
Now that this process is complete we'll now repeat the same steps to the large bar.
Now onto the final step of the installation for the clothes line.
The final step involves us stringing the line through the frame.
We're going to start by starting at the right-hand side of the back of the little one.
Now to do this we simply thread it through the first hole and tie the knot specified
in the instruction menu.
Now that I have tied my knot, I'm going to thread it back and forth until I get to the
very end.
So, I'll wave it through the back end as per instructions, cut a bit allowing me to tie
it off.
Just ensure you have nice tension before you tie it off.
Now that I've completed the small frame it's now time to move onto the larger one and wave
that repeating the same process as we did before and using the same knot as we did in
the instructions.
Now that we've finished waving the last piece of clothes line, I've now tied it off and
ready to cut it.
I'm ensuring that I leave about 100 mil just so that later on we can tension it.
And that's how you install a fold down clothes line.