Hi, I have a rental and I dont know what the tenant does with the clothesline wire but this is the 3rd time in less than 2 years i'm having to replace it. 1st time i admit it was just cheapish plastic coated wire, 2nd time i bought the heaviest grade plastic coated wire I could find at Bunnings, this is know on its last legs apparently, what do you recommend I replace it with this time. just straight wire! Its a long clothesline 5-6m going from a crossbeam! on a post, to the garage rather than a square moving one if that makes a diff, TIA
kinna54,
Mar 12, 6:33pm
Hills brand line should suffice but don't over-tension. Just enough so heavy items like wet towels don't cause line to sag. This is more than likely the cause of your premature failing of the line. Worst cas scenario you could source the old galvanised spiral twisted type clothesline wire.
kp11,
Mar 12, 6:36pm
Just straight wire will likely rust & leave marks on the clothes.Wonder what the heck theyre doing. ive had the same plastic coated wire for 12 years & its still going strong! If the lengths too long & stretching then breaking, maybe a support pole or two at points along the length would help!
dibble35,
Mar 12, 7:08pm
Thanks for that, i'll stick with plastic coated then and leave it sagging a bit. maybe I have been tightening to much. I must admit I had some of this line left over from there the first time I replaced it. I used it at home and it is still going strong, maybe her kids swing on it. who knows. I think a support pole might be a good idea as well.
barbra1,
Mar 12, 7:23pm
Definately need a support pole, take some of the pressure off the line. My long line is the galvanised twist and its got some serious age on it and still going strong.
lythande1,
Mar 13, 5:19am
Sounds terrible. Why not just put up a rope line! I would never use plastic wire, plastic goes brittle in sunlight and who knows what kind of wire is under it, crap I would imagine.otherwise it wouldn't be coated in plastic.
carter19,
Mar 13, 5:40am
I have been using "real" clothesline wire for years. It has never rusted and left marks on clothes. The marks are usually dirt. Who cleans their clothes line! A roll costs about $30
steptoesnr,
Mar 13, 8:39am
Bunnings have a large range including 'twisted' galv. with plastic coating.
dibble35,
Mar 13, 9:19am
OK thanks all, will have a look at whats on offer at Bunnings, now leaning more towards the galvanised 'real' clothesline wire. Heavy duty and the kids will hopefully hurt there hands if they try and swing on it. knowing my luck the wire will prove to tough for them and they'll break the shed or post its attached to. LOL
eljayv,
Mar 13, 2:33pm
Mitre 10
cowlover,
Mar 15, 6:57pm
That Zenith wire that Bunnings sell is absolute crap.We replaced the line at our rental and it went Rusty in 3 weeks.Took it back to Bunnings and they said "yeah it always comes back"Its made in you know where.
An option is good old No 8 fencing wire buts its apig to put up.
Maybe an industrial wire rope supplier would be the place to start.Hopefully they might have a better quality galvtwisted wire.
dibble35,
Mar 16, 6:08am
After looking at the clothesline yesterday there were 2 types of wire on it, the zenith(I think) which was failing miserably and another which seemed to be holding up well. Its a long clothesline with 4 runs of wire. I guess that why we didnt have all the same sort, so needless to say we replaced it with the sort that was holding up ok. It was still a plastic coated metal, came from bunnings, but was in circular coil in a plastic bag, 25M so good length and not to expensive. Cant remember name
freedreamz,
Apr 19, 5:57pm
my clothes line has normal HT fencing wire on it, it was here when we purchased property, last house had #8 fencing wire.
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