Hi, I just wanted to give the story of the completion of the clothes line pole project. If you remember, a rather "pickled" neighbor downed my clothes line pole. It seems that sun is faster and cheaper than gas heated appliances and it was a priority. Well stability was the issue and I didn't want the next occurance to be unnoticed at the auto body shop. So here's what we got at Home Depot.
What we needed: 1 ft section 2-3/8 galvanized pipe 1 2-1/4 ft of same. 1 40 inch section of 2-1/4 o.D. galvanized pipe 1 2ft section of 1-3/4 O.D. galvanized nipple 1 bracket to hold horizontal member 1 2ft 1 inch O.D. E.C.T. 1 8ft (true) 1 inch X3 pressure treated board (rounded edges) 1 unit of carbon added cement 2 standard quick set cement 1 can of cement colored, textured outdoor spray paint 2 chain link fence bolt through caps 4 2.5 inch tapscrews 2 2 inch stainless flair head wood screws 2 1/4 inch wood threaded screws 3 inch long since the guy at HD told me I could buy by the foot, I was surprised when he said his machine wouldn't cut the stock we chose. So with hacksaws going, and my using my "passed" father in laws huge pipe cutter, we got everything down to size I remed and deburred all the pipes for smooth fit. We used a hammer drill with masonry chisel to make a 8X8 inch wide hole and dug the cement and old pipe out. We dug a 16 inch hole. We banged the 2ft pipe in to level. We sunk the 2ft of 2-3/8 into the ground and filled it to the 14 inch or 10 inch from the top, with cement. We filled the hole around the pipe with this Carbon Added cement. carbon supposed to be stronger ? ? that surrounded that pipe to an inch from level. (I hope this carbon additive cement isn't snake oil). We filled the 40 inch 2-1/4 inch pipe with quick cement to the 30 inch mark. We put the 2-1/4 ft piece of 2-3/8 I.D around that 40 inch 2-1/4 pipe and used JB Weld to hold it at the 10 inch mark and up from there. While that cured we sprayed the front of 2 3x5 inch pieces of the treated wood after drilling for the tapscrews. While that dried, we drilled the 30 inch header board for the close line hooks. We removed those and sprayed the wood front. We assembled the clamps that would hold the 1 inchcross piece to the clothes line pole, drilling through the pole in a vice, through the front and back hole to make them allign. We set the bolt through and tightened it for fit. We set the "caps" onto the 1 inch pipe with more JB weld. We used the JB Weld to affix the 2ft piece of 1-5/8 I.D. ECT to the bottom 2feet of the clothes line pole. We broke for lunch. We sprayed the backs of the 3x5 inch blocks and set the screws and tightened them to the wall wet. We sprayed the fronts of the blocks. the ground cement was getting dry, and the stuff in the socket was as well. We sprayed the back of the header board and set it wet to the blocks and screwed it onto the blocks. We sprayed it all over again. We set the 1 inch E.C.T. (electrical conduit tubing, I've heard called Electrical metal tubing) into the clamp and sealed around the openings with a bead of JB weld. We put the line hooks into the header. We swept up with the cement in the above ground pipes still curing. We put an inch of quick set over the carbon added cement and let my kid put her hand print and initial into it. We fitted the pieces. 2-3/8 i.d. in the ground, filled with cement. 2-1/4 o.d rises 30 inches above ground, is filled with 30 inches of cement, and has outside sleeve of 2-3/8 galvanized epoxied to that.. 1-3/4 o.d. pipe has 1-1/2 o.d. clothes pole in that and slips into the 40 inch cement filled galvanized pipe. 2 bolt through caps on 2 ft horizontal 1 inch pipe hold lines with hooks on headers at other end. The blocks where to put the header across lines that run up the wall, the single line had been previously tied to the fittings on the electrical service box. So, it's cement and 1/4 wall thick to the height of a dodge Ram 2500 pick up's bumper and totally quick to break down. Today, i find out that the "pickled" party who has damaged (now 4) fences in the neighborhood, as well as my clothes pole; is moving away. well, maybe I can put a hoop and back board on the other side to make it all worth it. (grins) anyone know anything about carbon cement?
