for a wheelchair user.
Is there such beast as a washing line that can be moved along - i.e. a pulley at both ends - possibly with one end to be raised/lowered for use.
The idea being said user pegs some washing, moves the line along (a crank handle might be a really good help) and when the 20m or so of line is full raises their end.
Pretty certain these are more popular in some foreign cities ?
skyline pulley clothesline with elevator pole? Various videos on youtube.
Very common in parts of the US. I lived in a flat with one of those lines attached outside the back bedroom window, going out to a tall pole at the back of the property.
As soon as you realise the key is "skyline" the world unfolds.
many thanks !
Interesting and clever. I would never have guessed the magic keyword.
This arrangement also used to be very common at the back of tenement buildings in Scotland. I lived in a flat with such a drying line 30 years ago in Dundee.
Yes indeed. I live in Dundee now, and the arrangement is still very common.
Ready made, I'm not sure, I never investigated, but....
We have a very large garden, about 4 foot higher at the rear. I got fed up with replacing ordinary washing lines, and decided I could do something much, much better.
The far end, attaches to a 12-foot-high scaffold pole, itself fixed to a substantial concrete post. 4mm single stainless steel wire, runs from there, to a single pulley, that pulley has a continuous loop of 50m of
4mm SS, to a second pulley. The two ends of the loop are joined, via a double clamp.The second pulley, is again attached to a 4mm SS wire, up to the eaves of the house, and over a third pulley, terminating in supporting a lot of steel, as a counterweight. The counterweight, is hidden inside a plastic soil pipe, under the eaves pulley.
The loop of washing line, in the middle, is 50m long, and hangs 12 to 20 feet in the air. To load and unload the rolling loop of line, I arranged a winch system, attached to the front of the garden hut, to winch it down. Even winched down, it is still 7 foot of the floor, but just in front of the hut, we have a heavy-duty large picnic table, which is perfect to stand on, to load and unload the line. If the line in heavily laden, even the heavy counterweight, is not enough, to pull it up out of the way, so I made a 12 foot long clothes prop.
Doesn't quite answer your question, but might give you some ideas.
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