Wanting to get a clothesline for the backyard, specifically the "umbrella" style that holds two end bars and a bunch of lines between them, but can fold up when not in use so you don't walk into it. Not the same as the Hills Hoist style which has fewer lines in concentric squares. Lowes carries the type I'm after, but geez that looks cheap - so many plastic pieces that look like they'd disintegrate after a couple summers of outdoor UV.

Is there anyone making this style of clothesline, but actually built to use?

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mildOrWILD65 t1_ix718uo wrote on November 21, 2022 at 5:52 AM

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Do you live near Amish or Mennonite communities? You may have luck shopping at the hardware stores they own.

LazyMarla t1_ix79tzf wrote on November 21, 2022 at 7:43 AM

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Like this? Some friends of mine have a small business and sell a really nice sturdy fold up umbrella style one. https://www.bestdryingrack.com/drying/outdoor-umbrella-clotheslines.html

Antrostomus OP t1_ix84zot wrote on November 21, 2022 at 2:11 PM

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Replying to mildOrWILD65 (#598,080)

Closest ones I can think of are several hours away, but that's a good idea, I'll have to see if there are any closer.

Antrostomus OP t1_ix8615j wrote on November 21, 2022 at 2:20 PM

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Replying to LazyMarla (#598,592)

I'd come across that one in searching (and don't live too far from them lol) and it looks like good build quality but it doesn't seem like it has as much line available as the style of that Lowes listing.

Although looking closer at it, the Large lists basically the same line length. Looks like it mostly just spreads them out much farther - requires a 14' circle instead of a 8.5' circle. I might consider that one if I can't find any more compact ones with the same construction.