Getting a clothesline mounted straight and solid takes the right fixings for your wall type. EasyFixed gives you an instant online price for clothesline installation across Melbourne and surrounding suburbs. Pick wall mounted or ground mounted, and get a fixed price inc GST in under a minute.
Hills folding clothesline supplied and installed.
Wall mount or ground mount
Wall mounting onto solid brick is the fastest and cheapest option and suits most homes. The frame folds flat against the wall when you are not using it.
Ground mounting on two posts set in concrete is the answer when there is no suitable wall, or when the wall is cladding without solid backing behind it. It costs more because of the footings and the concrete cure.
Choosing the spot
Pick the sunniest wall with some air movement, usually north facing. Then check the swing clearance so the arms open fully without hitting a fence, downpipe or garden bed.
We test the fixings and the fold action before we leave, so you are not finding a loose bracket with a full load of wet washing on it.
Much of Melbourne sits on reactive clay. Clay swells in winter and shrinks through summer, which works fence footings loose over the years. It is the single biggest reason posts lean here, and why we set footings deeper than the bare minimum.
Most Melbourne councils allow a boundary fence up to 2.0 metres between neighbours without a planning permit, with lower limits on street frontages. Heritage overlays across the inner suburbs add extra rules, so check with your council before going tall at the front.
Hot dry summers and wet winters are hard on timber. Expect to re-stain a paling fence every three to five years, and expect the north and west facing runs to weather first.
Housing ranges from period terraces and weatherboards in the inner suburbs to newer estates further out. Timber paling and Colorbond dominate back boundaries, while aluminium slat and blade fencing is the common choice on modern front boundaries.
Can you fit it on a brick wall? Yes, we use the correct masonry anchors for brick and rendered walls.
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