Comments on: How can I make a washing line cover using recycled materials? http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20091006/how-can-i-make-a-washing-line-cover-using-recycled-materials Creative ideas for reusing and recycling random stuff Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fergus Brogan http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20091006/how-can-i-make-a-washing-line-cover-using-recycled-materials/comment-page-1#comment-995553 Fergus Brogan Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:26:42 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1755#comment-995553 My polytunnel cover just ripped, straight up the side - very disheartening. Now I am going to make a clothesline cover with one half and a teepee cloche with the other. My polytunnel cover just ripped, straight up the side – very disheartening.
Now I am going to make a clothesline cover with one half and a teepee cloche with the other.

]]> By: Lizzy http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20091006/how-can-i-make-a-washing-line-cover-using-recycled-materials/comment-page-1#comment-994942 Lizzy Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:24:15 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1755#comment-994942 This reminds me a bit of the 'how can I recycle bits of an old tent' suggestion - maybe you or someone you know has a broken old tent or you could somehow get hold of one? Not that I've seen a seethrough tent, but if the suggestion helps... This reminds me a bit of the ‘how can I recycle bits of an old tent’ suggestion – maybe you or someone you know has a broken old tent or you could somehow get hold of one? Not that I’ve seen a seethrough tent, but if the suggestion helps…

]]> By: louisa http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20091006/how-can-i-make-a-washing-line-cover-using-recycled-materials/comment-page-1#comment-994863 louisa Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:23:30 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1755#comment-994863 That's a very good point Alice, something I'd completely forgotten again in my eagerness to both make a cover and get rid of the mattress plastic. I think I'll keep my eyes and ears open people for getting rid of a torn polytunnel cover or broken tents... That’s a very good point Alice, something I’d completely forgotten again in my eagerness to both make a cover and get rid of the mattress plastic.

I think I’ll keep my eyes and ears open people for getting rid of a torn polytunnel cover or broken tents…

]]> By: alison bailey smith http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20091006/how-can-i-make-a-washing-line-cover-using-recycled-materials/comment-page-1#comment-994635 alison bailey smith Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:40:44 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1755#comment-994635 I saw the inventor of the idea you are discussing on Dragons Den, young lad from the Wirral (and good for him - he seems to be doing very well) but frankly I can't see that it would really work as there was no side protection or much overhang to provide protecion from driving rain. I saw the inventor of the idea you are discussing on Dragons Den, young lad from the Wirral (and good for him – he seems to be doing very well) but frankly I can’t see that it would really work as there was no side protection or much overhang to provide protecion from driving rain.

]]> By: Alice http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20091006/how-can-i-make-a-washing-line-cover-using-recycled-materials/comment-page-1#comment-994623 Alice Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:43:30 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1755#comment-994623 Hiya, Sorry, but it's the outdoor plastic thing again. If you make a cover out of that matress wrapping, it will degrade in sunlight in a few months, crack, and fall into tiny bits that will get all over your garden. Only plastic designed to be used outside is any good, as it's chemically altered to make it resistant to the UV rays of the sun. Tarp would work as it's usually UV resistant, but it's not usually transparent. Polytunnel plastic is great if you happen to know anyone with a broken polytunnel cover. Hiya,

Sorry, but it’s the outdoor plastic thing again. If you make a cover out of that matress wrapping, it will degrade in sunlight in a few months, crack, and fall into tiny bits that will get all over your garden.

Only plastic designed to be used outside is any good, as it’s chemically altered to make it resistant to the UV rays of the sun.

Tarp would work as it’s usually UV resistant, but it’s not usually transparent. Polytunnel plastic is great if you happen to know anyone with a broken polytunnel cover.

]]> By: Bobbie http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20091006/how-can-i-make-a-washing-line-cover-using-recycled-materials/comment-page-1#comment-994521 Bobbie Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:13:52 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1755#comment-994521 This is exciting. Winters in east Texas typically consist of cold, rainy days. We have a pergola that could be converted to a winter clothes drying station. All I would have to do is cover it with (recycled) material and I have the perfect thing, an old tarp that had its' grommets pulled out and can no longer be used on our trailer. This is exciting. Winters in east Texas typically consist of cold, rainy days. We have a pergola that could be converted to a winter clothes drying station. All I would have to do is cover it with (recycled) material and I have the perfect thing, an old tarp that had its’ grommets pulled out and can no longer be used on our trailer.

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