How to Build a Round Clothesline

Once you have a clothesline set up, you have no reason to use your clothes dryer, which takes up a great deal of energy and costs money to operate. But a clothesline can be tricky if you don't have a lot of space in your yard. By modifying the structure of a traditional clothesline a little, you can build a round clothesline that takes up a fraction of the space.

Post hole digger
2-by-4s
Circular saw
Drill
Eyebolts
Concrete
Nylon cord

Instructions

- 1
  Use a post hole digger to create the holes in your yard for the clothesline. To build a round clothesline, these holes should be in a circle. Each hole should be about 2 feet deep.
- 2
  Cut several treated 2-by-4s into 7-foot-long poles using a circular saw. You need as many 2-by-4s as you have holes in the ground.
- 3
  Drill holes in the tops of the 2-by-4s at the same height on each one. The holes must be large enough to install eyebolts.
- 4
  Install the eyebolts into the pilot holes you drilled.
- 5
  Fill each hole you dug with concrete and set in each 2-by-4. Hold the 2-by-4 steady to ensure it's standing upright.
- 6
  Loop a nylon cord through each of the eyebolts on the 2-by-4s. Tie the ends off once you get all the way around the circle. After the concrete cures, your round clothesline is ready to use.

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