WendyG Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hi everyoneNot sure if this is the right place for my query, but here goes.I had a wonderful Sheila Maid clothes airer in my old house in the UK and it has been sitting in the utility room out in France for 10 years, with the persistent damp weather I thought it might be a good idea to put it up.I have all the parts but cannot for the life of me remember how to "cord it up". There is one single pulley and one double pulley, plus the iron ends and the wooden slats and cording, so all complete, except for the know how to put it all back together again. When I took it down I should have taken a photo but in the stress of the move failed.If anyone can help I would be most grateful. Have looked in internet but they only show the slats and not the working bit.WendyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 This photo may give you some pointers...[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/sheilamaidclothesairer2.jpg/][IMG]http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5104/sheilamaidclothesairer2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araucaria Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Like this maybe?I can't help but think there ought to be a simpler way, that's to say with a single rope going to both ends of the pulley and then down, rather than two ropes that both come down to the toggle on the wall. But I can't suggest how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Fingers crossed -These are written with the idea that you will be attaching the rope to the wall on the left. Firstly, attach the pulleys to the ceiling at an appropriate distance apart. Put the single slot pulley on the right and the double slot pulley on the left.Take one end of the rope and attach it to the right hand metal thingy on the Maid. Take it up and thread it through the right hand pulley immediately above it and across the ceiling to the second pulley and thread it through the back slot.Take the other end of the rope and take it up and through the front slot of the left hand pulley and then attach it to the left hand metal thingy.You can now hoist the whole thing into the air and knot the double rope if you want to and attach it to the wall.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyG Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Thanks to JayJay, Araucaria and Hoddy for their help - the Sheila Maid is now up and working! and that is where it is staying. HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 That's great, Wendy, well done! [:D] Many happy hours of washing ahead now, well drying at least! [;-)]Merry Christmas to you too & everyone. [B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 You have of course all figured that the two ropes in the image join at a point where the knot will bind in the pulley when the frame is lowered to an ideal height? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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