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    Unsurprisingly after months of strong winds my fruit cage has a decided list to it. Eldest son and I added some bracings over the Christmas holidays, which worked for a while but now it is just as bad. In an ideal world I'd dismantle the whole thing and erect it again, but I can't face it! The trouble is if I don't straighten it up the door doesn't fit properly and I'll have birds in there. I don't think any poles are bent, it's just so wet they've moved in the ground. I can't add guy ropes to hoist it up as they would have to go across a path and onto my neighbours plot.
    Suggestions- or am it just going to have to stop being so lazy and bite the bullet...

  • #2
    Piccies required, I think Wendy

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    • #3
      Can you put ropes on the inside? If it's listing you have one corner closing up, and the other flaring out. If you can put a rope inside across the corner that's flaring out, you can gradually tighten it to bring it back into square
      Last edited by AllInContainers; 17-02-2014, 08:54 PM.

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      • #4
        Haven't any pictures at the moment. Can add some when I next get up there.
        Hadn't thought of roping from the inside.

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        • #5
          On a similar thought to AIC, can you put any angled timber bracing from the inside against the side that's leaning in..........I know what I mean........
          sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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          • #6
            Yes could use timber. It is both long sides leaning so the short ends aren't square but rhombus shape!

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            • #7
              Like you say Wendy, you need to sort it as it will only get worse.........Just wondered while the ground is so wet, would it pay to hammer some stakes in deep as you would a fruit tree.
              sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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              Official Member Of The Nutters Club - Rwanda Branch.
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              Sent from my ZX Spectrum with no predictive text..........
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              KOYS - King Of Yellow Stickers..............

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              • #8
                Cunning plan BM!

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