Home Flagpole Plans

[MossRoad]

I'd really like to have a nice flagpole at the front of the house with lights. However, the really nice aluminum ones are pretty salty when it comes to prices. I'd like to have about a 20' pole. Anyone have any homemade plans that look pretty good?

 

[brin]

I'd really like to have a nice flagpole at the front of the house with lights. However, the really nice aluminum ones are pretty salty when it comes to prices. I'd like to have about a 20' pole. Anyone have any homemade plans that look pretty good?

Moss...This may seem nuts but given this economy..how about looking around your community as you travel about and see if there are any old flagpoles on lots with abandoned / closed schools or commercial buildings and they you look up the owner and see if they want you to remove it for free...it could be viewed as a hazard on an abandoned property....at least that is the tact you could take...just thinking out of the box...

 

[MossRoad]

Hey, its worth a look. I'll keep my eyes open. :thumbsup:

 

[woodchuckie]

My house can't be seen from the road so I hung a flag over the road near my drive. There is a 30 or 40 foot cut through the hill there and I put a nylon string in trees from bank to bank and tied the flag over the center of the road. It gets a lot of comments from the community. I live about 6 miles out with my nearest neighbor one mile away. It's been stolen one time so I raised it higher. It's been there since labor day.

 

[laen64]

Way to go WC.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

use 20' section of black pipe, about 2" in size. Paint it silver if you wish. put a cap on top, drill a hole and attach a pulley near the top for the rope. Plant it in concrete. My neighbor put one up 12 yrs ago, still looks good.
I was going to go that route, but bought an aluminum one. For it you put a pvc sleeve in concrete, and the pole just goes down the sleeve. Could probably do that with the black pipe. you can always add shims if the hole is a little big, to avoid wobble.

 

[dcyrilc]

Here's the entrance to our property and our flagpole just inside the gate. 42 feet made from recycled aluminum street light poles with an 8x12 flag.

Image courtesy of google maps.

 

[MossRoad]

Hey, that's pretty nice. Any leads on where someone can get a pole like that?

 

[dcyrilc]

Hey, that's pretty nice. Any leads on where someone can get a pole like that?

Not really. This was made from 3 old poles which I had sleeved and assembled to make the current pole. I used to work building Traffic Signals & Street Light Systems and as foreman, it was my responsibility to get rid of the old stuff we removed. I always had things laying around the ranch. I used one of the three companies here in Washington certified to make repairs & modifications to signal & lighting poles so that I was comfortable with the structural integrety of the pole. I also used one of the trucks from work to auger a 4 foot diameter 9 foot deep foundation for the pole and standard street light bolts poared into the foundation for attachment. It's sort of a one-of-a-kind. The top twelve feet was made from the same kind of pole which sits on either side of the drive. These have a 3" top which fits standard pole hardware perfectly and the lanyard runs down the inside of the pole.

Unfortunately, my flag deteriorated enought I had to remove it last year and I haven't had the $300+ needed to replace it yet so it hangs empty right now.

 

[jayste]

Moss, if you're planning a stand alone pole out in your yard then disregard my idea as it probably would be to flimsy. BUT if you wanted to mount it at the front of your house or out building then you could use a joint of chain link top rail. Put in in the ground and affix it at the overhang or eve of your house or building and go with the pulley system mounted at the top for your rope and a cleat at the bottom (chest to waist high) to tie the rope off. You might consider capping the top to keep water out or drilling holes at the bottom to let the water out. Just another idea.

 

[RavensRoost]

Moss, I know you said you wanted to make one vs. buying, but you may want to have a look at these guys:

16' to 30' Outdoor Aluminum Flagpoles - Outdoor Aluminum Flagpoles

(20' foot 2" sectional aluminum $90, 20' heavy duty 2.5" sectional aluminum $140.)

 

[SARG]

55 Gallon drum
23+ bags of sacrete
3/4 x 18" J bolts
heavy steel base from an old 10 foot diameter satellite dish
30 foot pole

and most important ... a wife that likes digging holes.

 

[bigtiller]

This guy built his flagpole about 6 years ago and most every news outlet has done a story about it.


WOODWARD, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa couple flies what might be the largest flag in the state at their rural home in this central Iowa town.

The flag at Mark and Sue Pleva's home measures 30 feet by 60 feet and is displayed atop a 150-foot-tall flagpole. The flag is bigger than the ones that fly at Perkins' restaurants.

The flagpole, by some accounts, is the tallest freestanding flagpole in Iowa and the tallest residential pole in the country.

 

[MossRoad]

Moss, I know you said you wanted to make one vs. buying, but you may want to have a look at these guys:

16' to 30' Outdoor Aluminum Flagpoles - Outdoor Aluminum Flagpoles

(20' foor 2" sectional aluminum $90, 20' heavy duty 2.5" sectional aluminum $140.)

Thanks. Those are reasonable prices.

 

[Egon]

Hey, its worth a look. I'll keep my eyes open. :thumbsup:

Leave your saw at home Moss.

If in wood look up birds mouth mast. :thumbsup:

 

[MossRoad]

Leave your saw at home Moss.

If in wood look up birds mouth mast. :thumbsup:

Now, see, that's going to require rudimentary wood working skills... I have the rude part down pat! :thumbsup: Not so good on the measure, measure, cut and fit part. :licking:

My dad called me "the wood butcher". :laughing:

 

[2manyrocks]

Is this you? The Woodbutcher's Shop :laughing:

 

[Egon]

My dad called me "the wood butcher".

OK Moss; there is a purported problem but it is one easily solved. Now listen closely.

Find a nice Ash sapling, trim all the branches except the very top ones and keep doing so at least twice a year till the sapling is as tall as the desired flag pole. Wait two more years and take your hatchet and cut down sapling. Use the hatchet as a draw knife and peel all the bark from the sapling. You now have a Flag pole!:thumbsup:

No measuring or cyphering required.:thumbsup:

 

[jayste]

55 Gallon drum
23+ bags of sacrete
3/4 x 18" J bolts
heavy steel base from an old 10 foot diameter satellite dish
30 foot pole

and most important ... a wife that likes digging holes.

Sarge, WOW!:shocked: I'm impressed! There's a 55 gal drum full of sacrete under there?! Not to mention that you got the wife to dig it?!:laughing::thumbsup: Nice looking finished product.:thumbsup:

 

[MossRoad]

OK Moss; there is a purported problem but it is one easily solved. Now listen closely.

Find a nice Ash sapling, trim all the branches except the very top ones and keep doing so at least twice a year till the sapling is as tall as the desired flag pole. Wait two more years and take your hatchet and cut down sapling. Use the hatchet as a draw knife and peel all the bark from the sapling. You now have a Flag pole!:thumbsup:

No measuring or cyphering required.:thumbsup:

You know, as a kid, I did that. With an ash tree, too! :thumbsup: We had many ash trees. It is one of my favorite trees.

I better start now before the emerald ash borers kill em all.