The Proper Care and Feeding of a Windsock Pole

Collapsible, tapered fiberglass windsock poles don’t like to be strapped to anything. They can snap or be crushed too easily. Here are our tips:

Ground Mount

  1. Pound a 4’ piece of rebar about a foot into the ground. (The ground mounts we sell here are a higher grade of the same idea.)
  2. Slip a thin 3’ piece of pvc pipe over it to act as a cushion for the pole.
  3. Extend your pole, attach your windsock and slip it down over the rebar/pvc.

RV Ladder

For the RV ladder, a sleeve works better.

  1. Get a 3’ piece of bigger pvc pipe, with the inside diameter just larger thant the base of the pole.
  2. Glue a cap on the bottom of the pvc and drill a hole in it for drainage.
  3. Strap the pvc to the ladder.
  4. Extend your windsock pole, attach your windsock and slip it into the pvc sleeve.

Outside Deck

For the outside deck, I used a similar sleeve idea as the RV ladder:

  1. Strap a 3’ pvc sleeves to the vertical rail supports and paint them to match the deck stain (they disappeared).
  2. Angle the pvc out about 15 degrees so the windsock won’t wrap around the pole when the wind is slack.
  3. Extend your windsock pole, attach your windsock and slip it into the pvc sleeve.

With these tips it is easy to bring the stuff in when the weather turns bad or vacation-time. Convenience is key here. These are just windsocks. If it isn’t easy and convenient, they just hang out there until they rot.