Spokane Flagpole Experts provides flagpole installation and repair for homeowners, businesses and public buildings throughout the greater Spokane area. We install fiberglass, rooftop and wall-mounted flagpoles, as well as nautical yardarm poles. The repairs we handle most often include bent or leaning poles, frayed halyards, loose ground sleeves, jammed internal winches and faded finishes. Contact us for a free quote today.
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If the rope broke and the flag is stuck up top
The usual cause is a frayed halyard or a seized pulley in the truck at the top. On most poles that truck sits well beyond ladder reach. We lower the pole or bring a lift, replace the halyard and pulley, and check the cleat and snaps. Book the repair before the next windy week, since a flag stuck at the top shreds fast.
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If the pole started leaning after a storm
A lean usually means the pole tilted in its ground sleeve, the concrete footing shifted, or the pole bent just above grade where wind load concentrates. A pole that only tilted can often be reset and re-wedged. A bent aluminum section can't be safely straightened and has to be replaced. Keep people off the fall side and schedule us to inspect the base before you fly a flag again.
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If you're putting up a flagpole where there's never been one
A residential flagpole typically sits in a foundation sleeve set in a concrete footing a few feet deep. That hole often lands near buried gas, power or irrigation lines. The pole's full height also has to clear tree limbs and roof lines when the flag swings out. Have the underground utilities marked through your local locate service first, then book us to dig and set the sleeve.
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If you want it flying for a holiday or event
A new install can't take a flag in the wind until the concrete around the sleeve has cured, which usually takes several days. Lighting for night display adds either a solar fixture at the top or wiring run from the house. Schedule the installation at least a couple of weeks ahead of the date, so the footing has time to set before the flag goes up.
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If the pole is decades old and the finish is pitting
Older aluminum and steel poles tend to corrode at the ground line, where water sits inside the collar. That hidden thinning is how poles snap in high wind. Faded paint alone is cosmetic, but pitting or rust bleeding out at the base is structural. Plan on a full pole replacement rather than new hardware if the base is thinning, since a fresh rope won't save a weakened pole.