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Wooden gate furniture

  • 19-09-2011 7:34pm
    #1
    tunner
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭


    Can anyone tell me where I can get good sturdy bolts and hinges etc for 2 good heavy wooden gates I've just purchased to hang on my redbrick pillars? Also, would youse recommend I use bolts to fix it to the brickwork or is there an alternative?

    Thanks,

    Tunner


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  • #2
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    your better off getting an engineering firm to make up brackets to suit the gate. i find most of the ones off the shelf dont stretch across the joints thus not spreading the weight. make sure that your pillars are capable of carrying the gates. i seen ones being pulled over by badly fitted gates


  • #3
    red sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    Are they solid brick? Some have holes through them and are hard to fix anything heavy to.


  • #4
    tunner
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭tunner


    They are solid brick with a kind of curve in the centre. I know the ones you are on about with the holes through the block and Its not them.

    Would I have to get hinges specially made? Could I not buy ones from a supplier? B and q were very expensive!

    I'm in Dublin 7

    Tunner


    red sean wrote: »
    Are they solid brick? Some have holes through them and are hard to fix anything heavy to.


  • #5
    Vote 4 Pedro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Vote 4 Pedro


    Iv'e just done the same job,
    Got some very heavy duty 12" hinges for €8 a pair from our local farm store but i'm in Galway,
    maybe try a smaller hardware shop

    B&Q are great for a lot of things but not everything,
    our door bell broke a few weeks ago so over to B&Q we went, they were €65 for the same set as we had,
    Got it from a electrical wholesaler for €14.


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