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tahir

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 11:19 am Post subject: 5" Vine eyes
Any ideas where I can get some 5" screw type vine eyes? B&Q only do 4", found a great online place that's really cheap https://www.romark.co.uk/ But they only do 4" too

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 12:08 pm Post subject:
Have you tried screwfix? They do 6, 8, 10 inch eye bolts (D19219) but only 100mm eyes. You could also try the aptly named ironmongery direct.

tahir

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:00 pm Post subject:
No joy so far

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:08 pm Post subject:
Bolts no good?

tahir

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:10 pm Post subject:
Overkill for my purposes, it's just to secure some wires for my grape vine

tahir

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:16 pm Post subject:
It may be a wild goose chase, but I've seen them mentioned in books so I assumed they'd be available, 4" just isn't long enough for my purposes

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:36 pm Post subject:
What about someone like Harrods Horticultural? Rather than DIY shops look at garden suppliers etc.

tahir

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:37 pm Post subject:
Tried 'em

tahir

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 2:02 pm Post subject:
OK I'm just ordering the 4" ones from romark (and loads of other stuff that I'll probably never find when I need to use it )

Bugs

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 2:04 pm Post subject:
https://www.kayshorticulture.com/ ? they have mostly everything garden like in the whole world, are generally incredibly cheap, pretty helpful on the phone. Warning - their online and paper catalogues would provoke homicidal tendencies in Mother Teresa. I would strongly recommend phoning them if you're in any kind of hurry.

tahir

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 2:16 pm Post subject:
Ta but 4" only

alison
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 05 8:45 pm Post subject:
Tahir, how much difference will the size make. Just curious.

tahir

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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 05 9:55 am Post subject:
Quite a bit, I've ordered 4" now but 5 " would have left a nice gap in front of the piers (or whatever you call 'em) in the wall that the vine's going on.

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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 05 11:57 am Post subject:
Too much trouble to mount them on a block of wood?

Tristan

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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 05 12:00 pm Post subject:
Found this late as usual! Grape vines used to be held off the wall with special brackets about 12" long to allow airflow both sides, I find that an 8" shelf bracket does the job nicely on an outdoor wall

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