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Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No joy so far

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bolts no good?

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Overkill for my purposes, it's just to secure some wires for my grape vine

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What about someone like Harrods Horticultural? Rather than DIY shops look at garden suppliers etc.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 1:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tried 'em

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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 )

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ta but 4" only

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 05 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tahir, how much difference will the size make. Just curious.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 05 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 05 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Too much trouble to mount them on a block of wood?

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 05 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 05 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
Too much trouble to mount them on a block of wood?


Didn't think of that

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