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j west +++

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Jul 3, 2004, 7:01:27 PM7/3/04
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hi, can someone advise a novice on how best to attach the plastic brackets
for a plastic down pipe (carrying water from the bath) to the wall outside.
The wall is rendered in pebble dash. i know i could drill and put in a
rawplug, but is there an easier way like some sort of nail or something i
could bang in with a hammer.

thanking you for any help. john west


G&M

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Jul 3, 2004, 6:26:17 PM7/3/04
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"j west +++" <tru...@REMOOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> hi, can someone advise a novice on how best to attach the plastic
brackets
> for a plastic down pipe (carrying water from the bath) to the wall
outside.
> The wall is rendered in pebble dash. i know i could drill and put in a
> rawplug, but is there an easier way like some sort of nail or something i
> could bang in with a hammer.

Nail it and the pebbledash will probably fall off. Use a proper drill.


Lurch

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Jul 3, 2004, 6:24:35 PM7/3/04
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:01:27 GMT, "j west +++"
<tru...@REMOOVEhotmail.com> strung together this:

>something i
>could bang in with a hammer.
>

Er, troll surely?
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SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

John Rumm

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Jul 3, 2004, 9:04:43 PM7/3/04
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j west +++ wrote:

> hi, can someone advise a novice on how best to attach the plastic brackets
> for a plastic down pipe (carrying water from the bath) to the wall outside.
> The wall is rendered in pebble dash. i know i could drill and put in a
> rawplug, but is there an easier way like some sort of nail or something i
> could bang in with a hammer.

You will probably find the drill and plug solution is the "easy way".
Nailing into pebbledash is no easy. You would need a decent masonary
nail (Obo is a comon brand), but even then you may find the head is too
small and pulls through the hole in the clip.

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Cheers,

John.

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Dave Stanton

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Jul 4, 2004, 2:24:14 AM7/4/04
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:24:35 +0100, Lurch wrote:

> On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:01:27 GMT, "j west +++"
> <tru...@REMOOVEhotmail.com> strung together this:
>
>>something i
>>could bang in with a hammer.
>>
> Er, troll surely?

Well I went to a job on Fri where the customer asked me to put a kitchen
light back up which the previous ' lecky' had NAILED to the plasterboard
ceiling instead of using plasterboard fixings AND had not earthed the
metal fitting !!!.

Dave


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Lurch

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Jul 4, 2004, 9:49:44 AM7/4/04
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:24:14 +0100, Dave Stanton <m...@privacy.net>
strung together this:

>Well I went to a job on Fri where the customer asked me to put a kitchen
>light back up which the previous ' lecky' had NAILED to the plasterboard
>ceiling instead of using plasterboard fixings AND had not earthed the
>metal fitting !!!.
>

Sounds like my Sisters new place, if it can't be fixed with silicone
and\or nails it's left dangling. (Obviously by the previous owners,
not the new stuff I'm putting in!)
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SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

Lobster

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Jul 4, 2004, 11:57:18 AM7/4/04
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Lurch <theorigi...@tiscali.co.uk > wrote in message news:<2gcee0llrrf97b520...@4ax.com>...

> On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:01:27 GMT, "j west +++"
> <tru...@REMOOVEhotmail.com> strung together this:
>
> >something i
> >could bang in with a hammer.
> >
> Er, troll surely?

Nah, highly unlikely. You never had the pleasure(?!) of watching
someone trying to insert screws using a hammer?

David

Rick Dipper

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Jul 4, 2004, 1:33:16 PM7/4/04
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:01:27 GMT, "j west +++"
<tru...@REMOOVEhotmail.com> wrote:

Pritt Stick ......Easier to use than a nail, and will probably hold
just as well.

You can drill, insert raw plug, and the nail into the raw plug if you
can't use a screw driver.

Rick

Rick Dipper

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Jul 4, 2004, 1:34:26 PM7/4/04
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On 4 Jul 2004 08:57:18 -0700, davidlobs...@hotmail.com (Lobster)
wrote:

You been watching my dad ?

He has 2 tools
"screw driver" - looks like a hammer and a "screw twister"

Rick

Lurch

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Jul 4, 2004, 12:41:00 PM7/4/04
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 17:34:26 GMT, Rick Dipper <rick....@cwcom.net>
strung together this:

>He has 2 tools
>"screw driver" - looks like a hammer and a "screw twister"
>

As a pro once said to me, "the slots are there for if you need to get
the screw out again"!
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SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

N. Thornton

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Jul 4, 2004, 12:55:46 PM7/4/04
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John Rumm <see.my.s...@nowhere.null> wrote in message news:<ZHIFc.2901$Fc7.4...@stones.force9.net>...
> j west +++ wrote:

> > hi, can someone advise a novice on how best to attach the plastic brackets
> > for a plastic down pipe (carrying water from the bath) to the wall outside.
> > The wall is rendered in pebble dash. i know i could drill and put in a
> > rawplug, but is there an easier way like some sort of nail or something i
> > could bang in with a hammer.
>
> You will probably find the drill and plug solution is the "easy way".
> Nailing into pebbledash is no easy. You would need a decent masonary
> nail (Obo is a comon brand), but even then you may find the head is too
> small and pulls through the hole in the clip.

use a masonry drill bit - sounds like the OP may not know.

Regards, NT

mike ring

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Jul 4, 2004, 1:15:22 PM7/4/04
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davidlobs...@hotmail.com (Lobster) wrote in
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>
> Nah, highly unlikely. You never had the pleasure(?!) of watching
> someone trying to insert screws using a hammer?
>
> David
>

I'd rather do that than try to hammer in on of those b******* masonry
nails.

Never had a success yet, and too many life-threatening near misses

mike

Owain

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Jul 4, 2004, 1:27:19 PM7/4/04
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"Lurch" wrote
| Sounds like my Sisters new place, if it can't be fixed with
| silicone and\or nails it's left dangling.

alt.implants-and-extreme-piercings is thataway ---> :-)

Owain


N. Thornton

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Jul 4, 2004, 7:55:57 PM7/4/04
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"j west +++" <tru...@REMOOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bVGFc.316$pT2...@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>...

Why not nail the downpipe to the wall at the top, and to the front
door at the bottom. Now your step will be automaticaly washed every
time it rains - but here's the good bit - when you open the door to
step out, the water is automatically diverted elsewhere! Neat huh.

Regards, NT

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