Anyone know where I could get an L-shaped (preferably steel) bracket?
It's to support one end of a trellis. The trellis sits on top a wall.
The bracket needs to be about 150mm x 800mm, and about 30mm wide. I
would be fixing the 150mm bit into the top of the wall with something
fairly hefty to take the leverage when the wind blows. I can't use a
long straight bar running down the wall because the wall has an
oversailing course at the top. The other end of the trellis is nicely
fixed to a sturdy fence post.

Cheers!

Martin

In message . com,
Martin Pentreath wrote
Anyone know where I could get an L-shaped (preferably steel) bracket?
It's to support one end of a trellis. The trellis sits on top a wall.
The bracket needs to be about 150mm x 800mm, and about 30mm wide. I
would be fixing the 150mm bit into the top of the wall with something
fairly hefty to take the leverage when the wind blows. I can't use a
long straight bar running down the wall because the wall has an
oversailing course at the top. The other end of the trellis is nicely
fixed to a sturdy fence post.


Try Screwfix for some ideas

http://www.screwfix.com

Search for builders metalwork

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?cId=101228&ts=55373

--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

"Martin Pentreath" wrote in message
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Anyone know where I could get an L-shaped (preferably steel) bracket?
It's to support one end of a trellis. The trellis sits on top a wall.
The bracket needs to be about 150mm x 800mm, and about 30mm wide. I
would be fixing the 150mm bit into the top of the wall with something
fairly hefty to take the leverage when the wind blows. I can't use a
long straight bar running down the wall because the wall has an
oversailing course at the top. The other end of the trellis is nicely
fixed to a sturdy fence post.

Cheers!

Martin

Why steel? Without entirely understanding your geometry, might it not be
simpler to fabricate something in wood? Use multi monti bolts or coachbolts
into big rawlplugs, or rawlbolts to fix the timber to the wall. What loads
is it taking? You can get galvanised strap about 25 x 4 mm from builders'
merchants which is typically used to locate wallplates for roofing timbers
on the top of a wall.

Martin Pentreath wrote:
Anyone know where I could get an L-shaped (preferably steel) bracket?
It's to support one end of a trellis. The trellis sits on top a wall.
The bracket needs to be about 150mm x 800mm, and about 30mm wide. I
would be fixing the 150mm bit into the top of the wall with something
fairly hefty to take the leverage when the wind blows. I can't use a
long straight bar running down the wall because the wall has an
oversailing course at the top. The other end of the trellis is nicely
fixed

Have a look in Wickes, they have a good selection of HD metal brackets.



--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

Thanks for the replies. Will have a look in Wickes, if not there then
some of the Screwfix brackets might work. The load it needs to take
is, I would guess, potentially quite high. It's to support one end of
a 6' x 4' bit of trellis sitting on top of a brick wall. Once it's
covered in jasmine and a bit of a wind gets up I would guess the
forces involves are pretty big

On 25 Mar, 22:43, "Martin Pentreath"
wrote:
Thanks for the replies. Will have a look in Wickes, if not there then
some of the Screwfix brackets might work. The load it needs to take
is, I would guess, potentially quite high. It's to support one end of
a 6' x 4' bit of trellis sitting on top of a brick wall. Once it's
covered in jasmine and a bit of a wind gets up I would guess the
forces involves are pretty big


PS Here's an ASCII picture of what's going on (fixed font required):


|
|
|
|
| === Trellis
L bar to |
go here ==== |
_____
| |
| | ===== oversailing course preventing
| | straight steel (or wooden)
| | bar going down the wall
| |
| |
| |
| |

"Martin Pentreath" wrote in message
ups.com...
Anyone know where I could get an L-shaped (preferably steel) bracket?
It's to support one end of a trellis. The trellis sits on top a wall.
The bracket needs to be about 150mm x 800mm, and about 30mm wide. I
would be fixing the 150mm bit into the top of the wall with something
fairly hefty to take the leverage when the wind blows. I can't use a
long straight bar running down the wall because the wall has an
oversailing course at the top. The other end of the trellis is nicely
fixed to a sturdy fence post.

Cheers!

Martin


Try this

http://www.expamet.co.uk/bp/products/batmaxi.html

Tony

Martin Pentreath wrote:
On 25 Mar, 22:43, "Martin Pentreath"
wrote:
Thanks for the replies. Will have a look in Wickes, if not there then
some of the Screwfix brackets might work. The load it needs to take
is, I would guess, potentially quite high. It's to support one end of
a 6' x 4' bit of trellis sitting on top of a brick wall. Once it's
covered in jasmine and a bit of a wind gets up I would guess the
forces involves are pretty big


PS Here's an ASCII picture of what's going on (fixed font required):


|
|
|
|
| === Trellis
L bar to |
go here ==== |
_____
| |
| | ===== oversailing course preventing
| | straight steel (or wooden)
| | bar going down the wall
| |
| |
| |
| |

Could you not fabricate a wooden post in sections to go around the
oversailing course? Or cut a rebate in a solid post? Much stronger than a
bracket.


| | | - screw & glue together
| | | - bolt thru into wall
|__| |
| |
| |
__| |
| | |
| | | - bolt thru into wall
| | | - screw & glue together

Or one of these http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/246012 not sure how long the
bottom of the 'L' is though.


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

Martin Pentreath wrote:

On 25 Mar, 22:43, "Martin Pentreath"
wrote:

Thanks for the replies. Will have a look in Wickes, if not there then
some of the Screwfix brackets might work. The load it needs to take
is, I would guess, potentially quite high. It's to support one end of
a 6' x 4' bit of trellis sitting on top of a brick wall. Once it's
covered in jasmine and a bit of a wind gets up I would guess the
forces involves are pretty big



PS Here's an ASCII picture of what's going on (fixed font required):


|
|
|
|
| === Trellis
L bar to |
go here ==== |
_____
| |
| | ===== oversailing course preventing
| | straight steel (or wooden)
| | bar going down the wall
| |
| |
| |
| |




Having seen that, go and find your local metal bashing/welding company
and ask them to make a joggled bracket with a section welded to it to
make it a tee section vertical that gives lateral strength that can be
bolted to the side of the wall. The joggle will follow the path of the
wall, till the 'oversailing' (the joggled part) and then continue to
follow the wall up to it's top. Get them to plate it to prevent rust and
it should last your life out.



| |
| |
| |
| |
| | === Trellis on left, brkt on right
L bar to | |
go here ==== | |
_____
| | |
| | | ===== joggle high point
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |


Cross section of the tee section looking from above, I hope this works

|
|
|-----
|
|


Dave

In message . com,
Martin Pentreath writes
Anyone know where I could get an L-shaped (preferably steel) bracket?
It's to support one end of a trellis. The trellis sits on top a wall.
The bracket needs to be about 150mm x 800mm, and about 30mm wide. I
would be fixing the 150mm bit into the top of the wall with something
fairly hefty to take the leverage when the wind blows. I can't use a
long straight bar running down the wall because the wall has an
oversailing course at the top. The other end of the trellis is nicely
fixed to a sturdy fence post.

Almost anywhere


--
geoff

"Martin Pentreath" wrote in message
ups.com...
Anyone know where I could get an L-shaped (preferably steel) bracket?
It's to support one end of a trellis. The trellis sits on top a wall.
The bracket needs to be about 150mm x 800mm, and about 30mm wide. I
would be fixing the 150mm bit into the top of the wall with something
fairly hefty to take the leverage when the wind blows. I can't use a
long straight bar running down the wall because the wall has an
oversailing course at the top. The other end of the trellis is nicely
fixed to a sturdy fence post.

Cheers!

Martin


Use a steel joist hanger?