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I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores
sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts |
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Tim Watts wrote:
I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... Our local B&Q stock it in 1m lengths AJH |
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"Tim Watts" wrote in message news  I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts Tim, Pop down to the farm and I'll give you a bit - it's ony 1/4" square stock Andrew |
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On Jul 13, 7:03*am, Tim Watts wrote:
I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/ |
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:30:45 +0100, andrew wrote:
Our local B&Q stock it in 1m lengths AJH That's some b****y door ! Andy C |
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Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message news I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts Tim, Pop down to the farm and I'll give you a bit - it's ony 1/4" square stock Andrew Kind offer Andrew - thanks, but I ordered a few in different lenghts on ebay already (a couple of quid each inc P&P, depending on length). It was just *very* surprising that no hardward store (proper ones, sort of) kept them, despite selling mortice locks... I got a few as I suspect other handles in the house have ****ite bars too... The shops tried were Robertsbridge (Alan's) - to be fair, he's only just branched into hardware, it's mostly a bike shop - but he does keep good stuff; the farmers and hardware store up the road (lump of steel for yer tractor, not probs, hinges, locks, handles but no bar); Dyas near Covent Garden and a random but old style hardware shop on the Strand... Dare say B&Q would have them (or at least plain bar) but that involves an hour's round trip... -- Tim Watts |
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Tim Watts wrote:
Andrew Mawson wrote: "Tim wrote in message news I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts Tim, Pop down to the farm and I'll give you a bit - it's ony 1/4" square stock Andrew Kind offer Andrew - thanks, but I ordered a few in different lenghts on ebay already (a couple of quid each inc P&P, depending on length). It was just *very* surprising that no hardward store (proper ones, sort of) kept them, despite selling mortice locks... I got a few as I suspect other handles in the house have ****ite bars too... The shops tried were Robertsbridge (Alan's) - to be fair, he's only just branched into hardware, it's mostly a bike shop - but he does keep good stuff; the farmers and hardware store up the road (lump of steel for yer tractor, not probs, hinges, locks, handles but no bar); Dyas near Covent Garden and a random but old style hardware shop on the Strand... Dare say B&Q would have them (or at least plain bar) but that involves an hour's round trip... It is only Scrooges like us that need it Tim. A new piece comes with shiny new door furniture and it takes a long time to wear out!! Bob |
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:13:55 +0100, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote: "Tim Watts" wrote in message news I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts Tim, Pop down to the farm and I'll give you a bit - it's ony 1/4" square stock Andrew If you were to use mild steel for this, you'd be well advised to case-harden it (after cutting to length!), otherwise it'll inevitably twist after long repeated use , and be very difficult to remove from the lock/latch mechanism. -- Frank Erskine |
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Frank Erskine wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:13:55 +0100, "Andrew Mawson" wrote: "Tim Watts" wrote in message news I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts Tim, Pop down to the farm and I'll give you a bit - it's ony 1/4" square stock Andrew If you were to use mild steel for this, you'd be well advised to case-harden it (after cutting to length!), otherwise it'll inevitably twist after long repeated use , and be very difficult to remove from the lock/latch mechanism. Glad I ordered "proper" ones now  Yes - the ****ite bar had done this just before it finally fractured... -- Tim Watts |
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On 13 July, 09:24, " wrote:
On Jul 13, 7:03*am, Tim Watts wrote: I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/ Specifically, http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/P...le_Accessories (no connection apart from satisfied customer) |
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Tim Watts wrote:
I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... Screwdriver and and neighbours door? -- Adam |
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:38:34 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:
Andrew Mawson wrote: "Tim Watts" wrote in message news I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts Tim, Pop down to the farm and I'll give you a bit - it's ony 1/4" square stock Andrew Kind offer Andrew - thanks, but I ordered a few in different lenghts on ebay already (a couple of quid each inc P&P, depending on length). It was just *very* surprising that no hardward store (proper ones, sort of) kept them, despite selling mortice locks... I got a few as I suspect other handles in the house have ****ite bars too... The shops tried were Robertsbridge (Alan's) - to be fair, he's only just branched into hardware, it's mostly a bike shop - but he does keep good stuff; the farmers and hardware store up the road (lump of steel for yer tractor, not probs, hinges, locks, handles but no bar); Dyas near Covent Garden and a random but old style hardware shop on the Strand... Dare say B&Q would have them (or at least plain bar) but that involves an hour's round trip... There's a hardware store (or used to be) on Southampton Row, between High Holborn and Sicilian Avenue... -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 13/07/2011 07:03, Tim Watts wrote:
I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of several hardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... The stuff to buy for that job is key steel, usually from an engineers' supplies place. Colin Bignell |
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Bob Eager wrote:
There's a hardware store (or used to be) on Southampton Row, between High Holborn and Sicilian Avenue... That's 10 mins from my office - ta Bob, I'll seek it out for future things... -- Tim Watts |
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On 13/07/11 14:00, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:38:34 +0100, Tim Watts wrote: Andrew Mawson wrote: "Tim wrote in message news
I'm totally amazed - not a single likely shop out of severalhardware stores sell them. Neither in my village or central London. Do they never break for other people (well, mine was made of ****ite, not steel)... Oh well, ebay to the rescue... -- Tim Watts Tim, Pop down to the farm and I'll give you a bit - it's ony 1/4" square stock Andrew Kind offer Andrew - thanks, but I ordered a few in different lenghts on ebay already (a couple of quid each inc P&P, depending on length). It was just *very* surprising that no hardward store (proper ones, sort of) kept them, despite selling mortice locks... I got a few as I suspect other handles in the house have ****ite bars too... The shops tried were Robertsbridge (Alan's) - to be fair, he's only just branched into hardware, it's mostly a bike shop - but he does keep good stuff; the farmers and hardware store up the road (lump of steel for yer tractor, not probs, hinges, locks, handles but no bar); Dyas near Covent Garden and a random but old style hardware shop on the Strand... Dare say B&Q would have them (or at least plain bar) but that involves an hour's round trip... There's a hardware store (or used to be) on Southampton Row, between High Holborn and Sicilian Avenue... That would be Buck and Ryan, a very good traditional toolshop, full of top quality stuff that I can't afford, I often go there for a browse at lunchtime. |
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:41:56 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:
Bob Eager wrote: There's a hardware store (or used to be) on Southampton Row, between High Holborn and Sicilian Avenue... That's 10 mins from my office - ta Bob, I'll seek it out for future things... Knew it would be near... -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Andy Cap writes: On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:30:45 +0100, andrew wrote: Our local B&Q stock it in 1m lengths AJH That's some b****y door ! First house I bought, before I'd even moved in, I popped in one evening just to make sure it was still there (still full of the wonderful feeling that I can hardly believe I just bought it, or at least, the Woolwich had just bought it;-). Anyway, nipped into the bathroom and closed the door whilst having a pee. Not sure why, as there was no one else in the house. Anyway, on trying to come out, I found the door handle didn't work - it didn't operate the latch. I was stuck in the bathroom, and no one knew I was there! The only tool in the room was a pair of nail clippers. I pulled them apart, and one of the bits of metal would just about engage with the door handle screws, which I managed to unscrew. Then it was obvious what was wrong - the square bar was too short and when I had closed the door, it had moved into the outside handle, with only about 1mm still sticking out of the lock. Thought for a moment. Nail clippers couldn't get enough purchase to pull the rod back. So I used the nail clippers to disassemble the handle, so I had the handle without the back plate. The handle could just grip the 1mm of rod which was exposed, which I did very carefully so as not to push it in any further. Actually, it turned out it wouldn't go in any further, but I didn't know that until I got the door open. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On 15/07/11 10:34, Huge wrote:
On 2011-07-14, Andrew Gabriel wrote: Anyway, nipped into the bathroom and closed the door whilst having a pee. Not sure why, as there was no one else in the house. Anyway, on trying to come out, I found the door handle didn't work - it didn't operate the latch. I was stuck in the bathroom, and no one knew I was there! BTDT. Me too. Was decorating bathroom and removed handles to paint door. Closed door, handle outside. Door opened outward, so kicked hard at lock area. Rather more redecorating required than I originally intended -- djc |
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