Or perhaps more accurately where do I get them ?


I recently fitted a number of TV wall brackets., the kit include multiple
spacers all of this type:
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...ad/spacers.jpg

That one for example is 18mm diam, and a 5mm wall thickness.


I have a need to fit a number of 'brick lights' and thought that these may
be ideal ... I could use fixing screw through these into rear blockwork,
and as they are 'tough' will be good to tighten the casting back 'up'
against the spacers.

I would need to buy at least 32 of them ... is different lengths ... or even
better if I could buy it 'by the meter and cut to size ... anybody know
where to get such things.

Judging by the marks ..it looks like a these were made by 'pairing off' in a
CNC lathe or similar off a length of rod, material is a hard nylon
(methinks)

I don't have access to lathe anymore or I would go looking for nylon rod.

Rick Hughes wrote:
Or perhaps more accurately where do I get them ?


I recently fitted a number of TV wall brackets., the kit include
multiple spacers all of this type:
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...ad/spacers.jpg

That one for example is 18mm diam, and a 5mm wall thickness.


I have a need to fit a number of 'brick lights' and thought that
these may be ideal ... I could use fixing screw through these into
rear blockwork, and as they are 'tough' will be good to tighten the
casting back 'up' against the spacers.

I would need to buy at least 32 of them ... is different lengths ...
or even better if I could buy it 'by the meter and cut to size ...
anybody know where to get such things.

Judging by the marks ..it looks like a these were made by 'pairing
off' in a CNC lathe or similar off a length of rod, material is a
hard nylon (methinks)

I don't have access to lathe anymore or I would go looking for nylon
rod.

The brick lights I recently installed came as a complete unit, the backbox
of the light just screws directly to the second leaf, each light is
brick-sized, are these not what you are referring to?

"Phil L" wrote in message
...


The brick lights I recently installed came as a complete unit, the backbox
of the light just screws directly to the second leaf, each light is
brick-sized, are these not what you are referring to?


Yes ... but the brick lights would be fitted so louvre is flush with front
face of brickwork ... there is (in may case) a gap between the rear of the
lights housing and blocks behind ... varies but around 40mm

In article ,
"Rick Hughes" writes:

"Phil L" wrote in message
...


The brick lights I recently installed came as a complete unit, the backbox
of the light just screws directly to the second leaf, each light is
brick-sized, are these not what you are referring to?


Yes ... but the brick lights would be fitted so louvre is flush with front
face of brickwork ... there is (in may case) a gap between the rear of the
lights housing and blocks behind ... varies but around 40mm

They normally have a body which fits in the hole from a missing brick
and mortar, and a front frame which is larger and prevents the whole
thing going through the brick hole, so you fit by screwing into something
that pulls the front onto the wall surface. No spacers should be required.

I cut a couple of pieces of galvaised steel capping, glued them vertically
across the back of the hole aligned with the screw holes in the back of
the bricklight, and then drilled tiny pilot holes in them and screwed the
bricklights onto them using stainless steel screws with white heads which
were for fixing plastic facias on (effectively self-tapping). Having done
a test fit and screwing home, I removed, lined the sides, top, and bottom
of the hole with mortar, and screwed back in. They won't stick to the
mortar, but it makes for bedding to prevent any movement.

I also ripped out the lampholder, and fitted a couple of bare warm white
3W LEDs directly to the casting, which makes for a heatsink for them.

By the way, the ones with black louvres give out very little light.
We had them on the footpaths where I used to work, and they were useless,
except for a couple which lost their louvres.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Rick Hughes" writes:

"Phil L" wrote in message
...


The brick lights I recently installed came as a complete unit, the
backbox
of the light just screws directly to the second leaf, each light is
brick-sized, are these not what you are referring to?


Yes ... but the brick lights would be fitted so louvre is flush with
front
face of brickwork ... there is (in may case) a gap between the rear of
the
lights housing and blocks behind ... varies but around 40mm

They normally have a body which fits in the hole from a missing brick
and mortar, and a front frame which is larger and prevents the whole
thing going through the brick hole, so you fit by screwing into something
that pulls the front onto the wall surface. No spacers should be required.


The lights is question are
...http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/GLBRICK.html

I could pull onto rear wall 'face' but there would be around 40mm gap.
The hole is exactly one brick size, standard 225 x 75mm brick with 10mm
mortar joints ... i.e. void is typically
235 x 95 ( i.e 225 brick + 10mm perp, and 75 high + top & bottom 10mm
mortar beds)

As these are only 228 x 88 you can see my problem ... they will 'fall into
the void.

I can screw to back wall, but without spacers it will simply pull light into
the void.

On 06/08/2011 15:17, Rick Hughes wrote:
Or perhaps more accurately where do I get them ?


I recently fitted a number of TV wall brackets., the kit include
multiple spacers all of this type:
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/x...ad/spacers.jpg

That one for example is 18mm diam, and a 5mm wall thickness.

Any good:

http://www.rapidonline.com/Tools-Fas...ource=googleps

Judging by the marks ..it looks like a these were made by 'pairing off'
in a CNC lathe or similar off a length of rod, material is a hard nylon
(methinks)

I don't have access to lathe anymore or I would go looking for nylon rod.

Pillar drill, hacksaw, and a length of nylon rod? (in fact, any drill -
the hole being dead centre etc is not exactly critical in this application)

--
Cheers,

John.

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