Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

On 29/10/2019 18:08, Mark Carver wrote:
Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

They are brown GRP.

Supply and demand.

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On 29/10/2019 18:08, Mark Carver wrote:
Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

They are brown GRP.

Supply and demand.

Sometimes it works the other way round. Red 2.5m washing machine inlet
hose cheaper than blue.
https://www.diy.com/search?term=inlet+hose

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On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:40:08 +0000, Graham. wrote:

On 29/10/2019 18:08, Mark Carver wrote:
Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

They are brown GRP.

Supply and demand.

Sometimes it works the other way round. Red 2.5m washing machine inlet
hose cheaper than blue.
https://www.diy.com/search?term=inlet+hose

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On 29/10/2019 18:18, ARW wrote:
On 29/10/2019 18:08, Mark Carver wrote:
Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

They are brown GRP.

Ta

Supply and demand.

Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see loads
of white meters in walls, and think a brown one
would look so much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases
brown is better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !

Anyway, I don't care, I've ordered a brown one.

Maybe the electricity is brown, a bit like brown field sites for building
on.

It could be of course that they are actually made of something different to
the white ones and hence they are colour coded.
Brian

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Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

One does have to be careful though, very similar looking assorted cable ties
in black and yellow some in pound shops where you get double the number and
others in more traditional places. The problem usually is, the pound shop
ones tend to go brittle in frost or sunny situations, where well known makes
do not. Yet to the average person they look and feel the same.
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On 29/10/2019 18:08, Mark Carver wrote:
Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

They are brown GRP.

Supply and demand.

Sometimes it works the other way round. Red 2.5m washing machine inlet
hose cheaper than blue.
https://www.diy.com/search?term=inlet+hose

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Mark Carver was thinking very hard :
Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see loads of
white meters in walls, and think a brown one
would look so much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases brown is
better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !

Anyway, I don't care, I've ordered a brown one.

Nowt to stop you painting them any colour you like, along with any
surface pipes, my two are a rich red.

On 30/10/2019 09:09, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Mark Carver was thinking very hard :
Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see
loads of white meters in walls, and think a brown one
would look so much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases
brown is better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !

Anyway, I don't care, I've ordered a brown one.

Nowt to stop you painting them any colour you like, along with any
surface pipes, my two are a rich red.
Mine is painted same color as the house render.



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On 30/10/2019 09:09, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Mark Carver was thinking very hard :
Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see
loads of white meters in walls, and think a brown one
would look so much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases
brown is better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !

Anyway, I don't care, I've ordered a brown one.

Nowt to stop you painting them any colour you like, along with any
surface pipes, my two are a rich red.

Indeed you can, and I have done that in the past. It can get easily
'chipped' etc if it's in a busy area IME

In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
On 29/10/2019 18:18, ARW wrote:
On 29/10/2019 18:08, Mark Carver wrote:
Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

They are brown GRP.

Ta

Supply and demand.

Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see loads
of white meters in walls, and think a brown one
would look so much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases
brown is better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !

Anyway, I don't care, I've ordered a brown one.

at our last house, I painted the box with a reddy-brown paint to match the
brickwork.

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In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see loads
of white meters in walls, and think a brown one
would look so much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases
brown is better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !

Why not just paint it in the closest match you can find to the wall, etc?

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On 30/10/2019 11:17, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see loads
of white meters in walls, and think a brown one
would look so much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases
brown is better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !
Why not just paint it in the closest match you can find to the wall, etc?
I hate painting

In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
On 30/10/2019 11:17, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see
loads of white meters in walls, and think a brown one would look so
much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases brown is
better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !
Why not just paint it in the closest match you can find to the wall, etc?

I hate painting

Fairy nuff. Get the man who paints the house to do it for you?

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On 30/10/2019 08:14, Mark Carver wrote:
On 29/10/2019 18:18, ARW wrote:
On 29/10/2019 18:08, Mark Carver wrote:
Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ?

And why are they twice the price of white ones ?

TIA

They are brown GRP.

Ta

Supply and demand.

Well yes, but they seem to be trapped in a negative spiral. I see loads
of white meters in walls, and think a brown one
would look so much better. I'd say probably in the majority of cases
brown is better, but few get fitted because they are expensive !

Anyway, I don't care, I've ordered a brown one.



On some new builds I worked at a few years (probably 7 years ago) a
brown gas box was a PP requirement. The electricity meter also had to be
indoors.

I would never have classed Arksey as a conservation area:-)

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On Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:46:52 UTC, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Maybe the electricity is brown, a bit like brown field sites for building
on.

Maybe they are for where the voltage has been reduced?

ARW wrote:

On some new builds I worked at a few years (probably 7 years ago) a
brown gas box was a PP requirement.

In some conservation areas they insist on real timber sash windows, when
'conservation grade' double glazed windows with textured PVC and 'fake'
tenon joints rather than diagonal welded seams would be
indistinguishable ... then they allow ugly rows of meter boxes facing
the street.

On 31/10/2019 06:24, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

On some new builds I worked at a few years (probably 7 years ago) a
brown gas box was a PP requirement.

In some conservation areas they insist on real timber sash windows, when
'conservation grade' double glazedÂ* windows with textured PVC and 'fake'
tenon joints rather than diagonal welded seams would be
indistinguishable ... then they allow ugly rows of meter boxes facing
the street.

What about ugly rows of wheely bins in different (faded) colours?

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Andy Burns wrote:

ARW wrote:

On some new builds I worked at a few years (probably 7 years ago) a
brown gas box was a PP requirement.

In some conservation areas they insist on real timber sash windows, when
'conservation grade' double glazed windows with textured PVC and 'fake'
tenon joints rather than diagonal welded seams would be
indistinguishable ... then they allow ugly rows of meter boxes facing
the street.

Personally I think textured PVC looks awful, and is highly
distinguishable from painted wood. But clearly YMMV.


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