"Tro.Jan" wrote in message
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Bill Wright wrote:
"Tro.Jan" wrote in message
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Ian wrote:
"Tro.Jan" wrote in message
Hi.
Can someone advise how to fit a dish on the wall - drill bit size and
bolt/screw type and size etc.

If you can't work it out for yourself I wonder if you should be trying
to fit a dish.

Why? I can handle a drill, point the dish, it's just the first time I'm
drilling into an outside wall. Better to ask than pretend to be a
know-it-all!

If in doubt ask. I wish more people did the same.

Bill

Exactly! .... and thank you, Bill.
Tro

The only thing is, I wish they wouldn't ring up and ask while I'm in the
shower!

Bill

Charles Ellson wrote:
On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 19:34:50 -0000, "Brian G"
wrote:

Peter wrote:
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:14:11 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:


"Tro.Jan" wrote in message
Hi.
Can someone advise how to fit a dish on the wall - drill bit size
and bolt/screw type and size etc.


If you can't work it out for yourself I wonder if you should be
trying to fit a dish.

You'll need shield anchors of the largest gauge that will fit
through the holes in the dish mount, and the appropriate masonry
drill bit. The length is determined by the material you are fixing
the mount to, but bare in mind a brick is about 90mm wide,
therefore 75mm should be OK. You'll then need a spanner or socket
the right size to tighten it to the wall.

Ian


The OP would also be well advised to drill into the brick and not
INTO the cement.


Not all bricks are solid - especially those made with cement. In
those, you will get a 'thin' solid piece at either end and one in
the middle with a 'hole' in-between - stick a rawlbolt or anchor
into one of these and it will be next-to-useless.

You seem to be describing building blocks rather than bricks. The only
"hollow" bricks that come to mind are perforated bricks which have no
frog and have vertical holes in them, as at beginning of :-
http://www.ibstock.co.uk/ibstockpage...bwgp_cbt2.html

As it should be obvious that you have managed to drill into the hollow
part of one of these you shouldn't reach the point of inserting a
fixing.
snip

I was talking about bricks and/or blocks - and it's not always obvious to
some people, especially the less clued up D-I-Yer. In my time, I have seen
some horrendous attempts at fixing heavy/bulky items into 'hollow' bits of
walls.

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:18:34 -0000, "Brian G"
wrote:

Charles Ellson wrote:
On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 19:34:50 -0000, "Brian G"
wrote:

Peter wrote:
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:14:11 GMT, "Ian"
wrote:


"Tro.Jan" wrote in message
Hi.
Can someone advise how to fit a dish on the wall - drill bit size
and bolt/screw type and size etc.


If you can't work it out for yourself I wonder if you should be
trying to fit a dish.

You'll need shield anchors of the largest gauge that will fit
through the holes in the dish mount, and the appropriate masonry
drill bit. The length is determined by the material you are fixing
the mount to, but bare in mind a brick is about 90mm wide,
therefore 75mm should be OK. You'll then need a spanner or socket
the right size to tighten it to the wall.

The OP would also be well advised to drill into the brick and not
INTO the cement.


Not all bricks are solid - especially those made with cement. In
those, you will get a 'thin' solid piece at either end and one in
the middle with a 'hole' in-between - stick a rawlbolt or anchor
into one of these and it will be next-to-useless.

You seem to be describing building blocks rather than bricks. The only
"hollow" bricks that come to mind are perforated bricks which have no
frog and have vertical holes in them, as at beginning of :-
http://www.ibstock.co.uk/ibstockpage...bwgp_cbt2.html

As it should be obvious that you have managed to drill into the hollow
part of one of these you shouldn't reach the point of inserting a
fixing.
snip

I was talking about bricks and/or blocks - and it's not always obvious to
some people, especially the less clued up D-I-Yer. In my time, I have seen
some horrendous attempts at fixing heavy/bulky items into 'hollow' bits of
walls.

It's a pity that digital cameras hadn't been invented when I worked
for the PO/BT or a website on a similar theme to Bill Wright's could
have been created. Some of the installation staff (let loose after as
little as a fortnight's training) created a fair amount of work for
the maintenance staff (usually not let loose until a three year
apprenticeship was completed) based around the (mis)use of 1"xNo.8
screws as a universal fixing device irrespective of what was hanging
off them, a typical example involving a heavy switchboard power supply
being held on a wall by two screws instead of four, the holes being
made with whatever tool was available (thus no more than plaster
depth), the protruding "ears" of the aluminium wall plugs bent back
against the wall or in more than one case they just 6uggered off
leaving the power unit sitting on the floor and saying that "someone
would be back later". Until the BS-whatever QC paperwork came in the
installation staff seemed to enjoy a degree of diplomatic immunity
against complaints from maintenance staff.
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