Subject header says it all really... I want to get some tubing for storing my glass and online searches are just confusing me! Any recommendations (particularly for places that deliver) would be appreciated! Thanks.
dont know about online but you can get it from the plumbing section of b&q, then just cut it to the required length
B&Q, Wickes or the like. Wickes deliver locally quite reasonably.
Likewise any old guttering works well, also I've used old wine racks (with some bubble wrap selotaped on the metal bits so I didn't scratch the rods so much) works well too but doesn't keep the dust off so well. At the moment I've got some old industrial plastic conduit which was being chucked out that I cut up and has lots of sections. Also (being really, really cheap!) I've made up some racks using old cardboard tubes from carpets! I cut them into lengths with a hacksaw, then I slid a bit of sturdy cardboard down the middle to divide each one into two sections and put parcel tape around the lot to make them secure. Not so pretty, but it was free!
Quote from: Dendrobium on August 24, 2010, 10:03:06 AM
Likewise any old guttering works well, also I've used old wine racks (with some bubble wrap selotaped on the metal bits so I didn't scratch the rods so much) works well too but doesn't keep the dust off so well. At the moment I've got some old industrial plastic conduit which was being chucked out that I cut up and has lots of sections. Also (being really, really cheap!) I've made up some racks using old cardboard tubes from carpets! I cut them into lengths with a hacksaw, then I slid a bit of sturdy cardboard down the middle to divide each one into two sections and put parcel tape around the lot to make them secure. Not so pretty, but it was free!
spray paint it! covers a multitude of sins :P
Yep - I have wine racks (Argos for about a £5) with cut up pluming pipes glued together (bless my dad!)
I got mine from Homebase.
Jenny
B&Q pipe, cut diagonally, so the glass is easy to grab, stuck together with a holt melt glue gun.
shop about - the prices can differ by quite a bit between the various suppliers and if you are buying a lot it can add up ;D
I bought mine in Focus - approx 50p a length cheaper at the time
I got six tubes from a 2m length, if that helps with your calculations. I think I got the 38mm
diameter stuff, from the plumbing section.
Quote from: elburnzo on August 24, 2010, 10:05:25 AM
Quote from: Dendrobium on August 24, 2010, 10:03:06 AM
Likewise any old guttering works well, also I've used old wine racks (with some bubble wrap selotaped on the metal bits so I didn't scratch the rods so much) works well too but doesn't keep the dust off so well. At the moment I've got some old industrial plastic conduit which was being chucked out that I cut up and has lots of sections. Also (being really, really cheap!) I've made up some racks using old cardboard tubes from carpets! I cut them into lengths with a hacksaw, then I slid a bit of sturdy cardboard down the middle to divide each one into two sections and put parcel tape around the lot to make them secure. Not so pretty, but it was free!
spray paint it! covers a multitude of sins :P
Nah, I've covered it junk, I have plenty of that laying around! :D :D
I used plastic pipe from B&Q,but SIL used foam tubing she got from a DIY shop and she only had to use sharp scissors to cut through it, rather than using a saw :)
Screwfix do square downpipe which is ideal, they do it in packs of 6 in 3metre lengths. I can't remember what I paid but it was cheaper than Focus or B&Q. And it can be ordered on line for next day delivery.
Try toolstation online, they deliver quickly and are usually cheaper than screwfix depending on what you buy!
That's great, thanks so much for all your suggestions!
I got my black 60mm piping from screw fix, but If I hadn't been so impatient then I would have ordered the guttering in white. It's a lot better fro seeing the colour of the glass. I have bits of white paper in my black tubing. For the other glass that I am less likely to have large quantities of I have 40mm white domestic waste pipe. These I have cut into 25cm lengths with a 45 degree angle at the end. Then I made two frames out of wood to hold them in. The second lot that I did I didn't glue them together and I prefer it that way. Because they are n the frame they sit in a grid which means that i can use the star like gaps between the tubs for sticking glass in too.
The tubes hold a minimum of
60mm 1 kilo
40mm 1/2 kilo
If I was making again I would only get 2 lengths of guttering and do the rest in waste pipe.
I have been getting my waste pipe from Wilkinson's. The tube is more of a cream then a startling white. (I think it might be cheaper too!
Tool station sells 20 x 3 metre lengths of 1 1/4 inch waste pipe for around £26 if you have one near
Quote from: Angie on August 24, 2010, 10:24:04 PM
Tool station sells 20 x 3 metre lengths of 1 1/4 inch waste pipe for around £26 if you have one near
http://www.toolstation.com/
£10 spend for free next day delivery