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Re: Advice needed on odd problem - Need some kind of rustproof clips

Willshak

2006-07-24, 9:25 am

I Love Lucy wrote:
> What I have are six wrought iron candle stakes that I am going to use in
> the yard near the front or side sidewalk where they will be very visible
> for either tealights or little potted plants. I'm afraid somebody will
> steal them (neighbor got some of his garden stuff stolen a couple weeks
> ago).
>
> I've been kicking around what to do for some time now while I worked to
> clean them up, prime them and paint with rustoleum. I thought at first
> to anchor them in concrete in a brick? Anchor them in concrete in a
> cutoff pepsi bottle as a form? Etc. Then bury or "plant" them.
>
> Now I have decided the easiest thing would be to cut the top off a pepsi
> bottle part way, leaving about 6-8 inches (not sure about exact amount),
> and drill? a hole in the bottom, stick the stake end through the hole,
> clip it with something that can be removed but not while it's
> underground, under the bottle, and bury that. Those bottoms are tough
> and I can't cut into the bottom with my exacto knife.
>
> What I need is some kind of clip that will grip underneath so if
> somebody tries to pull them up, they will meet with resistance from the
> weight of the dirt that will be filling the pepsi bottle. If I don't
> clip them, the stake will just pull out of the hole in the bottle and
> dirt.
>
> With the latter method, I don't have to ruin my stakes by anchoring them
> in concrete or something permanent. It will be a nuisance if I want to
> move them or bring them in for the winter, but if it's not one thing,
> it's another.
>
> Maybe somebody has a better idea with pvc pipe or something I wouldn't
> think of. Somebody suggested on another forum that I link them all
> together with chains and bury all that, but that would be really
> difficult for me, first the securing part of the chains and secondly
> burying all that mess.

A Pepsi bottle seems a little small to me. I would use a post hole
digger and just pour the concrete in the hole. A good thing to anchor
the post in the concrete is to get some grounding wire clamps at the
local hardware store and just attach them to the post end where it will
be buried in the concrete. No one will be able to pull the post from the
concrete. See type of clamps here:
http://www.fciconnect.com/electrica...round-clamp.htm

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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Willshak

2006-07-24, 1:25 pm

I Love Lucy wrote:
> "Willshak" <willshak@00hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:12c9fqpboke6pfc@news.supernews.com...
>
>
> Yes, it is, but I'm trying to do some things without hiring them done,
> and I can't handle a post hole digger. I will be doing well to get a
> deep enough hole dug as it is, and it is on a hillside near steps
> (partly excavated to pour new steps and not filled back in waiting for
> completion of railing) and cement guy got a full-time job and I am tired
> of waiting for him to finish the rest of that, patches need grinding, he
> doesn't have a grinder; if I put them lining the front sidewalk (up to
> the house), it is level and rototilled ready for the arbor and fall
> planting. Also I want them surrounded with plants, possibly lilies, and
> I don't want something so large it will mess up that plan although they
> would adapt to concrete spaced out no doubt. I thought I would like
> them better by the back steps opposite the new railing.
>
> They are made to just poke in the ground. I don't have much invested in
> them but time and work, but they are so pretty I don't want to lose them
> if I can avoid it.
>
> I would use a post hole
>
>
> That's what I didn't want to do. If I want to move them, that requires
> mega digging which I can't do. Otherwise that is the obvious and best
> thing to do.
>
>
>
> Please could you check your link? I got a power/utility station
> schematic.
Damn tabbed browsing! :-)
http://www.doityourself.com/icat/groundrodsclamps

> I have two arbors sitting in my sunroom that need post hole
> digging, been here two months, waiting for help for which I'm prepared
> to pay and one a tree has to be dealt with, and they will need a post
> hole digger. Too much for me.
>
> It takes me a lot longer to get things done than other people partly
> waiting for help and partly pacing myself, doing things a little at a
> time.
>
>
>
>

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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