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Post by dfunked on Dec 15, 2021 9:57:57 GMT
We'd be bankrupt in a week if I left the other half in charge of finances... All bills split down the middle and we both pay standing orders for those (plus a bit of overage, holiday fund etc) into a joint account, which all of the DDs come out of.
Guess it's a benefit of not having kids and stuff. Everything that's left over after that is our money to do with as we please.
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Post by stacks on Dec 15, 2021 10:02:20 GMT
It's my experience that a long, stout screw drilled into brick and held by a rawl plug can hold a surprising amount of weight. Something to do with how the centre of gravity pulls the bottom of the object against the wall and the wall takes the weight. Would a Google of relative weights a screw can hold possibly throw something up?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2021 10:26:42 GMT
11KG clock, what the fuck is is made of?! The frame is I think steel. Could be aluminium. The face is solid glass, that'll be a lot of the weight. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2021 10:32:12 GMT
You’d need an m2 bolt to fit that slot and I suspect even if you could get an anchored version it might still fail. I don’t know if you get m bolts with smaller heads? How deep is the slot? Not sure what you mean by depth here sorry. I'm assuming you can view the pic I posted. If you view the slot as an upside down light bulb, the 'bulb' is a ten mm diameter. The thinner slot above it is about 4mm wide by maybe a little less than 10mm. If by depth you mean the thickness of that metal part, one or two mm max. It's steel though I think so it's strong. Brackets under that bar may be an idea like someone said above. |
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Post by cubby on Dec 15, 2021 10:49:52 GMT
That support bar underneath is begging to be used instead, put 2 screws in parallel and hang it on the support bar
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Post by Dougs on Dec 15, 2021 11:00:47 GMT
We'd be bankrupt in a week if I left the other half in charge of finances... All bills split down the middle and we both pay standing orders for those (plus a bit of overage, holiday fund etc) into a joint account, which all of the DDs come out of. Guess it's a benefit of not having kids and stuff. Everything that's left over after that is our money to do with as we please. We just have one big joint account that everything comes out of, and a joint credit card which most spends are put on and paid off at the end of the month. Couldn't manage it any other way, as my wife's job pays shit so she can look after the kids during holidays. |
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Post by robthehermit on Dec 15, 2021 11:05:12 GMT
I'm terrible with money and Mrs Hermit is from Yorkshire so it all balances out.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2021 11:06:35 GMT
Yep, same here, just one joint account and then seperate credit cards so we can buy presents without the other seeing. Every just goes into the joint account and it's the money for the family.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 15, 2021 11:31:01 GMT
We have one big pot and the wife handles the money, much to her chagrin. Its not that she particularly wants the job but I almost pathologically avoid dealing with it. I dont even have a credit card.
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Post by nexus6 on Dec 15, 2021 11:34:58 GMT
Is this a place I can ask actual proper real blokes how to do stuff?! I've got this huge clock (yes clock) for the recently re-decorated kitchen. It's 80cm in diameter and is 11 kg in weight. The wall it's going in to is a solid brick wall with a plaster covering. No fixture has come with it, just a generic leaflet which suggests for a non-cavity wall I need a shield anchor bolt to take the weight. Problem is the slot pictured is 4mm wide and the smallest available bolt appears to be M6. If anyone knows what the hell I'm supposed to do I'd appreciate it. I'm scared using an ordinary plastic rawl will see this crash to the floor ripping chunks of wall out.  I would be as worried that the entire weight of the clock is on that small tab on the clock as much as a bolt fixing pulling out the wall to be honest. Granted, I can't make the picture out very well. Is it just a thin tab with the slot on it? Is is welded to the top of the clock? Either way, a hammer-in fixing would satisfy this: www.diy.com/departments/hardware/fixings-plugs/hammer-in-fixings/DIY580735.cat |
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Post by cubby on Dec 15, 2021 11:35:09 GMT
I have a joint debit card and a credit card, both of which I don't know the pin number for
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Post by Psiloc on Dec 15, 2021 11:38:55 GMT
You’d need an m2 bolt to fit that slot and I suspect even if you could get an anchored version it might still fail. I don’t know if you get m bolts with smaller heads? How deep is the slot? Not sure what you mean by depth here sorry. I'm assuming you can view the pic I posted. If you view the slot as an upside down light bulb, the 'bulb' is a ten mm diameter. The thinner slot above it is about 4mm wide by maybe a little less than 10mm. If by depth you mean the thickness of that metal part, one or two mm max. It's steel though I think so it's strong. Brackets under that bar may be an idea like someone said above. Take the clock with you to a hardware shop and buy the longest sensible screw and wall plug that fits the attachment. EDIT: Or indeed a hammer in fitting. As long as the screw is long enough and you don't fuck up the hole in some way that weight shouldn't be a problem. There might also be an argument for drilling slightly downwards into the wall |
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Post by billythekid on Dec 15, 2021 11:48:56 GMT
I'd use Fischer Duopower wall plugs, I've used them all over our flat to hang things including a heavy mirror and I've also hung a large clock too.
Don't use the cheap shitty plugs.
For the duo power plugs you need to make sure the screw is long enough to just poke out the end of the plug for it to do it's magic.
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Post by Dougs on Dec 15, 2021 19:20:24 GMT
Oooh, like the look of those.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Dec 15, 2021 19:44:47 GMT
If you get a couple of bally wideboys you can drill those in with an RT700 pretty easily.
Maybe some Triton wall plugs as well.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2021 17:14:38 GMT
The clock's up. Used one Fischer heavy duty nylon rawlplug with a 5mm screw which goes in nice and snug.
It looks mint.
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Post by Immaterial on Dec 17, 2021 22:15:58 GMT
And the crowd goes wild
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Post by dfunked on Dec 17, 2021 22:42:31 GMT
Half past six is my favourite time... Hands down.
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