SA pads like these are guaranteed to stick to any surface.
But only until the contractor has left the site.
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Fixing wall light to concrete fence post
- Thread starter Ste Doyle
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But only until the contractor has left the site.
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I have every expectation the neighbour tried to use a decent SDS drill but to have tried on so many posts
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There are clamp on brackets available - BAS provided a link many moons ago when I commented that I would be very averse to drilling the posts (I forget what the OPs question was). Aha, http://www.postfix.plus.com
What I changed the lights on the back of the house, I used Cavity Master solid plates which are just round pieces of galv plate stamped out. Drilled 5 holes : one in the middle to take a grommet, 2 to match the spacing of the cover screws for a standard conduit box, and 2 more to match teh spacing of the light fitting (which I tapped to a suitable thread size).
So conduit box fixed on wall, plate screws onto that with a short bit of flex coming through a grommet and a seal behind, and then the light fitting screws onto that.
I'll find out shortly whether that kept water out of the back of the light fitting - when I get something to replace them with. The supposedly suitable for outdoor use light fittings simply drew water up and the LED PAR38 bulbs filled with water
https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/recommendation-for-outdoor-spotlights.551605/#post-4717021
What I changed the lights on the back of the house, I used Cavity Master solid plates which are just round pieces of galv plate stamped out. Drilled 5 holes : one in the middle to take a grommet, 2 to match the spacing of the cover screws for a standard conduit box, and 2 more to match teh spacing of the light fitting (which I tapped to a suitable thread size).
So conduit box fixed on wall, plate screws onto that with a short bit of flex coming through a grommet and a seal behind, and then the light fitting screws onto that.
I'll find out shortly whether that kept water out of the back of the light fitting - when I get something to replace them with. The supposedly suitable for outdoor use light fittings simply drew water up and the LED PAR38 bulbs filled with water
https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/recommendation-for-outdoor-spotlights.551605/#post-4717021
Always hack saw them John, prevents leaving sharp bits.Do you not have some side cutters?
Kind Regards, John
Unless you mean cut them right off so they fall on the floor
That's precisely what I meantAlways hack saw them John, prevents leaving sharp bits. ... Unless you mean cut them right off so they fall on the floor
If unsolicited bits of plastic found themselves onto my side of the post, then causing them (and anything attached) to "fall to the floor" would seem to me to be the best outcome!
Kind Regards, John
Stanley knife, but I prefer to use flat sided cutters and to cut while the offcut is under tension, when the tension releases the cut end pulls back into the buckle.Always hack saw them John, prevents leaving sharp bits.
Unless you mean cut them right off so they fall on the floor
Wow my simple idea couldn't have been much closer. I do like the look of those.
I’ve seen people fix 6x1 sawn timber on the front of concrete posts to cloak them. You could rout out the back for a cable, then fix with minimal screws. Concrete posts don’t look great. Cloak with timber similar to the fence panels.
just paint them with the same stuff as the panels - looks just like a wooden post.
Yes, but I was trying to help with the whole fixing of the cable and light...
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