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Bridge
Janet Baraclough wrote:
Hello Janet S I need to get a bridge to span an 18ft dyke. S It doesn't have to be too ornamental, functional is S fine. Does anyone have a favoured supplier. I don't think there's a "Bridges R Us" type chain. Your best bet is to open the yellow pages and find a local engineering works who'll be able to knock up something to suit your needs. You'll probably also need a builder on site to erect/install it, but that's something you can sort out with your engineer. JB Probably the cheapest way to do it, it with 2 ex-telephone JB poles as the spans, fixed to vertical stobs driven into the JB banks, and planks nailed across the poles as the surface. JB Farmers often have a stash of the poles. Possibly, it's a shame the OP didn't give more details. I can't think of many private gardens with 18' dykes in them, so it could be a public garden or place where the public has access, in which case a home-made bridge might not be good enough. (From the insurance POV, certainly) Plus, the thing about telegraph poles is that they're usually removed because they've failed a safety inspection ('D' classified) which means they're unsafe to be climbed. I wouldn't personally trust them on such a long unsupported span for more than 1 or 2 people (think how many people you can get on a bridge!) for more than 5 years or so. -- Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/ |
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