On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 09:39:38 +0000, John Dann
wrote:

snip
In terms of rough
size something around 3 feet long and 15-18" squarish cross section
would fit well. It's also going to be a relatively conspicuous item,
despite being against the wall, so I'd prefer something that could be
fitted and finished as neatly as possible.

IME, a butt of that size (approx 40 gal) won't last long in dry
weather. And summers do seem to be getting drier for longer.


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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 10:52:33 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 09:39:38 +0000, John Dann
wrote:

snip
In terms of rough
size something around 3 feet long and 15-18" squarish cross section
would fit well. It's also going to be a relatively conspicuous item,
despite being against the wall, so I'd prefer something that could be
fitted and finished as neatly as possible.

IME, a butt of that size (approx 40 gal) won't last long in dry
weather. And summers do seem to be getting drier for longer.

First, many thanks for all the responses.

Re the size issue, yes I accept that it's not a generous capacity, but
the area of wall that it will be against if of limited size. First
it's a plinth wall (ie a low third outside layer of wall brick), so
I've only got a couple of feet of height to play with. And
horizontally it's got to fit between some railings and a patio door,
so while these constraints actually do make the bed suitable for an
isolated acid bed (also being set into a raised patio) they do very
defintiely limit the wall space that's available. I'm just hoping that
even 40 gallons will be quite a lot better than nothing and certainly
better than using tap water.

JGD

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 10:52:33 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 09:39:38 +0000, John Dann
wrote:

snip
In terms of rough
size something around 3 feet long and 15-18" squarish cross section
would fit well. It's also going to be a relatively conspicuous item,
despite being against the wall, so I'd prefer something that could be
fitted and finished as neatly as possible.

IME, a butt of that size (approx 40 gal) won't last long in dry
weather. And summers do seem to be getting drier for longer.

First, many thanks for all the responses.

Re the size issue, yes I accept that it's not a generous capacity, but
the area of wall that it will be against if of limited size. First
it's a plinth wall (ie a low third outside layer of wall brick), so
I've only got a couple of feet of height to play with. And
horizontally it's got to fit between some railings and a patio door,
so while these constraints actually do make the bed suitable for an
isolated acid bed (also being set into a raised patio) they do very
defintiely limit the wall space that's available. I'm just hoping that
even 40 gallons will be quite a lot better than nothing and certainly
better than using tap water.

JGD