Labour Saving and General Guntering

emaherx wrote: »

Thread is 6 years old! I started it just after my twin boys were born. Seems such a long time ago, but it has been posted in fairly regularly over the years. There was a quite period when we all ran out of Ideas but then Reggie came along.

Hey someone has to do the thinking around here

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I know they charge by the weight of what you're dipping. I was just asking about how to put holes for drainage of the galvanise. This thread is 6 years old now.

It's not so much drainage of the galv it's more to stop it from exploding, the heat involved in the cleaning and dipping is so immense the air inside the box expands to the point that a closed box will literally explode.
Holes need to be somewhere around 8/10mm at top and bottom of it to allow free flow in and out.

Not sure what the cost is but if you send something up with out holes in it they literally burn them out and charge you nicely for it

dunlopwellies wrote: »

Got some gates dipped lately
Galco quoted €1.07 plus Vat and either drop it in(not an option) or about €40 to €60 for Carrige.
Called a few more and was recommended Ultra galvanisers in The north.
Was 70c plus vats including collection and delivery to the door.
Great service would defiantly use again.

I know the guys in the north have lost alot of business with the sterling/euro rate being so bad thats why galco are so busy, wonder did they drop their prices

dunlopwellies wrote: »

Item is weighed after galvanising and you are billed per kg of item total weight.

How can that be right as if you get say length of 2" box galvanised and say 2" solid bar galvanised the box would use more galvanise because of inside aswell as outside but would weigh much lighter than the solid box that is only galvanised on the outside ??????

blue5000 wrote: »

I might be wrong on this, I never got anything dipped, but is it they weigh before dipping, then weigh it again after and you are charged per kg of zinc used?

AFAIK the big cost is not the zinc it's the amount of heat you remove, hence charge by weight.

Brown Podzol wrote: »

AFAIK the big cost is not the zinc it's the amount of heat you remove, hence charge by weight.

Sorry don't know what you mean, can you explain heat you remove ?

moll3 wrote: »

my summer project

When I saw your pics I thought to myself what a nice batch of heifers and I would love to own them, then I remembered this was the guntering thread :rolleyes:
BTW a fine shed with a good overhang.

Sami23 wrote: »

How can that be right as if you get say length of 2" box galvanised and say 2" solid bar galvanised the box would use more galvanise because of inside aswell as outside but would weigh much lighter than the solid box that is only galvanised on the outside ??????

I know what your saying but that's what the told me.
If you were charged by the weight of the galvanising per kg it would end up on the pair of gates costing about €1.00 at €0.70 per kg.

I weighed the gates before I sent them out of interest ant they weighed about 40kg so price per kg worked out around that.

As far as i know with galvanising, the product is weighed before dipping and after dipping and customer pays on the weight of galvanise used.

from galvanizers.co.uk/technical-information/faqs/

How much will my hot dip galvanizing cost?

Hot dip galvanizing prices are usually calculated by weight. Your galvanizer will give a price per tonne before galvanizing. Your steelwork is then galvanized and weighed and the rate applied to this galvanized weight. Always be aware that the galvanized weight of your steelwork will be higher than before it was galvanized (as it is now wrapped in zinc). The galvanizing rate you are charged will depend upon a number of factors. Straight forward heavy structural sections usually command a lower galvanizing tonnage price rate than lighter and more complex fabrications.

dohc turbo2 wrote: »

No not true , they weigh going in to know what u have , roughly 10% extra weight u will have coming out , they weigh so if something goes out in wrong load they can trace it , u pay on total weight , I'm in ipw once a week and Limerick too and that's the way they are ,

How does Limerick compare to Galco?

Nobody mentioned the thickness of the coating either. Surely that is a huge factor in the quality of the process.

Reggie. wrote: »

Grand weather for a bit of painting

I you ever get bored I have a bit of painting like this that needs doing