flag posts?

[narnia]

Right folks,i am tasked with making a few flag posts ( the sort that has an arm at the top,for festival flags)...................and i thought I'd use thick bamboo canes, but they are prohibitively expensive ( unless you know a secret supplier!)................I'm looking at the poles being maybe 10-12 feet high so the poles need to be strong..............any ideas????

[Inge]

Had a think about this. For that high it will need to be a sturdy pole of a decent diameter.. only thing I can think of is drainpipe..

[FSFRebecca]

Have you looked at this sort of thing? flagpoles

[sunnyday]

narnia - Mr S said........."does she know any friendly scaffolders"?

 

Well do you? :unsure: :lol:

[GFCCCC]

Wooden curtain pole - Think you can get them that long - and quite cheap at B & M (although I don't know how price compares to bamboo)

[lsp]

How were you intending to secure them Narnia as that may have a bearing on what you use?

[narnia]

Thank you all............................bamboo was my preferred choice because that's what they were originally flownon..............but it'shugely expensive for long, thick poles. Drain pipes were my next thought, but they're too bendy....................i am going to try to tie them against things such as football posts i think, so maybe pipes will work. I'm not allowed to use scaffold pipes...............

[louby loo]

I'm not allowed to use scaffold pipes...............

 

GOOD! .... I lost the top of my thumb due to a scaffolding incident

 

plumbing pipes? (copper heating stuff)

Edited May 23, 2016 by louby loo

[Guest]

Hi how about sweeping brush handles if you are going to attach them to things, usually pretty cheap. x

[Cait]

GOOD! .... I lost the top of my thumb due to a scaffolding incident

 

plumbing pipes? (copper heating stuff)

I think bamboo surely is cheaper than copper?

[narnia]

We looked at copper ( we thought it would look pretty!).........it's HUGELY expensive . I phoned a bamboo supplier and he said he would give us a good discount................which turned out to be £50 MORE than his online price,errr......no, thank you

 

I'm getting to the point where desperation s colouring my thinking................but I messaged a local building project and have asked them if they could lend us some of their flag posts. I suspect the answer witll be no, but you never know

[sunnyday]

 

GOOD! .... I lost the top of my thumb due to a scaffolding incident

 

 

I will tell Mr S to keep his ideas to himself :blink: :lol:

[Panders]

I dont think I can think of anything original you haven't already thought of, I looked at the design of "feather" flags and poles and the only thing that sprang to mind was using something along the lines of garden umbrella stands somehow, they would be sturdy if filled with water, but not perhaps, tall enough.

 

Nothing lurking in the local scouts hut from the old days of having "flag pole"ceremonies, I seem to remember the Caravan Club used to have a "flag pole" ceremony before everyone packed up after a rally.

 

If you secure the flag and pole to an existing structure I assume it could be quite a flimsy pole - certainly it wouldn't fall over and hurt someone!

[narnia]

well......................................I have been given a load of aluminium poles..............................need to workout how to make them work, but at least I have the basis

[Guest]

Would something like this be wide enough for your poles - it should give you a stable base and then maybe attach some guy ropes with pegs - I'm thinking of using something similar to support some shade sails!

 

http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/coopers-of-stortford-screw-in-pole-base-prodst06811i/

 

Sorry, not sure if the link will work....

[Conker]

When we had the expanding carbon poles for banners, they came with metal spikes that hammered into the ground that they slotted onto.

A bit like the holders for that mesh they use on building sites with the hookey end sawn off........