Graham_Wright
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Wedge - £150 for 15m 8mm.
Cheaper to buy new!
Cheaper to buy new!
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Chain re-galvanising
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vyv_cox
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Probably the same for 100 metres.
Neeves
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Its an industrial, bulk process.
Surely it was the quote you expected.
Surely it was the quote you expected.
john_morris_uk
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I joined in with several others last year. We delivered to their unit. (A lot of chain). I wish I hadn’t bothered as it was almost the same price as buying new. (Although I didn’t organise the finances... so I just paid up what I was told I owed. )
Graham_Wright
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Actually it's not. If the chain is dumped in the bath, the links end up joined by zinc and, when separated, there are areas which are not coated. The chain is agitated or wrapped round a drum and vibrated.
So it's one at a time.
macd
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Which will presumably be much the same bother and cost whether it's 5m or 100m?
It's also possible to join lengths of chain.
I daresay there's also a minimum order price operating in there, which is scarcely unusual.
vyv_cox
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I am not up to date with regalvanizing costs but when I had my two chains done by Wedge the cost was roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of the cost of new chain. The big advantage is that whereas the original galvanizing lasted three years the regalv is now ten years old. Starting to get a bit rusty in places but ok for this year at least.
Plum
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True, and not all Wedge places do chain so it will depend on where you are whether there is an additional shipping cost. I have been looking at this company (https://www.heyn.co.uk/Engineering/...ing-Chain/Short-Link-Galvanised-Chain-15m-8mm (no connection) as only £99 for your 15m including delivery.
Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk
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pcatterall
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+1 on that mine was about half price of new about 6 years ago and still get good. The quantity seemed to be the key but I would certainly not expect 8 m to be economic!
macd
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It's actually 5m, not that it makes much difference. Unless that's a typo on the OP's part, I can't imagine any reason not to just chuck such a length and buy new.
skyflyer
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The minimum order is by WEIGHT not length, for Wedges. I got two other forumites to join with me a few years ago to make the minimum. I then changed boats and had enough chain on the new one , plus my CQR to make the minimum on my own.
Cost about two thirds of new BUT - and its a big but - the galvanising is way way thicker than you get on new chain.
Lenthths are just joined with some light twisted wire (like thin welding rod); they do it for you on the spot.
Cost about two thirds of new BUT - and its a big but - the galvanising is way way thicker than you get on new chain.
Lenthths are just joined with some light twisted wire (like thin welding rod); they do it for you on the spot.
jwilson
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This winter it was only slightly cheaper to have 30 metres of 10mm regalvanised than buy new - a very significant part of the cost was transport to/from Birmingham from Cornwall. Bought new in the end and saved a couple of better bits of the old chain for a few years worth of mooring strops.
Kelpie
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A group re-galv was organised a couple of years ago by one of the forumites here, who works for a galvanising company. It worked out at £25 for my 40m of 8mm chain. I have some stuck links but these are slowly working out every time I anchor, and the galv thickness/quality is excellent. I was very grateful to him for organising it as it was far cheaper than buying new chain.
Graham_Wright
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Was a typo - 15m and corrected now.
Plum
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So i have edited my post number 8 which shows you could buy new and have it delivered to UK mainland address for £99.
Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk
Graham_Wright
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For my main anchor I bought from Eye - 60m, 8mm, £330 vat and carriage inclusive. That was Maggi G40 calibrated.
