Does anyone know a source of calorifier brackets?

[NealB]

I want to mount a 300mm diameter calorifier horizontally against a bulkhead.

Easiest thing is to buy ready made brackets. But I've been quoted £65 each + delivery.

Anyone know other likely sources please?

I'll probably be too mean, and make something up, but it might just be worth checking first.

Thanks.

 

[lenseman]

I would have thought that industrial rainwater (gutter) brackets might suit your requirements. Household brackets are normally 2½" - 4" but rainwater goods for larger roof spans need to ship huge quantities of water and a pipe of 12" - 18" is not uncommon.

You could also try a "Fires and Flues" type of company, wood stove metal chimney flue's can sometimes use large brackets?

 

[NealB]

Thanks for those lateral ideas - just what I need to get googling again.

 

[pcatterall]

I have one which is for the calorifier in a transit van would that do ? unit is about 12" diam by 20" high

 

[DinghyMan]

What about something like Builders Band or one of those kits for making your own stainless jubilee clips that come with a roll of band and some fittings for the tighten up bit?

 

[saltwater_gypsy]

Strip steel straps holding the tank in a shaped wooden cradle works well for me. The wood need not be best teak but a reasonable timber will do.
It may be useful to calculate the weight of the calorifier when full to get the right scale for the fittings and fastenings.

 

[DinghyMan]

Thats just what I was thinking - a cradle of something like tow or three bits of doubled 3/4 plywood with some 1/4 lining the U part to spread the load ith some bands over the top.