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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:02 pm
by digerjones
anyone put a red telephone box up. think they might put them in situe and open door and fill with concrete. any ideas?
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:45 pm
by msh paving
Telephone number: 01553 770197
Mr Carl Scott Burge trading as Remember When (UK).
Ring carl he buys all BT boxs and has the trailer to move them, say mark from MSH paving gave you name
http://www.redtelephonebox.com
MSH 
Edited By msh paving on 1334260039
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:48 pm
by haggistini
good answer mark!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:59 pm
by lutonlagerlout
in my ill fated time in spain as a teenage waster ,my boss wanted a red phone box by his pool as a shower
we dug out and laid around 9 inches of concrete with a drain in the middles,then a week later a flat bed with a crane turned up and lifted it in to place,floor tiles and shower were installed later
the main thing i recall 25 years on is that it was bleedin' heavy
you need a hiab at least
LLL
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:34 pm
by digerjones
thanks guys, still dont know how to put it in place. when i went to move it i could'nt understand why some of the little windows were missing in the top. then it dawned on me thats where they put the straps
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:02 pm
by Al Jardin
I'm sure thy are iron framed. Clients of ours bought one then dropped it when trying to position it. Cracked the frame and broke the door.
al
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:36 pm
by digerjones
i was suprised the doors are made of oak. i beleive they are 750kg. i dont want to concrete it in, i am thinking of putting it on a base of yorkstone on concrete. then i can move it if i ever need to do maintenance on it.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:51 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I remember when they were first decommissioned they were very popular
around £200 each
but TBH they look a bit tacky in all but the most appropriate location
its the post boxes that surprise me
even the faux GR ones are £100
my mate paid £700 for one that i cut into his cavity wall
but tablets keep posting their letters into his house now 
LLL
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:08 pm
by digerjones
yes think i remember them being £200 when they were being decomisioned. i was not looking for one, but i bid for one where i was working and got it for £250. it has sat under his shed for about 15-20 years, put there when he bought it. it going in our garden somewhere.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:07 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i think it would be quite appropriate in your place dylan
totally out of place on modern estates
when i was a kid nearly every road round our way had a phone box,2p to make a call
last call i tried it was 60p just to connect to a mobile
LLL