Ferdinand Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Does anyone have a good source for buying rope to put in ducts for future cables etc? Normally I think this would be the blue polyprolylene stuff in 6mm-10mm I bought a couple of 20m length x 10mm blue polyprop and 10mm braid rolls from Aldi this w/e at £3.99 each, and thought I would check prices = 20p/m. It is now going back. The best source I have found is Timko Ropes of Tarlporley, Cheshire, who do 6mm, 8mm and 10mm blue polyprop draw rope for around 5p -> 12p per metre in lengths of 220m, 500m and 2km. Plus postage of £7->£11 if you cannot visit. Surprised at the light weight - 500m of 6mm only weighs 7kg. So for example 500m of 6mm blue draw rope delivered (not NI, Channel Is, or the Highlands and Islands - sorry) inc VAT is around £38. 220m delivered inc VAT would be around £18. Any other recommended sources? Ferdinand Edited September 25, 2017 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 @JSHarris, apologies, but in attempting to delete what looked like a duplicated post, I seem to have lost your reply to Ferdinand. Not sure what happened - maybe you or another mod were deleting the other post at the same time. Would you mind posting again? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I can't recall exactly what I wrote, but I think it was just that 6mm polyprop was so cheap that I just bought a 220m reel from the local BM for around £20. That's been more than enough for all our duct draw ropes, plus the safety rope on our borehole pump, with the odd bit left over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Toolstation 6mm £16.22 inc vat for 220m = 7.4p/m Free next day delivery as order over £10. 10mm works out at about 18p/m delivered. Edited September 25, 2017 by Temp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Ebay is pretty cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddal Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I've bought a bunch of rope from www.cheaprope.co.uk in the past. 6mm blue polypropylene is 6.99p/m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Thanks that is a series of alternatives. So 220m of 6mm draw rope should be a little under £20 in your hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 At 220m this is in danger of becoming the longest thread... (Long way to go compared to some though! ) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 (edited) 8< snip Edited September 26, 2017 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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