Plywood tank question..

[Peter McFarlane]

Ok guys I've sorted out the wood for this project, but now I'm trying to source some glass or acrylic.

I'm only going to have one viewing window at the front, sides will be plywood.

I'm looking to have the window sized at around 96" x 36".

I'm on a tight budget so the cheaper the better, but obviously willing to spend the cash needed to do this properly.

Can anyone suggest anywhere I might be able to source a piece of acrylic or glass this big? Cos at the moment all the acrylic people are saying they can't supply a piece that big, and the glass people saying they can't do 1" thick glass at that size.

Am at a bit of a loose end about where to try next?

Thanks in advance

Pete

 

[krisRTC]

a place called 'rowley plastics' in gloucestershire/worcestershire its my mates dads company, its gona be mega money! look up in yellow pages
hope that helps
and ps got my cats forsale not got room for them anymore. goto clasifieds

 

[Dr Joe]

Do you have any salvage companies in the area? They strip out buildings before remodeling. Old banks, pharmacy drive-ups, check cashing businesses etc.

Just a thought.

Dr Joe

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[krisRTC]

nothing that size really comes available as scrap in this tiny island of ours LOL

 

[Dr Joe]

I could understand that if it was still Londinium, but @ 7.5 million people plus 12.5 million for the metro area there may be a little salvage company around

Dr Joe

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[devder1]

nice

 

[krisRTC]

worth a try i suppose except anything like that worth anymoney is called for before it is removed from whereever it may be im in the building trade not a lot of decent stuff gets thrown away!

 

[Peter McFarlane]

nothing that size really comes available as scrap in this tiny island of ours LOL

It will do, it's just a matter of locating it


I won't be paying the price below thats for sure !
I have the pleasure in offering you the following:

£1264.12 each
cut to: (1) 2439mm x 915mm free of charge + all offcuts

(1) Carriage and Packaging @ £49.00 within England and Wales.

The lead time is 3-4 days.

The above prices are excluding VAT.

 

[Dr Joe]

worth a try i suppose except anything like that worth anymoney is called for before it is removed from whereever it may be im in the building trade not a lot of decent stuff gets thrown away!

Not thrown away!!! These places I'm talking about are the ones "calling" for it, they bid on all or part of the salvage job.

Just clarifying.

 

[krisRTC]

that sounds about the right price for that size acrylic pete,
if i was u id get a price on glass that size it maybe cheaper,

dr joe can you locate scrap that size and post it over in a big envelope!!! hahaha
might be an idea tho!