I'd like a phone box in the garden?
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I have recently had an idea of getting a classic red telephone box (they are called K6 models for the nerds among us) for my garden.
Does anybody on here have experience of owning or indeed moving one?
I believe they weigh about 750kg so not the sort of thing you can fit in the boot of the car but there are several on a well known internet auction site and I really like the idea of owning one.
I can't seem to find any forums either despite a Google search although I guess they are fairly simple items without many complications.
Be great to hear your experiences........
TIA
FF
I have recently had an idea of getting a classic red telephone box (they are called K6 models for the nerds among us) for my garden.
Does anybody on here have experience of owning or indeed moving one?
I believe they weigh about 750kg so not the sort of thing you can fit in the boot of the car but there are several on a well known internet auction site and I really like the idea of owning one.
I can't seem to find any forums either despite a Google search although I guess they are fairly simple items without many complications.
Be great to hear your experiences........
TIA
FF
Have you also looked at replicas? - http://www.thephoneybox.com/ they are less likely to smell of wee.
BT applied to our town council Planning Committee last week to decommision five in our town and included a link to their website if you want to adopt one.
https://business.bt.com/campaigns/communities/adop...
We've applied for five at a grand cost of a fiver. It may be different for a private garden
As regards moving them, a gyps oops I mean travell ooops I mean chappie with a flat bed truck and HIAB, says he'll move it for fifty quid. They weigh 750Kg. Pick up and drop down on prepared base
https://business.bt.com/campaigns/communities/adop...
We've applied for five at a grand cost of a fiver. It may be different for a private garden
As regards moving them, a gyps oops I mean travell ooops I mean chappie with a flat bed truck and HIAB, says he'll move it for fifty quid. They weigh 750Kg. Pick up and drop down on prepared base
ColinM50 said:
BT applied to our town council Planning Committee last week to decommision five in our town and included a link to their website if you want to adopt one.
https://business.bt.com/campaigns/communities/adop...
We've applied for five at a grand cost of a fiver. It may be different for a private garden
As regards moving them, a gyps oops I mean travell ooops I mean chappie with a flat bed truck and HIAB, says he'll move it for fifty quid. They weigh 750Kg. Pick up and drop down on prepared base
Great idea but I think they have to stay where they are, so "adopting" it and moving it hundreds of miles away to my garden may well be frowned upon! https://business.bt.com/campaigns/communities/adop...
We've applied for five at a grand cost of a fiver. It may be different for a private garden
As regards moving them, a gyps oops I mean travell ooops I mean chappie with a flat bed truck and HIAB, says he'll move it for fifty quid. They weigh 750Kg. Pick up and drop down on prepared base
Interesting idea though and I guess it means they no longer have to maintain it, leaving it instead to the locals. Very clever
We stayed in the village of Alderton a couple of years ago where the phone box had been fitted out with a defibrillator and contact details of locals who were first responders trained to use it. It was a small village and the box was central on the main road ( very quiet as it was essentially a dead-end. I think there was still a phone inside to call for assistance. Good use of a redundant phonebox.
Values will keep rising. Up keep can be a pain. But it always get compliments when people come round.
They are fragile so use a proper company that are insured. Buying one make sure it’s not cracked.
I had mine sand blasted to get the years of paint off it.
Interiors can be as much as the boxes nowadays.
They are fragile so use a proper company that are insured. Buying one make sure it’s not cracked.
I had mine sand blasted to get the years of paint off it.
Interiors can be as much as the boxes nowadays.
Edited by Wish on Thursday 13th February 20:41
Friends have one in their garden, bought from a salvage yard in Thirsk many years ago, they may still have some.
Very heavy, it needed a truck and crane to get it into the back garden and at one point it dropped and cracked the cast iron back which is now replaced by a sheet of mild steel. Looks good though
Very heavy, it needed a truck and crane to get it into the back garden and at one point it dropped and cracked the cast iron back which is now replaced by a sheet of mild steel. Looks good though
Simpo Two said:
They are later k6 boxes. Yes - I had one last year, I sourced it via 'Remember When UK', who did a fantastic job of restoring it. I also collected all the vintage interior parts to make it complete.
A hand prepared base at home, 7 inch deep concrete with cable duct.
Delivery was via a specialist mover with flat bed lorry and hi-ab crane.
At the start:
Back from the shot blasters
Back from the painters
Delivery day
In position
A hand prepared base at home, 7 inch deep concrete with cable duct.
Delivery was via a specialist mover with flat bed lorry and hi-ab crane.
At the start:
Back from the shot blasters
Back from the painters
Delivery day
In position
We've got one in our garden, don't know the history of it unfortunately as it was there when we bought the house. There's a hole in the bottom of the door which needs sorting at some point. Currently used as a garden tool store. Must admit we were thinking whether to sell it or not when you see how much they go for but everybody who comes and sees the house loves it.
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