firework questions? safe?

[mikejay]

I moved in a new house in may, found a full box of fireworks on top of wardrobe, they look quite new, some say on display use and others garden use. Does that mean the display ones are too big to be set off from my garden? I do have quite a long garden, do I use them tonight or not take the risk?

[Damo]

Ive used display fireworks in the garden before

 

As long as you've got a decent distance from houses you'll be fine

[mikejay]

Why are they labeled display? Are they bigger whentiew go off?

[Soot1e]

Light them and run.

[Damo]

They need a bigger safe distance area than standard garden fireworks

[vindaloo]

Why are they labeled display? Are they bigger whentiew go off?

 

A few years since I've dabbled.

 

Marked display as they're larger/bigger than the usual garden fireworks. When I've set off such fireworks in the past I've used a large bucket of damp sand and/or prepared a larger damp sand area to settle the fireworks. Some I've staked down with wooden stakes and string to keep them facing the right way up.

 

See if you can identify them on the web. Some I've (reluctantly) decided not to purchase. Fan cakes and 4" double charged mines I reckoned were a bit "mad". The fans 'cos the neighbours would become part of the show and the 4" mines because they coule too easily break something or someone.

 

I used to finale with a Shellscape Monaco or Rio large cake... 1" or 1 1/8" by 37 shots. We used to run through the house and watch that from the street, the other side of the house!

 

J.

[mikejay]

Startin to think it might not be a good idea lol

[Dr Zoidberg]

Yeah, I'd still set them off, but not in my own garden.

[niceyellow vrs]

Just follow the firework code and you'll be fine. I'd love to find a box full of fireworks, especially big ones

[Damo]

As long as the rockets don't say Royal Navy on the side, you'll be fine

[HotRod]

On top of a wardrobe?  Was this really the safest place to store Fireworks?  Are there buckets of petrol under the boiler or jars of acid on the gas meter?

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[Rob 4x4]

That's my text alert tone...

[niceyellow vrs]

Some NSFW language but funny though

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdl86mhxMo

 

[sparks03]

Give yourself a good fifty feet if you're letting them off but whatever you do, make sure you find somewhere to let them off  

[Aspman]

I'd give 'em a miss.

 

I'm not a fan of fireworks in the garden. For some reason I seem to be a rocket magnet. I've been chased by a few of the buggers over the years.

[robt100]

Send em my way! Father in law's garden backs onto open fields, can get a good range on them then

[gadgetman]

Gaffer tape them all together, light and run!

But do video it

[Rob 4x4]

Gaffer tape them all together, light and run!

But do video it

This, but do get a decent launch tube. Scaffold bar does the trick

[Soot1e]

Gaffer tape them all together, light and run!

But do video it

Should be a similar display to the London display last night if you do that.

[Auric Goldfinger]

Ive used display fireworks in the garden before

 

As long as you've got a decent distance from houses you'll be fine

 

Once the Mushroom cloud has dispersed and you wait about 600 years you'll be able to use your garden again      

[@Lee]

So, what happened? Another Bunsfield or a damp squib :think:

[Auric Goldfinger]

So, what happened? Another Bunsfield or a damp squib :think:

 

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Good night last night Lee?

 

 

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[@Lee]

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Good night last night Lee?

 

 

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a damp squib, mate :( Hopefully you got plastered and the missus relented :yes: ?