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I know it has come up before but I am going back to black from Pyrodex and not sure about what to do with my box.
I wonder what the Durham lads have been told by the FEO?
Last time I had an explosive certificate I had arguments cos they wanted a metal box and I didnt (obviously). Anyhoo, what is the current police fad in the north east , bolt or not?

ps how do I put a Durham flag on the emoticons (transformers??) as I see the Northumberland flag there. bigteeth

Durham, where is that

your ancestors found it, just point your long ship west and row. (or possibly north from where you are now)

Where was border agency then huh??

Gazoo wrote:Where was border agency then huh??

Where are they NOW?

Down south in Cambridgeshire, I've been told when I asked "where do I put this wooden box?" to "shove it in a cupboard."

Mark

I was told by the explosive licensing officer last year when he did my application that it had to be chained to something.

He did advise that a bicycle padlock would be fine and to keep it locked.

Regards

Chris

The standards for the black powder box were developed for the Health & Safety authority, not the police. The box should not be chained down, so that, in the event of a fire, it can quicky be carried out. The police do not seem to understand this and will ask for it to be fixed.
Fred

I was told by my FEO to keep in a wooden box so made a little one as the ones you can buy are massive. I keep it in my workshop with the other powders at the bottom of the garden. it's not coming into the house, if I do have a fire I don't want that bloody thing in the house!

have you left some headspace in it? or just made it the size of your container?