[modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 20:20:11 +1000
Yep, that's why it's so dry 'ere - the rain falls up
----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Smith" <parnobal2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:14 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
> I think I've hit on the reason why wriggly tin doesn't rust in the
antipodes...it's cos, being UNDERNEATH the earth, the rain drips away from
the ridges into space.
> :o))
> Len Smith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alanjstepney
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 9:49 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
>
> Corrugated iron is cold when it is cold, and damnably hot when the sub
> shines on it.
> As soon as it rains, you cannot hear yourself think for the noise.
> It rusts away in ten minutes flat, (although, to be fair, the coated
steel
> stuff is OK in that respect).
>
> It is expensive, and the coated steel is even more expensive.
>
> Felt will last 10 to 15 years.
> If laid on a reasonably thick wood base, it has some insulating
properties
> inbuilt in the construction.
> It is cheap, well, cheap-ish.
>
> alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Logan" <boblogan@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 4:38 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
>
>
> Could I please have an explanation?
>
> SHED Buildings in U. K.
>
> I note that a shed built in the back yard, ( behind the house,) some
have
> brick walls, others have ply or timber (lumber) walls, built on concrete
or
> wood floors.
>
> Then, THE ROOF, felt? Why?
> Corrugated iron would be a lot easier to put on your roof frame. Here
in
> New Zealand, we have CI in either zinc coated or "Colorsteel," a factory
> coated colour, in various colours too. And either lead-head nails or
> special screws that self drill and thread into steel purlins. A membrane
and
> insulation pads are fitted into wall and ceiling cavities, and we have a
> nice, snug Work Shed. Insulation helps keep tools and machines,
rust-free.
>
> Why Felt?
>
> Bob L.
>
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