[modeleng] Re: Shed Roofs and Workshop Construction
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:07:05 -0700 (PDT)
Welcome aboard, Richard, and I'm starting to turn
green with envy over your shop!!
Al Messer
--- Richard Gays <Richard.Gays@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> I,m a bit late coming on to this topic but only
> managed to get onto the list today despite trying
> much earlier.
>
> About two years ago I built myself a new
> workshop, 5 metres (16 feet 7 inches) by 4 metres
> (thirteen feet 2 inches) by 2 metres (six feet 7
> inches) to the eaves and 2.5 metres to the ridge (8
> feet 2 inches).
>
> Apart from the concrete base, wooden purlins and
> upvc windows, it is of all steel construction. It is
> warm in winter, cool in summer and there have been
> no condensation problems whatever. The only heating
> ever used are two 1Kw quartz infrared elements
> mounted on suspended swivels to face anywhere. They
> do not warm the air, they only warm up what they
> shine on.
>
> This happy state of affairs is entirely due to
> the cladding which is a composite construction
> consisting of an outer layer of .6mm (.024") of
> plastic coated corrugated steel, an inner layer of
> nearly flat but rigidified white plastic coated
> steel (same thickness) and a sandwich filling of
> expanded foam, 40 mm (1.57 inches) in the troughs
> and twice that at the peaks.
>
> Further details of this material will be found
> at http://www.slecladding.co.uk/composite.htm
>
> It has provided me with a light airy workshop
> with superb insulation, and it looks good too.
>
> Anyone wanting pictures of this workshop, please
> Email me direct.
>
> Dick Gays, Leicester, UK.
> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST.
>
> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email
> to,
> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word
> "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
>
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST.
To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to,
modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Other related posts:
