[modeleng] Re: Shed Roofs and Workshop Construction
- From: "Richard Gays" <Richard.Gays@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:32:44 +0100
Thanks Al,
Quite appropriare, it is green.
Dick Gays, Leicester, UK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 5:07 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shed Roofs and Workshop Construction
> 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.
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