[modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
- From: "Len Smith" <parnobal2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 01:29:18 +0100
Way back when I was an uncouth National Serviceman, and we had to stand guard
duty every month or so, we amused ourselves through the night by reading the
guardroom log. The daytime provo sergeant was an intellectually chellanged
bruiser from Glasgow, whose spelling left a lot to be desired. Prisoners
belongings were written down as "kome", "muni" etc. Part of his duty was to
record vehicle movements through the main gate. One example stuck in my mind
ever since....after crossing out several attempts to book in a lorry load of
corrugated iron sheets, he eventually wrote it as "rigly tin".
Len Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: alanjstepney
To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:18 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
Although corrugated iron is not easy to find, or rather, it has to be
specially ordered not bought "off the shelf", we do have one corrugated
material that is readily available.
That is a mix of inert fillers bound by some tar-based mix.
Following this topic, I called a pal who is planning to replace his garage
roof, and who, when last I spoke to him, was debating the merits of various
coverings.
He eventually settled between two choices, this corrugated, what-ever-it-is,
and felt.
The cost of 3/4" board, covered with two layers of felt, the top one with a
sanded surface, and all properly bonded, was about 15% less than the
corrugated stuff, and that would only have been the single thickness of the
actual material, ad this less heat insulation.
Not hard to see why he settled on felt.
(I do like the expression, "wriggly tin" though !)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Smith" <parnobal2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:14 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
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