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19 minutes ago, joe90 said:

I won’t show you mine (wood store that is ?) made from old pallets and left over roofing from my garage (and it’s hid round the back so you can’t see it ).

 

I think pallets would have worked fine too and probably cheaper! I'm sure I'll be thankful it's close by our utility door in winter!

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4 hours ago, canalsiderenovation said:

 

Yep, dad got lengths and then cut them and welded them to build the frame and galvanised sheet mesh, again a sheet which we cut three sides from and fixed into the frame. It's cost a small fortune but dad doesn't do anything by halves.

 

Like getting an answer from SWMBO! ?

 

Did he buy the lengths of steel "mill finish", weld them together then get the whole assembly galvanised at a place that specialises in hot dip galvanising? 

 

Did he weld on plain finish mesh and send the whole lot to the galvanisers or did he get the galv frame back etc?

 

Is your Dad on here, can I ask him??? ??

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10 hours ago, canalsiderenovation said:

 

We have too much, still got another 3 tonne bags plus stuff we need to split. Some is quite small so we may be burning it on the narrowboat in winter.

 

So they need to be used to build a woodstore like @joe90's from them to keep the other wood in.

 

Which I was planning to find a picture of but it seems he has never uploaded one.

 

Full of good ideas, me.

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Time for a 1970s joke about pallets.

 

There was a boat load of Vietnamese people that arrived in Calais, the French refused to take them. "Go to England" they said.

When they arrived at Dover, the English refused to take them "Try Ireland" they suggested.

When they arrived at Dublin the Irish said. "Are they on pallets".

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11 hours ago, Ferdinand said:

There's currently a shortage of pallets.

 

But I don't know if you can yet dismantle them and sell off for more than the price of a new shed.

Then why don't the builders merchants offer to collect them for free and re use them?

 

I thought so, not worth the cost.

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1 hour ago, joe90 said:

Oh go on then, includes compost heap as well (the steel mesh is to stop my terrier pulling logs out to get to mice/rats in the log pile)

 

 

 

 

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I've watched a jack burrow through a bag of feed to get to the rat's nest behind.

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12 hours ago, Onoff said:

 

Like getting an answer from SWMBO! ?

 

Did he buy the lengths of steel "mill finish", weld them together then get the whole assembly galvanised at a place that specialises in hot dip galvanising? 

 

Did he weld on plain finish mesh and send the whole lot to the galvanisers or did he get the galv frame back etc?

 

Is your Dad on here, can I ask him??? ??

 

The mesh was bought already galvanised then cut to size. The steel frame were second hand fence post again ready galvanised with fence brackets on (took 6 posts with off cuts left over). Dad made it all up and welded up in situ then just silver can car spray on weld joints, mesh screw on inside frame to secure, then all bolted in and fixed.

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1 minute ago, canalsiderenovation said:

mesh was bought already galvanised then cut to size. The steel frame were second hand fence post again ready galvanised

 

1 minute ago, canalsiderenovation said:

Dad made it all up and welded up in situ

I love the smell of galvanised steel being welded, gives me time take a few steps back before I take in a deep breath.

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1 minute ago, SteamyTea said:

 

I love the smell of galvanised steel being welded, gives me time take a few steps back before I take in a deep breath.

Haha, once spent a whole day flame cutting halved steel structure … that evenings “hot and cold shakes” zincpoisioning wasn’t pleasant ?

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1 hour ago, canalsiderenovation said:

 

The mesh was bought already galvanised then cut to size. The steel frame were second hand fence post again ready galvanised with fence brackets on (took 6 posts with off cuts left over). Dad made it all up and welded up in situ then just silver can car spray on weld joints, mesh screw on inside frame to secure, then all bolted in and fixed.

 

Gotcha! It did look "sprayed" around the plates etc. Würth Zinc Light is an excellent "silver" cold galvanising paint.  For a darker zinc then their Zinc Dark. 

 

The term "cold galvanising" is a bit misleading tbh - they all come in a can but some are better than others. Zinga is very good. Galvafroid is the old favourite. 

 

 

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