mafaldina Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 You've been watching this, mind you there was an episode of the Simpsons/American Dad, etc... that showed the opposite, where kids wanted old fashioned jerry (apologies recoveringacademic) built one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) The time I take she'll have her own mortgage! My boy will be driving for real soon and I still haven't finished his electric Jeep. Edited July 26, 2016 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Birds don't eat my roof but it has happened...see http://articles.philly.com/1990-09-09/news/25878865_1_roof-membrane-roofing-resources-birds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiking Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 35 minutes ago, Tennentslager said: Birds don't eat my roof but it has happened...see http://articles.philly.com/1990-09-09/news/25878865_1_roof-membrane-roofing-resources-birds I asked this question the other day, I'll try to record my magpies trying to eat my new roof - the plastic and velux flashing. None of them have tried to eat the felt on the tree house though. Shit on it, yes. Eat it, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Decided to re-roof the tree house to get maybe another year out of it before it makes way for a cabin / garden room. I need a "piece of felt" 5m x 2.2m. Thinking that lorry siding type stuff advertised as an alternative to traditional felt. Don't really want to spend circa £100 + adhesive etc on EPDM. Any suggestions? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 If you literally mean just one year... then pretty much anything will do. I've made a log store with a piece of 1200 gauge DPM as a roof, stapled on- a bit ugly, but it's surviving Skye weather surprisingly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Onoff said: Any suggestions? It's a much smaller area, but I used a piece of Tyvek (Housewrap?) on my shed. It's lasted over a year, faded a bit, but still waterproof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Crofter said: If you literally mean just one year... then pretty much anything will do. I've made a log store with a piece of 1200 gauge DPM as a roof, stapled on- a bit ugly, but it's surviving Skye weather surprisingly well. Erm...my "years" are a bit different to others! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddal Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 One of my log stores has nothing but an old tarpaulin stapled to the roof to keep it waterproof. It was a fairly heavy duty tarp - but didn't cost much. Its been there for 4 years and doesn't seem like its going to stop working anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 The ideal would be lorry side curtain but a piece of that is coming out about £100. My mate did give me a complete curtain years back but it's been chopped up over the years to make various covers. Used a bit in fact to put the spoil on when I dug a hole for the spiral stairs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triassic Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I've got a piece of lorry curtain side and it's as thick as, it would make a great roof cover. It's so good, I'm after more of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Cheap pond liner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiking Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Fosters can shingles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 21 minutes ago, daiking said: Fosters can shingles That's a really silly idea...believe me I've thought of it! Getting the annealing right to flatten them out is a bitch though. Too much heat and they just crinkle up: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddal Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Something like this might work ok - http://www.tarpaulinsdirect.co.uk/tarpaulins/tarpaulins/supergrade-tarpaulin/supergrade-tarpaulin-270gsm That works out at £37 for the size you need - or £20 for the cheaper grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Got an "in" to a place that repairs commercial trailers from an old workmate. They do 1 or 2 ply curtain siding and it comes 2.5m wide. Just waiting for a cash price for 5m of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 It'd be hard to find anything tougher than lorry siding, I think. I was at a commercial vehicle show years ago, and on one of the stands there was a company demonstrating how tough their siding was, by handing out Stanley knives to people and asking them to have a go at slashing through it. Apparently they'd developed this super tough stuff to try and stop illegal immigrants from slashing through siding to climb into trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Hmm...getting cheaper. 3m wide 2 ply lorry curtain, dark green, £17/m. £85 then for cash. It would I suppose go straight on, no adhesive to buy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 That sounds like handy stuff. At that price, does it come with cut edges, needing turned back and sewn? By the way, I think my boat's cockpit cover is made of this kind of stuff. It got a hole in it recently and the self adhesive repair patch lasted about two days. I then tried a PVC dinghy repair kit and that's done a great job. Just in case you get a hole in yours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 3 hours ago, Crofter said: That sounds like handy stuff. At that price, does it come with cut edges, needing turned back and sewn? Nope, straight off the roll. No eyelets in it or anything. Though they will do that. Need to sort this. I put a 1st layer of sand felt over dubious quality second hand 18mm ply and well...the felt ripped and I left it . So I'll have to stump up for some OSB too: Using underneath as a shed at the mo too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) Back then with £85 worth of two ply, dark green lorry siding 5x3m, 3 sheets of OSB3 from Wickes where it's just over £16 a sheet on offer. This plus a can of dark brown No Nonsense wood treatment. What screws are best to affix the OSB down with? I've got either S'fix Gold screws or some A2 stainless ones again from S'fix? Don't want it coming off in a gale! The 4"x2" rafters are at about 500mm centres. Edited June 3, 2017 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Well, used 5x45 A2 screws the first side...then ran out and used 5x60 Goldscrews to do this side. All covered now in 18mm OSB3 Copious amounts of No Nonsense wood preserver used. Just got to sort the cloaking /eaves now before the lorry siding / curtain goes on. A lot of work for a 10x5 space at the end of the day. I really should have started from scratch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 The lorry curtains coming on: Made the edges pretty: Got to find some trim to keep the edges secure. Found a length of square gutter and figured it must be UV proof. A mission to cut using an old, cheapo (Champion brand?) 18V circular saw. Could have done with a finer toothed blade tbh. Will affix with st/st penny washers and screws. Not sure 30mm strips are wide enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Needs a deep pond next to it and a hose on the roof to make a water slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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