http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Corrugated PVC (Where to get, or does anyone have a van?) en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:38:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-21939 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:45:33 +0000 wingpig 21939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you're going to paint it that colour you should lose the struts, chamfer the corners and use putty around the joins for that fake-weld effect so that it looks even more like it's made out of metal, thereby repelling foxes as well as the much more easily-fooled lightning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-21938 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:45:13 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 21938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You may yolk, but it's eggcellent lightning protection. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-21937 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:41:34 +0000 kaputnik 21937@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Your chickens live in a Faraday cage? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-21936 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:36:45 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 21936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For anyone who is interested the main build got finished last night when I hung the door.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/5373218599/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5082/5373218599_9ab0d938e3.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20809 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:25:58 +0000 druidh 20809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When do you need this moving? </p> <p>I have a van...... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20789 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:09:16 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 20789@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The problem with roof mounting is this stuff catches any wind and twists and turns really really badly (2 years ago I got it back on the roof of our original Mini - no roof rack on this one - and it was all over the place. Granted it was also howling a gale...).</p> <p>Got a couple of options I'm mulling over, but I'll keep you in mind!</p> <p>(biggest sheet will be 2.75 x 0.76m) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20787 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:00:42 +0000 Dave 20787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it too big to go on the roofrack of our estate, Anth? What are the actual dimensions? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20778 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:40:19 +0000 ruggtomcat 20778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>oooooh yeah! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20774 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:20:55 +0000 kaputnik 20774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>More importantly, we need community ninja-turtles cycling outfits! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20772 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:14:32 +0000 ruggtomcat 20772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think we need a community <a href="http://www.zenlinux.com/bf/bike_move_oct09/00037.800x600.jpg">long-wheelbase trailer</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20756 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:54:56 +0000 kaputnik 20756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry as a non-drivist I can't help, however, I quote;</p> <p><em>2.7m of plastic just 'aint gonna fit inside a Mini</em></p> <p>you just aren't thinking <strike>big</strike> bean!</p> <p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/19/article-0-067F420E000005DC-402_634x673.jpg"></p> <p>You could buy 3m of it, cut it into 3 x 1m strips perpendicular to the corrugation and then glue them back together with a bit of overlap when you get home? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20731 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:18:18 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 20731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Old' run is 2 years old now, put together by my own fair hands (which weren't so fair by the end).</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/5320465252/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5320465252_c427141c81.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1986#post-20730 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:16:15 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 20730@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Building an extension to our chicken run, and fixing/improving the roof on the current run after it came down from the snow in December and has had a temporary fix since then.</p> <p>B&amp;Q sell the stuff I need, but I've got no way to get it home (2.7m of plastic just 'aint gonna fit inside a Mini), and places I've found online either limit you to a minimum order of 10 of one length (I need 5-6 of one length, and 4 of another), or charge ridiculous amounts to deliver (one company to deliver anything over 1.5m in length to Scotland charges £40 delivery!).</p> <p>So, anyone know of a source in Scotland that delivers, or have a van big enough I can borrow? Might actually just get a quote from the Man With a Van as well... </p>