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Corrugated PVC (Where to get, or does anyone have a van?)

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  • Started 13 years ago by Wilmington's Cow
  • Latest reply from wingpig
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  1. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    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.

    B&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!).

    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...

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    'Old' run is 2 years old now, put together by my own fair hands (which weren't so fair by the end).

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Sorry as a non-drivist I can't help, however, I quote;

    2.7m of plastic just 'aint gonna fit inside a Mini

    you just aren't thinking big bean!

    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?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. ruggtomcat
    Member

    I think we need a community long-wheelbase trailer

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. kaputnik
    Moderator

    More importantly, we need community ninja-turtles cycling outfits!

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. ruggtomcat
    Member

    oooooh yeah!

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. Dave
    Member

    Is it too big to go on the roofrack of our estate, Anth? What are the actual dimensions?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    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...).

    Got a couple of options I'm mulling over, but I'll keep you in mind!

    (biggest sheet will be 2.75 x 0.76m)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. druidh
    Member

    When do you need this moving?

    I have a van......

    Posted 13 years ago #

  10. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    For anyone who is interested the main build got finished last night when I hung the door.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  11. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Your chickens live in a Faraday cage?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  12. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    You may yolk, but it's eggcellent lightning protection.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  13. wingpig
    Member

    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.

    Posted 13 years ago #

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