Lining a shed.... suggestions please ?

[Adrian]

Possibly not in the end - but he didn't do too bad along the way

I used to do some work with the people up there - they claimed that it was actually the 19th Century that was being referenced....

There was another site I used to visit on an all-too-regular basis - up in Nottingham. Great sprawling area, had little 'shops' everywhere

- each with their own specialism, like metal-plating, carpentry, painting, engraving - there was even rumour that they used to blow their own glass valves at one time.....

I suspect that was sold for housing eventually - great people in the workforce - but utterly awful management, all the way up !

Eeeh - takes me back

Regards Adrian

[Andy Hall]

Exactly. Depends which way you look. The buildings were certainly mainly early c.20 at best.

It seemed to be full of fiefdoms.

Then there were the acquired pieces of Plessey and the Edge Lane empire. Politics were so great because the stakes were so small.

Where are they now?

[Adrian]

Yes - shame that they'd settled on such a grandiose title when there was so little there to praise ....

Ah - you were there.... Arnie decreed that Beeston would be our major source for manufacturing

- 'to keep the money inside the business'

This meant that they had to switch from TXE4-technology to Surface-mount FPGAs in a very short space of time - it wasn't the easiest of transitions.......

The stories I could tell......

That's true - never thought of it like that

Another good question - the engineers must be out there somewhere..... I was involved with a spin-off from one of the Thames-valley-based companies - they experienced meteoric growth and profitability for about 4 years then got bought out by venture capitalists, who killed the business and made a fortune from selling off the premises !

...... nice !

Ah well - all water under the bridge now......

Looks like OSB is the way to go - 11mm OSB 8x4's at 12 euro plus vat....

Regards Adrian

[Owain]

I would be delighted if the Govt would reboot the wetware.

Owain

[Lawrence Zarb]

Is the external vapour barrier directly behing the external cladding, or does there need to be an air gap?. If what space would be required?

[Owain]

Maison, as in "Verre Maison Adrian"?

Bothy?

But'n'ben?

Owain

[Andy Hall]

That's not bad. You can easily augment it later if you want to do so.

[Andy Hall]

It's on the back face of the Celotex, then there's a gap, then the cladding. The important thing is ventilation of the cold side.

[Adrian]

Yes - that's what I thought....

Now if it would just stop raining & blowing a gale.... ...then Shedman could come back and fix the proper, torched-on roofing felt, and fit the door and windows....

....which would mean that I could finish fitting the floor and then sort out the interior wall cladding.....

...and we could shift all the 'stuff' that should be in the Studio out of the 'Sunroom'.......

Isn't life complicated ??

Adrian

[Adrian]

Pretentious --- moi ??

Bit too 'peat fires & hand-knitted sheep'

Lost me on that one.... sorry !

Adrian

[Andy Hall]

Both Spain and Ireland are in receipt of EU money for various projects especially in relation to transport.

To this end, the ministers of transport make visits to each other's country to see how this works out in practice.

Both are bemoaing how long it takes to get things done.

The Spanish minister of transport is fairly relaxes about all of this and explains that they have the perfect word to describe the situation.

Manana.

The Irish minister thinks for a moment and replies:

" Sure we don't have a word that means anything as urgent as that"

Be honest.

You're sold on the idea of a studio, aren't you.

TBH, I think you can if you want to,

How far away is Kinsale?

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Frank Erskine writes

Depending on the geography you could call it the *...* wing:-)

regards

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[John Rumm]

I think when I did my shed I was able to get interior CDX ply for about £7/sheet...

[Adrian]

Heard it before - but it's 100% accurate. When we first moved here I made the mistake of saying '...but there's no rush' to a tradesman...

After about 2 months, phoned him to enquire about progress - "Ah - but you said there was no rush......"

Not the right thing to say - as the normal pace of life out here is somewhat slower than the UK - so 'no rush' approximates to 'sometime before I get really old and lose all of my hair'

I think it's got the right 'ring' to it.... have to go round and 'up' all the prices though - got to be consistent with the right image

Over towards Cork - we're waay west of there... According to the RAC, Kinsale's only 50 miles away - (we're near Ballydehob) but it takes about 1 hour 20 from here - the Irish roads aren't exactly the fastest in the world, but it does wonders for your fuel economy. Was averaging 25mpg in the UK - now av = 35mph....

All very relaxing

Regards Adrian

[Adrian]

Ah - didn't think to ask about ply prices - will have to phone them again tomorrow......

Mind - the way the weather's looking this week, it'll be some time beofor they get the roof finished, and I don't really want to be playing interior cladding until that's completely finished.....

Regards Adrian

[Adrian]

That's a thought....

There was a studio I found somewhere in the States - rejoiced in the name of 'Kiss my glass'......

You have to admire the sheer cheek of it

Adrian

[Andy Hall]

In connection with the eclipse, I guess you know the one about the moon mission.

Have a look at a few web sites of small operations in the area. In reality they are not bigger than you.

Point is that you can position yourself to more of an art profile without significant cost.

Actually you could do both this and a craft/workshop positioning with different products and see what works.

Neighbours. For someone on a holiday that's not unreasonable. Ply them with stories about the Reeks

[Owain]

Good craic, so it is!

Owain

[Adrian]

No - go on then....

Yes - we'll have to see what works..

We are ??

Adrian

[John Rumm]

Indeed, CDX would probably delaminate if you got it wet!