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Malc2098 wrote:I've just got to that point on my 'shop build.
I used stainless steel insect mesh with stainless steel staples, exactly for the reason your state; the roof needs ventilation, but not lodgers.
I put it on before I installed the soffit facia. I know it doesn't look pretty from that angle, but now the facia is on, it's hidden except from directly underneath.
CATNAP wrote:Hey Cheers for that.... where did you get mesh? also do you have a photo with the facia on now?
Big thanks for the reply
CATNAP wrote:Thank you... yours looks very smart.
I'd not planed on using a soffit facia. What are they used for? are they required?
Sorry noob at all of this.
9fingers wrote:CATNAP wrote:Thank you... yours looks very smart.
I'd not planed on using a soffit facia. What are they used for? are they required?
Sorry noob at all of this.
Whilst not essential, It give you somewhere to mount the guttering rather than into end grain of rafters.
Gutters are more essential than you might think as water dripping onto the ground from 2m or so with splash up the walls and saturate them during winter month and start the dreaded rot. Even if you are using pressure treated timber it still stresses it and leave a dirty muddy line for the lower 250mm or so.
Bob
9fingers wrote:CATNAP wrote:Thank you... yours looks very smart.
I'd not planed on using a soffit facia. What are they used for? are they required?
Sorry noob at all of this.
Whilst not essential, It give you somewhere to mount the guttering rather than into end grain of rafters.
Gutters are more essential than you might think as water dripping onto the ground from 2m or so with splash up the walls and saturate them during winter month and start the dreaded rot. Even if you are using pressure treated timber it still stresses it and leave a dirty muddy line for the lower 250mm or so.
Bob
Andyp wrote:Hi catnap, Some wider shots of your build would be interesting and helpful too.
Malc2098 wrote:CATNAP wrote:Hey Cheers for that.... where did you get mesh? also do you have a photo with the facia on now?
Big thanks for the reply
You're welcome. The mesh came from Robinson Wire Cloth ltd.
https://www.robinsonwirecloth.co.uk/insect-mesh-fly-mesh.html
Photo with facia on is on my build thread today.
CATNAP wrote:
You think this fly mesh lets enough air flow through?
Malc2098 wrote:CATNAP wrote:
You think this fly mesh lets enough air flow through?
Yes. That's exactly what it's intended for. It's the roof structure itself that might not permit the air-flow. I'm surprised at mine at just how much space there is laterally and up and down, and over the top. I unwittingly designed it like that!
And as you can see so much through the insect mesh, that is an indication of how much air it will let through.
Malc2098 wrote:And Robinson's spec says the wire diameter is 0.22mm with an aperture size of 1.36mm, giving an open area of 73.8%
CATNAP wrote:
Did you use a hand stapler or some fancy electric one?
9fingers wrote:Malc2098 wrote:And Robinson's spec says the wire diameter is 0.22mm with an aperture size of 1.36mm, giving an open area of 73.8%
All the jaspers round Malc's way have a cross hatch pattern imprinted on the noses now after fitting that mesh!
Bob
Malc2098 wrote:CATNAP wrote:
Did you use a hand stapler or some fancy electric one?
I think I got mine from Homebase some years ago for pinning hardboard to floorboards. It's called have duty and does staples and pins.
I got the stainless steel staples from screwfx.
CATNAP wrote:Malc2098 wrote:CATNAP wrote:
Did you use a hand stapler or some fancy electric one?
I think I got mine from Homebase some years ago for pinning hardboard to floorboards. It's called have duty and does staples and pins.
I got the stainless steel staples from screwfx.
you think a Staple Tacker R34 wont be up for the job?
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