I am not sure how things are in the U.S. but as far as I am aware many things are just the same as in Europe, or similar.
When chip board is delivered to our building markets (large stores) The pile of boards say 50 or so have a protection board top and bottom. These are often waterproof fibre boards which have a design printed on one side and one side a single color Here the usual color is mid brown. These are boards where the printed design has gone wrong and are scrap. A major use is floor and wall boarding with wood pattern. These are very hard wearing and steam oil proof. A quick rub down and they look like new. They are also 90% fire proof. Because they are fibre boards, they are not easy to dispose of. Our market supplied us these cut to size F O C. We explained our purpose and they also supplied us with the framing (60mm x 20mm wood laths) greatly reduced. We then started looking for legs. Our local brewery had tables and benches that they lend out to fairs and so on. As these "Fairs" are often very, "wet" events the tables get damaged as people with different opinions get beyond the argument stage. The snap down hinged metal legs remain undamaged, so we again help our brewery and recycle them at no charge to the brewery. We have 56 modules 1.2m x60cm. (about 4feet by 2feet) One leg set to one module, the modules screwed together with coach bolts and wing nuts. (these we had to buy) The layout has brown tops black painted frames and dark green legs. The sides were open until we came across a textile company which had old stock of dark grey flame retarded material 1.5m wide and the roll was just over 50m long This roll cost €100.00 Our ladies stitched Klet to the top. of the material and we nailed the side with all the little hooks to the frame with a brad gun. This was the most expensive part!! These fit easy into a pick up truck. They have been stored for a couple of years on timbers on the ground and covered with plastic sheet which is tucked underneath. In the Alps it is a very damp climate except for a couple of summer weeks. (Summer was on a Wednesday last year) I realize that you may not have all of these services near to you, but perhaps it helps a train of thought. Very often things we need are under our noses but we do not see the use at once. We are ready to run within 2 hours of arriving on the scene. The modules are light to carry easy to construct and just as easy to dismantle and put back onto the pick up and one man would not be overtaxed doing it alone. Yes I have photos. Have a good one. Bert ------------------------- Bert & Edmunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
