Loft build
Hi Andy,
Yes, once this is down we'll be flying along. The plan is to have two section. One will be around 8ft for the old birds, and one 6ft for the youngsters. No corridor as I'm wanting to give them as much floor space as possible and might throw the odd nest box on some of the other walls as a bit of a quirk. Plus, there will eventually be two separate aviaries either side each with its own trap.
This will be my only loft for the time being and I plan on flying only natural birds with the focus on channel races in both the Combine and National flying club. Fingres crossed.
Next stage.. insulation the frame
Yes, once this is down we'll be flying along. The plan is to have two section. One will be around 8ft for the old birds, and one 6ft for the youngsters. No corridor as I'm wanting to give them as much floor space as possible and might throw the odd nest box on some of the other walls as a bit of a quirk. Plus, there will eventually be two separate aviaries either side each with its own trap.
This will be my only loft for the time being and I plan on flying only natural birds with the focus on channel races in both the Combine and National flying club. Fingres crossed.
Next stage.. insulation the frame
Welcome to the site, would that base need a few more spars in along the top and bottom, what will you use for insulationmark1 wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:33 pm Hi Andy,
Yes, once this is down we'll be flying along. The plan is to have two section. One will be around 8ft for the old birds, and one 6ft for the youngsters. No corridor as I'm wanting to give them as much floor space as possible and might throw the odd nest box on some of the other walls as a bit of a quirk. Plus, there will eventually be two separate aviaries either side each with its own trap.
This will be my only loft for the time being and I plan on flying only natural birds with the focus on channel races in both the Combine and National flying club. Fingres crossed.
Next stage.. insulation the frame
Sadies Lofts home of decent birds just a useless loft manager, and now a confirmed loser but proud 
Thanks Buster. Apparantly a span up to 4.5m only needs one row of noggins in the centre. Anything under 2.5m does not require any. The loft is 2.4m so think I'm safe. I'm using foil backed PIR insulation and on top of that will be 18mm ply, so should be plenty stiffness.
I noticed you did Andy. I'm in the north east. I posted a couple of months back about starting back up if you can remember; before the site changed. I was wary about the state or, should I say future of the sport, but I'm more than happy that there's a strong enough future in it to comitt.
So do you exclusively race only nationals? No club/fed racing racing used for 'training' purposes?
So do you exclusively race only nationals? No club/fed racing racing used for 'training' purposes?
Well you learn something new every day as they say, look forward to seeing the progress updatesmark1 wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:38 pm Thanks Buster. Apparantly a span up to 4.5m only needs one row of noggins in the centre. Anything under 2.5m does not require any. The loft is 2.4m so think I'm safe. I'm using foil backed PIR insulation and on top of that will be 18mm ply, so should be plenty stiffness.
Sadies Lofts home of decent birds just a useless loft manager, and now a confirmed loser but proud