Launch of 'Shelter and Hardware Bank Network' SAHBN
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Press Release Link : from
25th May 2016
"Shelter Banks" Similar to Food Banks.
Providing Building Materials For Outbuildings, to People Squeezed Into The Smallest Houses in Europe
The Uk Property market has been in crisis for many years. The new concept of Shelter Banks, aims to help ease a part of that crisis.
They are similar to Food Banks in the Uk, but distributing, re-used & re-manufactured building materials that have been donated or bought in bulk at low cost.
The shelters built with these materials, may be storage sheds, greenhouse or insulated garden offices for small businesses.
To facilitate this, building materials are stored in a warehouse and collected by local people, or posted to target low income groups, individuals or small businesses over a wider area.
Some materials will be free, but it depends on the amount of resources, funding & donations available, as to whether materials will have to have a small charge. If so, due to low overheads & donator support, they will much cheaper than normal retail prices.
In the future, it is hoped to offer complete shelter kits, training & tool hire.
Shelter Banks differ, compared to normal building material re-use projects. Shelter Banks specialise in supplying materials to build small outbuildings under Uk Permitted Development Rights.
They do not usually require planning permission or building regulation if under 30 sq m & 4m tall with a dual pitched roof. This allows a wider use of materials, some which are often free.
Cabinz believe demand is high as property rents remain extremely expensive in the Uk & Europe, while wages are static or falling.
Record numbers of young adults are living at home with parents. squeezing families into smaller spaces, despite as studies finding British homes are the smallest in Europe
Access to materials for a shelter for groups to use during the day for work or leisure, will improve their mental & physical health.
Popular websites like Instructables & Make are producing a generation of creative youngsters not afraid to use hand tools
The Shelter Banks concept was conceived by Paul Ridley, Founder of The Cabinz Project (www.Cabinz.Net )
A re-use & re-manufacturing based community group operating out of 1000 sq foot unit in Saltney, Chester.
Cabinz works with insulated panel manufacturers to re-use their off cuts, They has distributed over 70 tonnes for community benefit, saving landfill space.
Paul Ridley and a team of volunteers have decades of experience in the community & commercial re-use sector. They aim to seek funding and support, to start a Shelter Bank.
Advice is also sought from international re-use groups.
For more info, contact Paul Ridley, founder, Cabinz Project
cabinznet@gmail.com
Blog & info. www.Cabinz.net
The Uk Property market has been in crisis for many years. The new concept of Shelter Banks, aims to help ease a part of that crisis.
They are similar to Food Banks in the Uk, but distributing, re-used & re-manufactured building materials that have been donated or bought in bulk at low cost.
The shelters built with these materials, may be storage sheds, greenhouse or insulated garden offices for small businesses.
To facilitate this, building materials are stored in a warehouse and collected by local people, or posted to target low income groups, individuals or small businesses over a wider area.
Some materials will be free, but it depends on the amount of resources, funding & donations available, as to whether materials will have to have a small charge. If so, due to low overheads & donator support, they will much cheaper than normal retail prices.
In the future, it is hoped to offer complete shelter kits, training & tool hire.
Shelter Banks differ, compared to normal building material re-use projects. Shelter Banks specialise in supplying materials to build small outbuildings under Uk Permitted Development Rights.
They do not usually require planning permission or building regulation if under 30 sq m & 4m tall with a dual pitched roof. This allows a wider use of materials, some which are often free.
Cabinz believe demand is high as property rents remain extremely expensive in the Uk & Europe, while wages are static or falling.
Record numbers of young adults are living at home with parents. squeezing families into smaller spaces, despite as studies finding British homes are the smallest in Europe
Access to materials for a shelter for groups to use during the day for work or leisure, will improve their mental & physical health.
Popular websites like Instructables & Make are producing a generation of creative youngsters not afraid to use hand tools
The Shelter Banks concept was conceived by Paul Ridley, Founder of The Cabinz Project (www.Cabinz.Net )
A re-use & re-manufacturing based community group operating out of 1000 sq foot unit in Saltney, Chester.
Cabinz works with insulated panel manufacturers to re-use their off cuts, They has distributed over 70 tonnes for community benefit, saving landfill space.
Paul Ridley and a team of volunteers have decades of experience in the community & commercial re-use sector. They aim to seek funding and support, to start a Shelter Bank.
Advice is also sought from international re-use groups.
For more info, contact Paul Ridley, founder, Cabinz Project
cabinznet@gmail.com
Blog & info. www.Cabinz.net
Further info will be posted at ShelterBank.co.uk when available
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Sept 22 2019
Publishing of 'First draft of the proposed Mini Shelter Bank (from 2017)'
Aim
To supply a portable IBC cage containing components to make a very low cost basic shelter, that is fire & insect resistant, such as as a storage shed or greenhouse.
These materials can also be used to repair sheds or cover garden veg / plants. The use is up to the customer, but we ask that off cuts etc are disposed of in a sustainable manner
Prototypes of such shelters are linked below
Prototype Wedge Block Shelter with Grp Window Cladding & Composite Door Edge Off-Cut Frame / Corner Brace
Rot & Fire Resistant Base for Shed, Garden Office or Decking (DES) in Grp Fibreglass Plastic from Composite Door Edge Strips
cabinz-prototype-shelter-
Method
The IBC should be chained to a fence or wall from the top of the cage to avoid the wind tipping it over (unlikley) or it getting stolen
Estimated quantites in the IBC
The Ibc will contain
1. opaque grp fibreglass sheets (image rerquired)
30 -40 sheets of grp fibreglass sheets of 2 - 2.5m length, stacked upright.
2-2.2 m lengths are required for walls, 2.2-2.5m for roof
2. Door edge strips (DES) - 2.012m long x 45mm thick x 25-40mm wide
These are produced when a composite door blank is cit to size.
Made of a fibreglass skin with fire resistant plastic core, they vary in width from 5-40mm, but 25 -40mm are suitabel for frames.
Thinner ones can be bent into curved shapes
Approx. 50 -100, stacked upright in the IBC
DES - Door Edge Strips (image required)
3. Corner braces (image rerquired)
4. Screws
Cabinz uses drywall screws for the prototype frame & corner braces ,
thicker 100-120mm screws for joining corners of frame (for extra strength)
Roof screws with rubber was her connect grp sheets, although dry wall screws can be used
Perhaps these could be connected in packets to the outside of IBC.
5. Hinges & other fixings
cabinz can supply them
For profile gap , it can be filled with camper mat type foam or expanding foam
6. Costs
tbc
subject to change over trial evaluation
screws will be pennies,
hinges £1 a pair
7. Floor
can be made of pallets with ply wood / osb sheet
If insulated required Cabinz make a panel ( 2 required for 6' x 6' shed ) for £13.90 each
see link
8. Footings - Tying the frame down to the ground.
on concrete, raw plugs / bolts & injection resin can be used . Cabinz can supply from Wickes stock originally bought from Recipro .
On grass, a tent peg can be made from DES or bent rebar used. This can be collected by cabinz from local scrap yd
Edit: update. Dec 2018 par We now have several hundred Metposts , that can hammer into ground for foundations on each corner
Basic tent peg test from grp / plastic composite door side off cut.
9.. Health & Safety
Below is not safety advice, just informal comment
The shelters I designed in 2m x 2m size have minimal cutting, but glasses & a mask must be worn if cutting.
i am told by door factory that dust in cutting off cuts are an irritant, not hazardous .
Using the flat pallets as step is a good secure platform for screwing roof
please be aware that he above is a draft experiment / guide & subject to change at any time
10. Tools
An electric / screw driver & jig saw or small angle grinder are required for assembly
Alternatively, a hand screw driver & hack saw may be used
For the sake of comparison , i enclose below the cheapest plastic sheds & greenhouses on ebay 6' x 6' from £250 -£350
Safety PVC Greenhouse Green 1.8m (6x6ft) Steel Frame
Shed Base £49
Keter Apex Plastic Garden Shed 6 x 6ft OUR PRICE only £349.99 COLLECT wf119hs
Used wood frames or sheets can be used instead of plastic from suppliers like members of Community Wood Recycling
Best paul ridley
Cabinz CIC / SAHBN
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