We've Started a Wood Reuse Section at Cabinz CIC as part of our DIGRS Panel Project

 Here at Cabinz Cic, we hope to expand our sales or donations of screws & fixings by working with local timber companies who have donated wood to us. This forms part of our DIGRS & Insulation & Repair Station Projects to encourage people to make insulated panels & distribute materials to Insulate & repair at home & work  

We have donated treated wood in the pic, mainly in 1.2 to1.8m lengths to local mens sheds groups in Cheshire West & Fintshire such as Woodwork to Wellness & The Port Men in Sheds who have been making trellis and other items to sell to fund their charities.

We've also donated wood to the Tam o'Shanta Urban Farm & Bee Wirral Group to make items for Xmas

Trellis is great for cheaply strenghening fencing & gates, needed to combat stronger winds & storms during climate change as well as reusing wood to grow fruit & veg on. One design is shown in the pics below. 

 

 

We are looking for partners & donations for a Hardware Reuse Drive - Packaging Screws & Fixings in Heat Sealed Padded Envelopes with Printing Labels

 Cabinz cic & SAHBN (Shelter & Hardware Bank Network) have been donated over 40k of new dvd sized padded envelopes that have been printed on one side. We have donated 1000s to local charities & are sold some at low cost to local small businesses.

In addition, a large pallet of adhesive printable labels and 3 label printing machines (see pics below) .

We aim to find partner groups to seal fixings or other saleable items, that they have donated or supplied from our stock into padded envelopes sealed in appropriate sizes with a heat sealer. These packets of fixings can be sold at low cost or donated to faciltate the reuse of materials or repair / preparation / maintanace of goods. 

We've previously had discussions with other groups such as Mens Sheds on the possibility of encouraging the donation of screws & fixings from those stored in household sheds & garages. 

One problem is that only a small range of fixings are used by Mens Sheds (ie, 25-100mm screws & small hinges) and large amounts of  other size / type fixings are donated, so a market / distribution network needs to be developed for these.     

If you are an interested, contact cabinznet@gmail.com for further info.

Pictures below   

These added envelopes are slightly bigger than dvd size ones, and have been cut in half using a paper guillotine with a wider mouth, so the thicker bubble wrap padded envelopes can pass through to be cut.

A Heat sealer machiine (Do a Google search for  '12" Heating Sealer Heat Plastic Bag Film Sealing Machine uk' to buy from £10 up ) We paid £25 for our one, pictured below.

The bag can be sealed through the paper, but if a clear window of bubble wrap to view the fixings inside is required (see pics below). one side of paper can be removed by peeling it off around the edges,

 ( preferably the side that may have printing on )

One side of the paper has been peeled off to leave a neat edge, then the sideds have been sealed, 2 

seals can be done for extra strength. the already sealed side of the bag can be sealed again to make the bag smaller or tighter. 

Presuamably, the heat sealing will work for used padded envelopes. By talking to craft makers, the sides of irons of curling tongs have been used to heat seal these envelopes, but we have not tried these methods

The paper side can be written on by hand or a printed label can be added (pic below)

120mm wide thick paper adhesive labels on a roll, can be cut to the required size & applied in various ways

Labels can be cut to the required size

Label with edges wrapped around the other side for extra strength

Type & Manuals for Printers

Donated Printing Machines that can print bar codes & QR codes as well

 

 Our pallet of donated labels

Single Roll of 120mm wide labels

A Big Thankyou to buyers & sellers at Chirk Boot Sale who have supported our community group over recent years selling & buying at this wonderful market

 

As the last few weeks of Chirk Boot sale are upon us, we hope to support more reuse in local boot sales & covered markets over the winter, and will continue to visit Ellesmere Port Flea market.

I believe there is a boot sale market at st Asaph livestock market every other sunday from the 9th Oct, but times may change please check with the organisers here 
Tel: 01745 583260
e-mail: stasaph@jonespeckover.com

Given the very tough economic & environmental times, an increase in reuse market places for low income folks & small businesses to buy & sell goods is deperately needed. This will reduce waste going ot Council waste sites and save money & resources.

PIC - Our wide range of new hardware, screws & fixings sourced from split boxes & clearance stock from TIMCO, travis Perkins & Wickes. This good quality, low cost stock is for sale as delivered by our trusty fully electric van. 

The Insulation Station Idea to help address part of the current Energy Crunch Crisis by providing low cost or donated insulation materials at local collection points

The Insulation Station is an idea by Paul Ridley of Cabinz cic  / SAHBN  to help address part of the current Energy Crunch by providing low cost or donated insulation materials at local collection points . 

With the proposed warm banks at museums and libraries, providing heated spaces for people needing to warm themselves in winter. Insulation Staions could be cupboards or mobile racks containing these items for users to take home & install in their homes.

I have contacted local Food Banks to see if they are interested in distributing insulative materials as there are current news articles saying some Food Banks are running out of food. 

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Edit:

Following a Tweet today 15-9-22 by Martin Lewis of MSE, who is funding Warm Bank guidance, I have sentthe following email to the organisers at warmbanks@cilip.org.uk who welcome useful ideas:

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Hi, thanks to Martin for the tweet and you taking up the challenge here

We are a N.Wales / Chester social enterprise & vol group suggesting a distribution point at the

 warm banks for donated non bulky items to help insulate the home /room, that users can take home with them to install.

My first thoughts are that these could include:

 

 Bubble wrap / cling film to insulate windows

Cardboard to put in gaps / insulate.

Fire resistant sealant in a tube & applicators to seal drafty cracks in window frames / doors

Padded fabric draught excluder rolls

water pipe insulation to stop pipes freezing

Warm clothes ( you probably thought of that)

rolls of sticky tape to tape on the inside hinge side of the door to stop draughts

rolls of draught excluder tape 

energy saving light bulbs (not LED) as they give out a little heat while having low energy cost

Materials to make insulative curtains over door or add to window curtains

rolls of fabric & scissors to cut off a length or off cuts of fabric

screws or nails to fix  curtain rails to top of door frame

wood or metal tube curtain rails

curtain hooks

needle & thread to stitch top of fabric over to slide curtain rail into.

Keyhole covers to stop draughts , (we have several 100 of these )

We would be interested in a trial in the Nw / n. Wales area and we could provide a storage trolley with shelves. We have 20 used of these which cost £1k new They are on castor wheels, are double sided , twice as deep as seen in pic & HDuty to take 2 deep ice cream tubs )

I am calling this shelf on wheels full of insulating accessories, the INSULATION STATION  InsulationStation.org.uk

we are currently working on the HIBERNATER  ,as part of D.I.G.R.S. - DIVIDE- rooms with portable insulated panels, fabric or green walls to save energy & aid function

Currently talking to designer of the hexayurt Vinay Gupta about hexayurt -like room divider systems

New ideas will be posted here -  www.Energycrunch.co.uk

More about 'Shelter and Hardware Bank Network' (SAHBN)   https://cabinznet.blogspot.com/2019/09/press-release-17819-by-paul-ridley-of.html www.re-use.com

Edit - 11-12-22: I am talking to food banks about trialling the ideas here in the NW . I'm now thinking it might

be best to widen the focus from Insualtion to insulation & repair.

Best Regards Paul Ridley

Founder / director Cabinz cic / SAHBN

 

The HIBERNATER or HIBERNATOR is a name for a temporary insulated shelter built inside a building or outside to survive extremes of cold or heat. An idea as part of the DIGRS Project by Paul Ridley of Cabinz Cic / SAHBN

The HIBERNATER or HIBERNATOR is a name for a low cost temporary insulated shelter built inside a building or outside to survive extremes of cold or heat.  An idea as part of the DIGRS Project by Paul Ridley of Cabinz Cic / SAHBN 

People should be able to retreat to the Hibernater, safe in the thought that it will cost very little to heat, and is big enough to perform many homely functions, such as sleeping, writing at a desk, watching tv.

To preserve resources & keep cost low, the shelters are ideally made reusing materials or clearance stock sourced locally.

The current Energy Crunch gives an ideal opportunity to design, prototpe these shelters. 

There are fire resistant designs like Hexayurts using foil sided PIR rigid foam boards taped together, that can be reused when a shelter is no longer required due to temperature normalising for external wall insualtion. 

If on a low budget, used tents, insualated fabric,  non fire resistant shelters can be used. The DIGRS project has been exploring designs & buying materials to build them  using low cost wood, fabric, insulation & hardware / fixings,

Can a Wind Turbine Assembly be incorporated into the design or added to a jacked up EV car wheel while parked to use the EV regen system to generate electricity ? Perhaps an ev bike wheel, ICE car alternator, washing machine or vacuum cleaner could be similarly adapted ?

 I call this concept, STOREUSE - An Idea to Utilise Resources in Storage for Reuse while they would previously have been inactive

 Electric motors & batteries are prime candidates for Storeuse as the ycan take a lot of use without much wear 

Can a portable telescopic wind turbine assembly be added to a jacked up EV car wheel while parked to use the EV regen system to generate electricity ? 

Perhaps the spare wheel could be utilised with the spokes adapted into windmill blades. Being telescopic the assembly could be easily stored in the boot of the car.  Similar to Mobile Emergency Lighting Tower Car Roof Mounted Telescopic Mast 

Electric hub bicycle wheels could also be utilsed windmills while parked, or placed at night in windier places like high rise block balconies or sea front  areas.

 Perhaps ICE car alternators could have an adapted bonnet hole to insert a drive shaft attached ot a wind turbine. Washing machines & dish washers are often next to windows in the kitchen, a flexible drive shaft could be going out the window or hole in the wall to the wind turbine.   Could a vacuum cleaner could be similarly adapted to ?

Perhaps a marine version could be developed to put into flowing water to generate electrity on windless days?

 An associate, David Baker designed an amphibious vehicle with redesigned spokes of the back wheel, which is similar : Land Shark Project Video  Contact David Baker  - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/david-baker-b0996b5b    

I am doing research & looking for partners to develop these ideas. If interested or you know of similar existing products, contact cabinznet@gmail.com or leave a comment on this blog

This is an Idea by Paul Ridley of Cabinz cic / SAHBN following on from his related idea of STOREUSE - An Idea to Facilitate the Storage of Resources for Reuse. Lack of Storage is a common Barrier to Reuse

In the current Energy crisis, I am trying to generate related ideas on a blog page at www.energycrunch.co.uk

 

Energy saving ideas blog page, eventually leading to a website at www.Energycrunch.co.uk

 This Blog page will contain energy saving ideas by Paul Ridley of Cabinz Cic / SAHBN and related  educational web links 

Curently working on D.I.G.R.S. - DIVIDE- rooms with portable insulated panels, fabric or green walls to save energy & aid function with latest ideas HERE

Other ideas 

Indoor cube, rectanglular or hexayurt from taped foil sided rigid foam boards -www.hexayurt.com lower cost clearance boards from Seconds & co in Mid Wales

For  more portable, hardy hexayurt type panels, screw drywall lining framing (available here in NW ) around the edge of each panel with loose pin hinges joining them & draught excluder tape on the join. (This idea is currently being experimented with )

 Related idea

A cheap way of dividing up a room is using 2 metal angle or corner brackets hung off the top of a cupboard  / cabinet door, tied together by cord, then hanging fabric or gaffer taped edge cardboard sheets (taped to trap air inside) to hang over the cord

 

The corner brackets we have 20k of in stock will do the job at very low cost. (pic below - hinge not required) put a bit of tissue / tape inside to stock scratching the door corner

Cardboard Tubes frames, supporting fabric curtain dividers by Japanese Architect  

These tubes could be sourced from carpet shops, usuallt for free, reused and combined with reused fabric roll tubes from fabric shops .Make tubes more fire resisatant by covering in aluminium foil and using fire retardant fabric.

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Cardboard box dividing walls with edges taped seal gaps and to trap air inside for insualtion 

Some shown here

advice on working with cardboard  https://cardboardhelp.com/

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Can a portable telescopic windmill assembly be added to a jacked up EV car wheel while parked to use the EV regen system to generate electricity ? 

Perhaps the spare wheel could be utilised with the spokes adapted into windmill blades. Being telescopic the assembly could be easily stored in the boot of the car.  Similar to Mobile Emergency Lighting Tower Car Roof Mounted Telescopic Mast 

Electric hub bicycle wheels could also be utilized windmills while parked, or placed at night in windier places like high rise block balconies or sea front  areas.

Perhaps a marine version could be developed to put in water on windless days?

 An associate, David Baker designed an amphibious vehicle with redesigned spokes of the back wheel, which is similar : Land Shark Project Video  Contact David Baker  - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/david-baker-b0996b5b    

I am doing research & looking for partners to develop these ideas. If interested or you know of similar existing products, contact cabinznet@gmail.com or leave a comment on this blog

This is an Idea by Paul Ridley of Cabinz cic / SAHBN following on from his related idea of STOREUSE - An Idea to Facilitate the Storage of Resources for Reuse. Lack of Storage is a common Barrier to Reuse

In the current Energy crisis, I am trying to generate related ideas on a blog page at www.energycrunch.co.uk

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Draught Proofing: 11 Ways to Eliminate Draughts 

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10 Inexpensive DIY Interior Shutters with Step By Step Plans 

DIY very low cost insulated room dividing / shelter Mk 1 panels (DIGRS Project) to save energy in the winter / reduce heat in summer

 

 I'm still working on the D.I.G.R.S. Project (DIVIDE- rooms with portable insulated panels, fabric or green walls to save energy & aid function) 

 Please note: this is just an experiment & not guidance or instruction. There are many ways of making an insulated panel with a wide variety of materials.  I encourage others to urgently experiment as winter is nearly here and comment on this blog with their ideas.

The panels can be used to make small indoor shelters as well as room dividers. Trellis and green walls can help insulate external walls and I am experimenting with these too, encouraged by articles like 'Green walls can reduce heat lost by buildings by over 30% in temperate climates' 

Our main unique selling point is having a system using 30,000+ metal hinges and corner strengthening brackets in stock for making insulating panel frames, available for 30% or less of cheapest retail cost.

 

The first panels below are not fire resistant, though may have certain elements that are ( aluminium tape & foil) as the low budget does not allow it.

When time allows and more funding is available, I will experinment with  a fire resistant panel using drywall light steel framing & fire proof rigid PIR foam or mineral wool. Some previous work with drywall framing panels

 I have recently made some prototype panels and worked with local fencing co's to reduce their waste by reusing wood clearance stock & off cuts.

We have several million new nails & screws, approx 5000 x 1.8m long treated wood battems, 10k x bzp metal hinges, 20k  x corner reinforcing brackets / screws & 100 mtr of draught excluding tape for sale at low cost, usually 30-50%+ less than the cheapest retailer price, and are still looking for partner groups to distribute these to diy makers / users as a matter of urgency.

If funding is located, materials will be distributed for free and we welcome donations Contact cabinznet@gmail.com for further details

Below are Mk1 plastic & Mk1 wood panels with a 1.8m high wood batton frame, other is with  plastic / grp composite door edge strip. A trellis frame is belwo that for outside.

 As the first aim is for low icome groups to make their own panels easily with a minimum of cost & tools, i have experimented with corner joints of metal staples from hand staplers & fibreglass reinforced sticky tape to support the frame  (see pics) .

These hold the frame in place until the corner bracket & hinge are screwed on, which hold the corner joint securely. Then a sandwich of several layers of used cardboard are used for insulation. which can be wrapped in domestic or thicker catering aluminium foil for extra insulation / fire resistance ( see pic) 

Here in the NW & N Wales, I have identified several cheap suppliers of materials for panels 

Low cost Material Suppliers    1. Fabrics

Thick fabric was sourced for £1 a mtr from a local shop clearing stock (the T Shirt shop open wed to sat , next to Grey & Pink records in Brook st chester who have several thousand mtrs for sale at same price) , which is stapled to the frame.

 The 8 Abakhan stores have some lost cost quality fabrics.

2. Drywall steel framing suppliers (may have minimum quantities) 

Bulkdrylining (Shrewsbury)

3. PIR Rigid Foam  Suppliers (seconds & clearance stock )

Seconds & Co - mid Wales

3. Metal Sided PIR Rigid Foam Sandwich Panels Clearance Stock 

Actionclad  Nr Derby 

4. Kitchen & Bathroom Door Panels, Cabinets & Remanufactured Paint

Recipro (Wallasey Docks Wirral) 

5. Hexayurt Type Walls  - Foil Sided PIR Rigid Foam Panels Taped Together 

Perhaps the panels seams could be made more fire resistant with  intumescent tape / strips as used in fire doors (research needed)

My Panel Prototype Pics

Thick indoor fabric covered grp / plastic composite door edge strip frame insulated panel mk 1

 Indoor (leather look ) thick fabric covered wood frame insulated panel mk 1

Close up (without corner support bracket or hing/ joint gasket seal)

Close up (without corner support bracket or hing/ joint gasket seal)

Rear view (uninsulated)

Corners can be strengthened with angle brackets or an outer corner bracket that the hinge screws to (see first pic) we experimented with staples & grp reinforced tape to hold the wood frame together before we added the outer corner bracket, as this method does not require an angle bracket (see pics below)

Rear view (uninsulated)

Above pic is corner stapled together with hand stapler then with fibreglass reinforcrd sticky tape (fgst) wrapped around to hold it.

Below is cardboard taped with fgst, attempting to stop it gaping, A staple, bolt or stictch may be reqired in middle. 

Belwo is gaffer tape, sealing air into cardboard to aid insualtion, this can be stapled to wood or further gaffer tape can added round frame either side (not shown in pic)  connecting cardboard & frame to hold insualtion in place

Hand stapling of DES before tape added

Wood frame before corners support & fabric added. Note: the corner support wood piece was salvaged from offcuts from the smaller centre horizontal beam, as its smaller than the top & bottom . If a shorter panel is requiredthe bottom beam can be cut to be insided the vertical beams & offcuts used to support 2 corners as well 

plastic frame with tape reinforced corner at bottom. (Note: it would likely be best ot add inside plastic corner support before taping ) 

Metal corner bracket installed with hinge attached and foam draught excluder tape added to seam

aluminium foil & sticky tape covered cardbard panel, attached ot frame by alu tape ( note gaffer tape would be stronger but not fire resisatant )    

 After being filled with insualtion, this panel could be placed to insulate a wall. If a room divider is required, the other side could be covered with fabric stapeld in place (perhaps seam hidden iunder gap sealing gasket / foam )

Other side of hing & corner bracket showing 2 wood & 1 self drilling screw through metal . Hinge can be attached in different ways ie hidden in side gap

For external wall insualtion & greenery, I have been experimenting with trellis from local fence co pallet wood spacers (horizontal wood beams in pic) 

If you contact local fencing co's of timber merchants, they may have available free wood sticks / spacers that are used to seperate timber planks, I used the free 1.2m cross beams from sticks on the trellis pic below 

I will be looking at green walls generally, being  encouraged by this article - Green walls can reduce heat lost by buildings by over 30% in temperate climates

Below is Mk 1 trellis prototype. 1.8m h x 1.2m w

More thoughts on reusing plastic bottles, waxed cuboid cartons, metal cans & cardboard, for insulation & shrapnel protection

Following on from Previous experiments by Paul Ridley reusing plastic bottles, waxed cuboid cartons & cardboard over several years, mainly for packaging items & insulation, I have some more ideas.

A more urgent case for plastic reuse can be made with recent articles highlighting recycling problems, like The Big Plastic Count: Survey shows 'recycling doesn't work' 

  3 years ago, I experimented Making an Insulated Eco Brick by Filling Empty Plastic Bottles with Rolled Cardboard or Plastic & Evacuating Air (VIB))   

As the world has changed with major inflation, material shortages & european war. I believe it's time to revisit some of these ideas. Perhaps such ideas could be used in Ukraine to help protect from sharpnel while also insulating structures internally or externally from harsh winters.

I mentioned protection from projectiles on the blog post: Design method to reuse existing refugee camp tents and further insulate them from temperature / fire / projectiles at low cost

It has occurred to me that using water inside a can / bottle for thermal mass & projectile protection that has a squirt of expanding foam inside at either end to strengthen the structure & seal the water in.

Crumpled or shredded plastic /polysterene / cardboard  (see UBUNTU BLOX ) could also be used instead of water for impact 

 Fabric could be reused at either end & glued in place with the expanding foam for additional strength. I will update this blog with photos & progress shortly & welcome comments / related experiments 

update: 20-7-22 - Relevant full reseach paper on metal drink can insulation in concrete slabs

Evaluation of Aluminum Cans As A Thermal Insulator in Reinforced Concrete Slabs      March 2009  

"

The cost of any insulation material has the controlling rule for selection, the higher the cost,

the better the insulation and the higher the construction cost. In this study, AC was found to

meet the minimum cost requirements, since AC could be collected from Aluminum

Recycling Agencies, beside the minimal construction cost. AC may also be bought directly

from the factory for insulation use. The cost of AC is much lower than the cost of TB and the

PB

4. Conclusions:

The tested insulation materials were evaluated through models, AC showed a significant

results. Experiments also showed that the cans are a good thermal insulation material and can

withstand a considerable live and dead loads, in addition to the low construction cost and low

dead weight. From practical side of view, these cans could be packed using nylon sheets with

suitable dimensions (100x100cm or 50x50cm) for easy installation process beneath the

floor’s or ceiling’s tiles. As it was stated before that the AC recycling rate is decreasing, the

use of these cans is certainly will contribute in solving part of the environmental problems."

 

Edit: 22-7-21

 

(PR Idea) - How about making a living fence or wall insulating panel into a bug hotel by using wood or plastic frame, containing plastic bottles or tins stuffed with cut twigs/ hay etc into, 

Guide here - Build a bug hotel for spiders, woodlice, beetles, bees

Using cans info here

6 Large Rubble Bags of New Tanalised & Used Timber donated to Ellesmere Port Mens Sheds by Cabinz CIC / SAHBN

 6 Large Rubble Bags of New Tanalised & Used Timber donated to Ellesmere Port Mens Sheds by Cabinz CIC / SAHBN  on 8-7-22

Woodwork to Wellness in Saltney was offered some as well, but they have no storage, so we are storing some wood until they have the room

 

Low Cost 2 Metre Long Composite Plastic & Fibreglass Off Cut Beams supplied to Connahs Quay Allotment for Raised Beds. Many available for £6 each in 7 colours- rot free & don't need painting.

Many available for £6 each from Saltney, contact cabinznet@gmail.com 

These are to replace rotting scaffolding boards. We can deliver locally at low cost or post larger quantites of 20+ on a pallet nationwide . 

We can supply screws and metal angle brackets to join corners at low cost

Cabinz have previously made  these panels into Green Houses  Cloche & Polytunnel Frames (Heavy duty grp fibreglass sheets available at £5 a metre)  Organic Chicken Coops  Rot Proof Shed Base & Frame

2 metre x 48mm Door edge strip (DES) Original off cut from a composite door factory, when a door blank is cut to size. Available with a colour on one side of red, dark blue, mid brown, dark brown, black, green, white.

They are similar to hardwood in weight, take screws / nails fine & do not split. They have a wood grain effect fibreglass strip either side, and moss will grow on them in time

 These beams are nailed together from smaller strips (2 are shown in the front of the picture and are available for £1 each (min. 6) ) and were part of our long term test & have already been outside for 3 years in the weather without any damage and moss grew on the outside edges.

contact cabinznet@gmail.com to order or for more info.

 

Cabinz cic in local press - Chester: Expert develops new line of easy to assemble structures

Chester: Expert develops new line of easy to assemble structures

 https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/20163545.chester-expert-develops-new-line-easy-assemble-structures/

Saltney based re-use expert Paul plans to turn scrap into refugee shelters and play dens

   https://www.deeside.com/saltney-based-re-use-expert-paul-plans-to-turn-scrap-into-refugee-shelters-and-play-dens/ 

 

D.I.G.R.S. - DIVIDE- rooms with portable insulated panels, fabric or green walls to save energy & aid function INSULATE -walls, floors & ceilings inside. Outside use green walls of soil / water thermal mass GROW - frruit & veg in pots inside & by outside walls for sustenance & mental / physical health REUSE - materials to do this or use materials with recycled content to save money & resources STORAGE & SECURITY in room dividers by adding insulation panels to back of storage unit book shelves

D.I.G.R.S. (an idea by Paul Ridley to help reduce the current high energy cost and food inflation / supply issues)

 

DIVIDE- rooms with portable insulated panels, fabric or green walls to save energy & aid function 

INSULATE -walls, floors & ceilings inside. Outside use green walls of soil / water thermal mass

GROW - fruit & veg in pots inside & by outside walls for sustenance & mental / physical health

REUSE - materials to do this or use materials with recycled content to save money & resources

STORAGE in room dividers by adding insulation panels to back of  storage unit book shelves, and SECURITY SHUTTERS where insulated panels can be reused with loose pin hinges for windows to insulate and protect from rising crime

I encourage people to source preferably reusable materials locally where possible.

Cabinz cic and the Shelter and the Hardware  Bank Network (SAHBN) can supply low cost , high quality fixings such as screws, loose pin hinges & growing buckets to groups to facilitate this and possibly donate some limited amounts. As mentioned by me previously, I recommend DIY'ers exploring Hexayurt construction methods & designs

By Paul Ridley 

contact - cabinznet@gmail.com

Plan to make a low cost hardware kit to allow low income groups to build locally sourced (preferably reused) panels to make foldable shelters like Hexayurts, or for childrens play dens, animals pens or room dividers to reduce heating costs and noise

 Plan to make a low cost hardware kit to allow low income groups to build locally sourced (preferably reused) panels to make shelters like Hexayurts, or childrens play dens, animal pens or room dividers to reduce heating costs and noise

  Following on from previous Experiments in Prototyping a 6' Hexayurt Shelter from  Metal Sided RIGID PIR Foam Sandwich Panels  this expands the idea to use  Loose Pin Hinges (Bzp 75mm -100mm)

 

on the corners joints instead of roof tek screws, so the hinge pins can be removed, and the shelter can be diassembled for storage / easy portability. Reusing panels for alternative uses such as window shutters for insulation / security could be explored. 

A profile / cover to seal the roof seams will have to be designed.

This panel joining system could also be used inside for other shelters such as childrens play dens, animals pens or room dividers to save heating energy, quickly stored away when unused 

An internal tensioned wire or threaded bar system to tighten structure may be required as loose pin hinge joints may need tightening. Perhaps this could be incorporated into a mezzanine in a hexayurt design 

A similar method has been used for 'removable pin split hinges as baseboard connectors'

Materials to experiment making panels for interior use:

If there is a budget:  

metal sided PIR sandwich panels (as in pic above) sips panels, mgo sips, 

recycled plastic panels (poss made by methods of www.preciousplastic.com

No budget: 

Used cardboard with edges taped to keep air inside for insulation, framed in Pallet wood, then painted using repaint project paint

Dissasemble used Furniture

We have been fortunate in aquiring several thousand of the hinges and brackets detailed below at very low cost, so we can beging to offer these hardware kits

75mm Loose Pin Hinges (100mm hinges also available)

 

 

 

Panel corners can strengthened with these Blooma Steel Fixing Clip 24mm Bracket 

 

or smaller panels can be joined together by using them in pairs fixed back to back 

 Panels from dissasembled furniture could be used like in link below and joined togethere with Blooma Steel Fixing Clip 24mm (pic above)

 Low Cost 1-2.05 M High New Remanufactured Shelving with Wood & Threaded Metal Bar Uprights that is Fully Height Adjustable in Several Sizes For Sale 

 Pic of plywood Hexayurt design which may be able to benefit fron the loose pin hinge idea

 

 related page http://hexayurt.com/index.old.html  

video of a Fold up Hexayurt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC-T72tnYc

 

Low Cost 1-2.05 M High New Remanufactured Shelving with Wood & Threaded Metal Bar Uprights that is Fully Height Adjustable in Several Sizes For Sale - Shop Fitters Welcome

Low Cost 2.05 M High New Remanufactured Shelving with Wood & Threaded Metal Bar that is Fully Height Adjustable in Several Sizes for Sale

These shelves with a chipboard core are remanufactured from new kitchen or bathroom cabinets from large manufacturers. Quality fixings are supplied by TIMCO

These shelves have thin rod uprights, so maximise the shelf space. They can be arranged in different configurations & heights, so parts are sold seperately . 

The shelves shown can easily split into 2 x 1m high ones without cutting the 1m long rods

Different Sized Shelves & threaded rod are available. If heavy items like records are being stored, an extra threaded rod upright can be added in the middle  

Please note: So they can place them where they want on the shelf, the buyer will have to drill 16mm holes in the shelves ( 16mm+ Drill bit & drill required) for the threaded rod to pass through. We have contacted mens sheds projects, who may be able to drill the holes for you at low cost. please contact your local diy group. 

Alternatively, we can drill holes for £3 a shelf

Sizes of shelves are:

45 x 98cm ( shown in pic)  

56.6cm x 71.5cm (small desk size in brown)

 57.5 x 47.8 cm (grey colour) 

 37.5 x 47.8cm brown

47.8cm x 47.8cm brown

 

 

 

 Smaller sizes available

 

 

 

Prices  : 

Shelves  (18mm thick) Large are .......................  £7 each

Medium are ...........................................................£6 each

Smaller ones are  ...................................................£5 each

1m x 20mm diameter Threaded Bar .......................£6 each

1m x 16mm diameter Threaded Bar .......................£4. each

1m x 12mm diameter Threaded Bar .......................£3 each

 1m x 10mm diameter Threaded Bar .......................£2.20 each

8mm & 6mm only for very small shelves

 1m x 8mm diameter Threaded Bar .......................£1.80 each

 1m x 6mm diameter Threaded Bar .......................£1.40 each

 

16mm diamter Nuts................................................10p each  

16mm Diameter Coupling Nut..............................50p  each

16mm Diameter DomeNut....................................50p each

Penny Washers if required .......................................5p each  

Drilling 4 Holes in shelves ............................£3 each shelf

 

New Heavy Duty Castor Wheels are avalable @ £8 each if mobile shelves are required 

 To make the Shelves in the photo :

 Shelves                    (6 in pic) @ £7 each = £42

Threaded Rod      x 1m (8 in pic) @ £4 each =£32 

 16mm diamter Nuts (48 in pic) @15p each = £7.2 

Coupling Nuts......... (4 in pic)  @£50p each = £2

16mm  Dome Nut (8 in pic) @£50p..... .........-£4

Packet of 4 Corner brackets.........................= £2

(to attach shelf  to wall- pics below)

Total...............................................................£89.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are the set of 4 wall connectiong fittings for the shelves

 

 

New Filler panels that can be attached the back of shelves are available in wood effect, white or cream 

£3 each

Heavy duty metal framed mobile shelves on castor wheels are also available for £150, they cost over £1000 new

They are double sided or potentially accessed from 4 side depending on your shelves, some have a movable bar to stop contents  coming out when shelve is moved.

Height is 1860mm x 950mm wide x 680mm deep

 (colours may vary, shelves and plastic containers not inc. )