British Rail 12 ton vented wagon conversion

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Joists.

 

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All cut. I'll take them out now and start the soak in creosote.

 

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Stinky. I'd forgotten the smell. I painted miles of fence as a child.

 

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Super noggins, and, horror! Notches.

 

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Done. I'll leave soak for a few days and try assemble this lot next weekend. The hope is get the floor in over Easter.

 

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And, as the rail will be covered by the floor,a couple of rattle cans of anti corrosion wax.

 

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Wooden joists started. No major hiccups so far, steady progress.

 

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Ran out of batteries, light, roofing bolts, creosote, energy just as the last joist went in.

I'll check everything tomorrow, but for the most part it feels very, very solid.

One or two bits didn't feel entirely bomb proof, so I might get inventive with the 3*2 bits of surplus. Depends.

 

[gaz1]

a query here are those woods deeper than your structure and would they be touching the floor when you lower it

have you done the same to the rest of the heavy structure or will you be using some sort of stilt to hold up the weight

 

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The wooden joists? No. The whole thing is resting on the steel cross pieces. Which rest on the sleepers.

The floor boards will be secret nailed to the wooden joists, but will be isolated from the creosote with a DPC of some sort, either actual DPC or visqueen DPM.

 

[gaz1]

The wooden joists? No. The whole thing is resting on the steel cross pieces. Which rest on the sleepers.

The floor boards will be secret nailed to the wooden joists, but will be isolated from the creosote with a DPC of some sort, either actual DPC or visqueen DPM.

but arnt they lower than the original frame whilst the cross members are only 1-2" thick welded to the body of the top

im kinda worried that theres too much weight on the top pushing down for those pieces to be ample enough to hold the structure as support for the heavy unit above

 

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Well, there's nine of them, and eighteen welds. Each weld is four inches long.

The cross pieces are not light. Can't remember off-hand, but 90*8 mm rings a bell. Chunky enough.

Even with my welding, that's enough to support the weight of the structure, which wouldn't be more than 4 ton.

 

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I do understand your concern. The welds are holding it up.

Anyways, three of the noggins were too long, I forgot that three joists were needed for the middle. So I had to cut an inch and half off all three.

I'm impressed at how effectively the creosote wicked up the boards.


Off to get the insulation in a mo.

 

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Four sheets.

This bit isn't great. So I I'll add bracing. Going to be a high traffic area. So needs extra.

 

[gaz1]

that last piece is fine as long as that wood is resting on the steel below if not just pack it up

how wide is that gap though as id fit another beam in as it looks to be too wide

 

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That's exactly the plan, just popping next door to get some timber.

This won't win prizes for neatness, but should stop the creosote seeping through the breathable membrane.

 

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This is getting to the stage where it's almost indoors, and needs to be kept clean as well as tidy.

I'm hoping to get a good start on the insulation tomorrow. Weather permitting.

Not sure exactly how I'm going to suspend the insulation between the joists, but I expect I'll think of something.....

 

[Farside]

The local rodent population are waiting impatiently for their new digs to be finished.

 

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It's a consideration. Not getting a cat, no more pets, but dunno.

I've a plan for the insulation. Fit the panels tightish, but cut the corners off. Not much. Size of a pen. And squirt expanding foam into. Should lock it in place nicely.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Not sure exactly how I'm going to suspend the insulation between the joists, but I expect I'll think of something.....

Staple fishing line/paracord/string across to support it?