New loft today........

DAVID wrote:

Rene A wrote:

once its in ya blood ya can't get rid of it always think posative and never give up

wouldnt be giving up pigeons rene, but do need to race them and find out which, if any are any good........

glad you not thinking bout givin up mate just gota look forward and learn by our mistakes i know ive made loads and no dout will make many more but things can only get better mate roll on 2011

no not giving up, but our club fees are £50 a year so its no good paying this every season if i dont manage to get to race, plus feeding/looking after them isnt cheep is it.

David you will be fine mate just get a working programme set out and work to that, then see how things work out for you

Don Webb wrote:

David you will be fine mate just get a working programme set out and work to that, then see how things work out for you

i realised too late this year that my loft wasnt right and my management wasnt right etc but it was too late to do much about it, this year ive been making sure all alterations are done well in advance and was nearly there................. then ive gone and bought another loft so ive made more work for myself

David the work is hard and the wages small so take your time and f bless them all

i think once im on with it ill be ok, its just the thought of building block columns for the floor to stand on and mixing concrete etc........then to put the loft up, its a daunting task ahead.

once ive got the shell up ill be ok and if i do pair up 5th feb this will give me more time to get my loft up......

david have you thought about getting large buckets and filling them with concrete when dry use them to put your loft base on you can leave the concrete in the buckets longer lasting

if your going to pair up in feb take a littel bit of avice and get the loft up ASAP as you will be trying to mate broken birds into a new loft and try to fly them as well
the longer you can have the loft up the better you and the birds you will find that a new loft it takes the birds time to ajust

never thought of this ian, i was going to do what i did with my other loft and build block walls from front to back which was four blocks long and spaced approx 1 metre apart.....i did it this way because the floor joists were running along the lenght of the loft, accross ways.

just an idea david

Ginger169 wrote:

if your going to pair up in feb take a littel bit of avice and get the loft up ASAP as you will be trying to mate broken birds into a new loft and try to fly them as well
the longer you can have the loft up the better you and the birds you will find that a new loft it takes the birds time to ajust

yes i know what your saying ginger, the thing is tho the new loft will be to house my widowhood hens and my stock birds............the stock birds are not settled to me so how do you think they will react when moved into a new loft even though it will be fairly close to their loft they are in now as this will be took down to make way for the new loft.

That should be all right but i still think ASAP

yes ginger i agree, i will have to take the small stock shed down and house the four old cocks in with the 2010 birds for a week or so till i get the main part of the loft up.......then there is the matter of felting the roof which is a full days job, as i found out when my main loft was leaking during yb racing.

If you can get it get what is cauld torch on wich is rolled on with a blow lamp its far quicker when you have the first row on

ah right, so is the tar/glue already on the back of the felt ? when i did my big loft i had a tin of black glue which i brushed onto the joints and rolled it on....but it took a good few hours of work and the roof was only 18 x 6 .

torch on felt is good but is 30 - 40 quid a roll david 8m per roll

Yes its already to go just roll the lenth of the loft then roll it backwards mark the roof then you blowtorch it on along the mark it sounds hard but when you get use to it it goes up easy

the one I use to get here was £24 for 15mts once its up it there for a long time mine was done in 2001 a its still the same as it went up

have done lots of flat roofs using this really good stuff

my garage roof is flat and a rrofer friend of mine did it with some blocks of tar which he warmed up in a big pot, he poured it on in liduid form and then rolled the felt onto it........this has been done for approx 7 years now and has been spot on, it wasnt cheap to do so i dont want to go to this sort of expense for the loft altho i would rather it be done right than try bodge it...............

Ian good idear with the concrete in buckets

David if you want the job done right the the best felt would do for me, once on will stay on

Don Webb wrote:

Ian good idear with the concrete in buckets

yes don, i agree it is a good idea.............never thought of that

Don Webb wrote:

David if you want the job done right the the best felt would do for me, once on will stay on

yes true don, when i did my 18 x 6 during racing season i think it cost me round £100 to buy all the green mineral, nails and glue....but now its done im happy as its done right.

Will say the next 10 years the roof will be good mate no worries there