test loft 2016

i dont mind sending an xtra one for david cus we all know he buys rings and looses um then when he finds um hes only got 1 y/b so if he is same next year ile make his 2 up if thats ok with david he may want to get one offf gazz

thanks graham, that's jolly decent of you.........I did receive a pm off gaz offering two quality ybs for next season, but if he lets me down I`ll be happy to take you up on the offer............

oldstrain wrote:

yeah might have to handicap some birds with lead weights or get Alfie plucking a few flights

Yeah I could see the little trying  those type of tricks . Especially when he has been out on the p*ss getting sloshed, drinking his apple cyder etc. The word around Bristol unfortunately, is he is a real p*ss head & a danger to everyone.

Knackered wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

yeah might have to handicap some birds with lead weights or get Alfie plucking a few flights

Yeah I could see the little trying  those type of tricks . Especially when he has been out on the p*ss getting sloshed, drinking his apple cyder etc. The word around Bristol unfortunately, is he is a real p*ss head & a danger to everyone.

your well infored oz

oldstrain wrote:

Knackered wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

yeah might have to handicap some birds with lead weights or get Alfie plucking a few flights

Yeah I could see the little trying  those type of tricks . Especially when he has been out on the p*ss getting sloshed, drinking his apple cyder etc. The word around Bristol unfortunately, is he is a real p*ss head & a danger to everyone.

your well infored oz

 No secret's in Bristol O/S The word is when they get on the slops etc  their like those Taswegin's down here  & the apple cider ??? does strange things to certain people there.

ya get a free trip aboard the mary rose oz when ya been on the special apple juice

oldstrain wrote:

ya get a free trip aboard the mary rose oz when ya been on the special apple juice

MMMMMMmmmmmmm Hopefully not the same type of trip       as those on ice these days O/S .

just a little up-date lads about the loft the ybs will be raced from...I installed 2 chimneys this week for the darkness system ...a big improvement with the air flow

any chance of a photo Darren, ive thought about these myself in the past............

I will try and take a snap shot tomorrow...its a 4 inch pipe with mushroom on top very simple but effective the hardest thing is getting it water and vermin tight

yes ive seem some at the corn shop, metal they were and I thought the same as you, getting them water tight as you would have to cut the roof felt to fit them.........

If you cut the felt, to allow chimney through, you can them put felt up to chimney, and make a collar from a piece of felt and seal it with some sealer. Thats how i plan to do mine.

right yes, so you've a collar of felt overlapping the cut in the roof felt.........then sealed/glued ?

Yes david, but dont cut a circle in the felt for chimney to come through, score across the felt like pizza slices. then the chimney will pop through, and the felt will run up the chimney, seal it it and then put a collar around the chimney.

I just cut mine straight through the felt but its a very tight fit I used a core bit on my drill especially designed for 100 mil pipe openings from my father in law as he is a plumber and sealed around with a gutter sealant ...it was expensive but worth it ...I cut out for the 100mil pipe close to a roof timber and fixed the pipe to that timber on the inside of the loft so theirs no movement in the pipe to brak the seal exposed to the weather and pushed mesh up inside the pipe to stop any vermin coming down into the loft I then used a pronafit smoke bomb to test it ...the sealant I used does not shrink

Good fix that Daz, and it is water tight then. birds will benifit from it.

draw round the pipe from the roof top then cut inside the line 5 mill push your pipes in and secure from the inside with 1.1/2 x 1.1/2 timber frame then some mastic seal from the inside and round the outside then get some flash band and use round the outside about 4 inch up the pipe you will need to warm this so it sticks use a blow torch on a low flame job done
ours never leaked

you can also buy pipe flashing collars on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-roof-flashing-stainless-flue-pipe-systems-ducting-/201336486539?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item2ee096fa8b

that's a good price for them flashing covers g... at b&q they are £28

birdy2011 wrote:

draw round the pipe from the roof top then cut inside the line 5 mill push your pipes in and secure from the inside with 1.1/2 x 1.1/2 timber frame then some mastic seal from the inside and round the outside then get some flash band and  use round the outside about 4 inch up the pipe you will need to warm this so it sticks use a blow torch on a low flame job done
ours never leaked

you can also buy pipe flashing collars on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-roof-flashing-stainless-flue-pipe-systems-ducting-/201336486539?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item2ee096fa8b

Spot on G but another way is to do what Devo said with cutting the felt slide the pipe through so that the felt raps round the pipe then get the flash band and rap it round the the pipe on the outside warm the flash band up for it to stick to the felt and pipe once done get some silicone sealant round the base to make it water tight

oldstrain wrote:

I just cut mine straight through the felt but its a very tight fit I used a core bit on my drill especially designed for 100 mil pipe openings from my father in law as he is a plumber  and sealed around with a gutter sealant ...it was expensive but worth it ...I cut out for the 100mil pipe close to a roof timber and fixed the pipe to that timber on the inside of the loft so theirs no movement in the pipe to brak the seal exposed to the weather and pushed mesh up inside the pipe to stop any vermin coming down into the loft I then used a pronafit smoke bomb to test it ...the sealant I used does not shrink

See I was right when I said the little      received his brains from Mum & not Dad       there etc seeing as she has plumbing in her veins as such, Just like me .

What's the difference between a test loft race and a 1 loft race

not much with OLR you need a licence from the rpra and they hold the prize money with a test loft if no prize money they can go by club racing the rings having been transferred , not all OLR transfer the rings to there loft so the bird always belongs to the owner that is I see it but could be wrong

all so with OLR accounts have to be given to the rpra each year

our 2016 test loft will simply be friends/members breeding our member who is running the test loft ybs to test for them......simple,

it is no different to normal club racing where a fancier buys ybs in to try, only he is getting them free from other members.

agree david I was only trying to tell him the difference not applying anything to this test loft