The Goods Shed

Martino · 20 Aug 2017

View media item 2345 View media item 2346The new SBLR Goods Shed is coming along. The main Shed is an outdoor ply frame sealed and painted with a covering of kitchen tile 'bricks'. These will be given a masonry paint wash. The office extension is foamboard which will be weathered red brick. Roofs will be grey, rusting corrugated iron. Woodwork will be GWR light and dark stone.

Now just have to create the Goods yard.......

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simon@mgr · 21 Aug 2017

Turn the roof upside down, instant advertising.

Martino · 21 Aug 2017

simon@mgr said:
Turn the roof upside down, instant advertising.

The Lady Wife already thought I was doing that!

Northsider · 21 Aug 2017

Are kitchen time bricks a tiling product? They look like they are a realistic scale size for stonework.

Martino · 21 Aug 2017

Northsider said:
Are kitchen time bricks a tiling product? They look like they are a realistic scale size for stonework.

Yes. They're from Lowe's here in the US. They used to sell some that looked even better, but they've been discontinued. These are ok but I really should have removed the darker ones.

Paul M · 21 Aug 2017

Martino said:
Yes. They're from Lowe's here in the US. They used to sell some that looked even better, but they've been discontinued. These are ok but I really should have removed the darker ones.

Have they got a trade name, I don't think I've seen them over here. They look pretty good, even their colouring looks like the right sort of shading.

Martino · 21 Aug 2017

They seem to vary what they carry at any point. Have a look at these.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Anatolia-T...n-x-12-in-Actual-11-02-in-x-11-53-in/50334217

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Solistone-...12-in-x-12-in-Actual-12-in-x-12-in/1000245309

I think I used the Solistone before which were excellent. I thought they'd stopped doing those, but they're back apparently.

I'm sure any of the UK Big Sheds would have similar stuff.

Paul M · 21 Aug 2017

Martino said:
They seem to vary what they carry at any point. Have a look at these.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Anatolia-T...n-x-12-in-Actual-11-02-in-x-11-53-in/50334217

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Solistone-...12-in-x-12-in-Actual-12-in-x-12-in/1000245309

I think I used the Solistone before which were excellent. I thought they'd stopped doing those, but they're back apparently.

I'm sure any of the UK Big Sheds would have similar stuff.

Thanks for the information.

gregh · 22 Aug 2017

That's looking great, irrespective of what the 'bricks' are. The colours look fine to me.

What have you used for the roof gutters?

Martino · 22 Aug 2017

gregh said:
That's looking great, irrespective of what the 'bricks' are. The colours look fine to me.

What have you used for the roof gutters?

Thanks Greg.

Luckily I had some gutter strip left over from a GRS station building, so was able to use that. Otherwise I was going to slice some plasticard tube!

gregh · 23 Aug 2017

Martino said:
Thanks Greg.

Luckily I had some gutter strip left over from a GRS station building, so was able to use that. Otherwise I was going to slice some plasticard tube!

I think I remember that English gutters are usually half-round. Over here they are rectangular cross section I have tried brass and styrene channel. Irrespective, I've never figured a solid way of attaching them to the barge board. Any hints?

Martino · 23 Aug 2017

Yes, the U.K. Gutters were mostly half round although I used to have some fairly elaborate cast iron ones on some old buildings!

The GRS plastic are half round with a tab on one side. That makes attachment easy.

Otherwise I've used channel or split tube and attached them with a silicone glue smear along one edge.

I've also thought, but not done it, of drilling small holes along the top edge on one side and using pins to attach, with the silicone glue.

stevedenver · 26 Aug 2017

Great work.
Solistone it cool. Will get some today for a water tank base and some retaining walls. Been wanting something like that for years. Thanks again.

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