Billruston Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Do they have to be concreted in the ground or can they be bolted onto wooden base plates etc? Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 http://www.nissens.co.uk/Working%20Drawings.htm Everything you wanted to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Thanks tony!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Ramsden Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 (edited) We've built three of them at the museum and we've worked out a few dodges to avoid cock-ups so if you want any advice drop me a PM. I've done some notes on how to build them. None of 'em has fallen down yet so we must have done 'em right! Edited November 18, 2013 by Ivor Ramsden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 None of 'em has fallen down yet so we must have done 'em right! Pushing your luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I recently came across a sheet of very heavy corrugated iron with the ridge at a wide spacing. The ends had slots for bolts to pass through. The thickness of the steel and the distance between ridges ( about 4 inches) were the points that raised my attention. What was the thickness and nature of the steel used on a Nissen hut? The other option is from a heavy steel culvert. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snort Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I think it may have been an Anderson Shelter, I remember these being much thicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Back in the '60s there was a Nissen hut on top of the downs near Newhaven, it had straining wires over the top holding it down..it was quite windy on the day we cut them, and it was as if that thing had been desperate to leave for years, it was 200 yards away in seconds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 ..it was quite windy on the day we cut them, and it was as if that thing had been desperate to leave for years, it was 200 yards away in seconds! Hooligan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Secret test of the Air delivery Rugged Robin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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