fiona Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Well I FINALLY know where my fish room is going to be. We are emptying out half of our fairly large aluminium shed. It's got power. It'll be an area of about 3x3 metres (a little more). Thanks to Anita I have a heap of styrofoam sheets. I am thinking to just stick it in layers all over the walls and ceiling of the shed. I am thinking I may be able to just glue it there. Liquid Nails? Would that work? Anybody done this kind of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbuna Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 hi fiona, although i cant recomend any glue, i do know that most glues will eat away styrofoam so you may want to test it on a small piece first. HTH Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungy Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Hi Honey Ummm Aluminium shed U must be loaded $$$ Anyway , i think if you 'stitch silicone' yer sheets to the walls it will be sufice But remember to seal the heat in you will need to seal the "inside" of yer styro by means of FOAM or RUBBER STRIPS between yer styro ... Get the correct silicone or ya foam will dissapear ... HTH Honey .. : hug : hug ... Andy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiona Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 It's going to be more than one layer of styro since each layer is about 10mm thick ... so I was thinking to overlap the edges, so that each join is in the middle of an unjoined bit ... whaddaya reckon. And ... what is "stitch silicone"? Ta luvvy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungy Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Ya still gotta seal the inner peices don't ya sweetie *SLAP* .... Andy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Hi Fiona I stuck the styro straight onto the tin shed in offset layers and it worked just fine ,you cannot use just any adhesive so I got a special adhesive that did't melt the styro and it was a contact adhesive ie - you had to brush it onto both surfaces and when they made contact that was it , you could not move it again . It was made by Bostik and it was called Anchorweld 1226 styrene contact clear and I had to get it in a 20 litre drum . I managed to get it for a cheap price a few years ago( through my work ) but it is now around $113.00 for 20 litres ( trade price ), you could try ringing Bostik direct to find out where you can get it and if it comes in a smaller drum . Regards Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colfish Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 hi fiona remind youself to remind me, and we'll discuss it next week. chia-- colfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Once you have attached the polystyrene, make sure you paint the walls with a copper sulphate paint to stop mould forming. If you are going to aircon the shed, you probably won't need it. If you expect it to be pretty humid in there, paint it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiona Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 re painting the walls: is that over the styro? That is, directly onto the styro? How about inside the layers of styro and back to and including the metal walls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I think over the top of the styro will suffice. Just paint it on nice and thick and make sure all gaps between the sheets are filled in with the paint. I've seen a couple of rooms done like this and they look very professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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