Appreciated - thanks! I might take you up on that offer - let me know when you’re next stalking your ground up here and I’ll try and meet up over the fence!
New garage / larder - starting from scratch
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Appreciated - thanks! I might take you up on that offer - let me know when you’re next stalking your ground up here and I’ll try and meet up over the fence!
Uncle f
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Ok cladding monkey do food grade cladding sheets 1220x2440 for approx £20.00 a sheet. One there end there’s your 2m and then some. Don’t scrimp on the floor mate you will regret it. Altro floor with a drain in to outside. You will use it (a lot) cheap Clarke winch or equivalent £100.00 on a rail system. Will help you no end especially if it’s fallow or reds etc
David at donnington deer management built mine to my spec on a goal post type design as I can’t hang anything from the ceiling
David at donnington deer management built mine to my spec on a goal post type design as I can’t hang anything from the ceiling
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IF he doesn't want it, I coud be interested (near Kendal)
On this topic, my "deer and beer" room (kids named it that!) is 4m x 3m but with no real ventilation except when the door is open. Any thoughts on getting it less humid in there. Not helped by being dug into a hill! I plan to tank or build a cavity wall on the one very damp wall.
I use products from Kingfisher quite a bit.
The K-X11+Aqua-seal tanking system they sell is very good if installed correctly by a competent person.
Infidel7x57
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What a disappointment. I’m sure something else will turn up that’s even better. Good luck with your search
geoffw
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You seem well covered with replies!
Inexpensive kitchen washable paint should suffice for the walls? Or Acrylic sheeting (must be some of that going spare somewhere!) would be inexpensive?
Larder on a recent estate outing had a hozelock hose reel on the wall for washing out. Consider a tap/Boot wash outside and a gravelled area for the mud to disappear into perhaps?
Thick coat of non-slip concrete sealant on floor (thick enough to dry smooth), makes the washing out easier.
@willie_gunn recomended the installation of digital temperature loggers recently- I'm sold on that one.
Ah, sorry, just saw your last post
Inexpensive kitchen washable paint should suffice for the walls? Or Acrylic sheeting (must be some of that going spare somewhere!) would be inexpensive?
Larder on a recent estate outing had a hozelock hose reel on the wall for washing out. Consider a tap/Boot wash outside and a gravelled area for the mud to disappear into perhaps?
Thick coat of non-slip concrete sealant on floor (thick enough to dry smooth), makes the washing out easier.
@willie_gunn recomended the installation of digital temperature loggers recently- I'm sold on that one.
Ah, sorry, just saw your last post
I would recommend some form of apron outside the larder with a kerb; it stops you backing farther than you need and then carcasses can be unloaded onto the apron and hoisted to vertical from there. The (back)fall on this apron should go into the same drain as your larder washings. All of the other advice I have read on here is good (local authority health inspectors being more interested in the paper chase than the actuality - don't scrimp on the floor - antlers and muddy boots wear through cheap surfaces quickly - and plastic walls of some sort are easier to wash down. I used to use clean but second hand scaffold poles for hanging some very big reds but do give yourself plenty of height so that transferring carcasses can be done off the hoist or rails. Drain covers ought to be easily removed for cleaning - if it's a faff then it gets done less frequently! Good luck and may you shoot sufficient deer to justify the expense and also to enjoy using it.
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I’ve got 20 sheets of that 1220x2440x3mm knocking around spare at work. I just finished building several units, with the walls covered with it. I had to buy 100 sheets to get a cheap price and only needed 80.
Freeforester
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I'd caution against a non-slip/textured floor, if you are looking for practical solutions that make life easy; the most cost effective floor that meets the requirements is something like 20Newton fibrecrete (hairy concrete) given a polished finish. In use it's not too slippy, and a squeegee can clean it down in a moment, which you certainly cannot do with the non-slip variety. Given the limited amount of animals you are likely to process, it's hard to justify greater expense than bare concrete, albeit polished. FWIW I've used this (approved by EHO/FSA) for the last fifteen years, never slipped once, and it is very practical in terms of both cleaning and being vermin proof. I did make the mistake of trying non slip coating in the walk-in chill area, but removed it, as I found it could not be kept really clean, and standing water isn't a good idea in a chiller, imho.
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