LOFT BASE

[Guest SPORTKA]

HI all,

this is my first post on here, just a couple of questions firstly I would like some advice on what type of base to put down for a loft around 18-20ft my gardens more or less flat and is just plain lawn at the mo.

 

Second question is I have heard that there is a show at the Bescott stadium in march sometime, does anyone have the date and any other info on it.

 

Just in case anyone wonders I have kept pigeons  as a boy and now decided some 40yrs on that I miss em  ,   im based in Redditch worcs, be nice to hear off any local fliers out there as I think im gonna need all the help I can get  

[sammy]

yiv come to the right place lad welcome and goood to see after all these years yiv decided to take them back up good on yi  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[oldguy]

i dont know as much about pigeons as most as the guys on here do, but i do know about construction

 

dig down about 24inch, 600mm in modern measurements forming a square hole 12''wide, pour in concrete to fill the hole, and repeat every 6 feet along the length of your loft or approximate measurements to fit the length

 

depending on the width you will want the same approximately 3 feet apart

 

on top of the concrete pads which must be level with each other, build brick pillars 2 bricks wide per course, on top of the brick pillers which want to be approximately 2 or 3 bricks high (depending on the finished height of your loft) place 4x2 tanalised timber to sit your loft floor on...if you can get hold of some cheap railway sleepers use those instead.......... the loft will never move unless you have built on a bog

 

becarefull how you site your loft re your neighbours, some councils insist on planning permission for a pigeon loft

 

kev

[Merlin]

Almost the same as above,only I would use 3 or 4 courses of blocks,all around,an use GRILL FLOORS. from block to block,constructing fame loft on block walls walls.