- Location
- Durham, UK
This is our village hall. It was a pre fab from the suez crisis.
Lovely little hut but sadly shes about rotten.
Nissin huts, why did they go out of fashion?
- Thread starter multi power
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This is our village hall. It was a pre fab from the suez crisis.
Lovely little hut but sadly shes about rotten.
Spence_936
New Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
We’ve got nissin huts at the back of the yard. Not much room or height for modern tackle even though they have been raised in the past. So suppose it’s the old case of out fashion and no longer practical. I will be knocking them down next time the old man goes on a cruise [emoji23]
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Not quite the same, but I came across these a couple of weeks ago:
https://steelbuildingsdirect.co.uk/
https://steelbuildingsdirect.co.uk/
Selectamatic
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- Location
- North Wales
Would these need planning permission? They are not permanent structures, are they?
Spence_936
New Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Don’t think so selectamatic but probs best to double check
spanners and hammers
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- Location
- cambridgeshire
where these called miricale span buidings once
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
As in with the tin going the "wrong" way ?
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
I believe these types of buildings are popular in Canada
renewablejohn
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- Location
- lancs
Yes it works fine so long as you start at the bottom on both sides and work up with centre top sheet as capping sheet. Capping sheet I normally put on with spacers for ventilation.
renewablejohn
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- Location
- lancs
We got away with the polytunnel ones (Council tipped off by neighbor and site inspection after only 2 days erecting) as not permanent structure due to concrete post foundation being a bucket mould. Cannot connect to mains electric as that converts to permanent structure.
Lot of wasted space on the sides. Plus, do they make curved sheets anymore ?
crofter 65
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- Location
- Ross-Shire
You can get replacement sheet, I have one that I never put up, must decide whether to sell or put up.
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Don't know about now but when I was growing up in northern Ireland curved sheets were as common as a wet day
spanners and hammers
Member
- Location
- cambridgeshire
curved sheets are able in most radius ,,, imperial and metric sizes
renewablejohn
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- Location
- lancs
Why do you need curved sheets. Flat sheets used horizontally work just as well so long you overlap so that the rain flows over the sheet underneath and you bolt the edges so that the wind cannot separate the sheets.
Netherfield
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- Location
- West Yorkshire
Pulled down in the 70s,originally housed a Reffold food mixer which was superseded by a bigger set up in the building behind, pole barn to the left, and in the gap there is a prefab visible,there used to be 6 of these in a row, these were I'm told available free if dismantled and removed from site.
Netherfield
Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
We had the pressure washer suspended over a water barrel at the front of the parlour. Just had to remember to take the feed pipe out of the barrel and run it for a few seconds if there was going to be a frost. The cast head for the pump was £££. 
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
One of the ones we had, standing top left.
Still have one of these in a shed @Netherfield . Can't bring myself to scrap it.
Still have one of these in a shed @Netherfield . Can't bring myself to scrap it.
Pilgrimmick
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- Location
- Argyll
Beautiful motors, never scrap it, if you want to get rid if it there will be many who would take it off your hands for spares. Does it have the V8?