Copper Nails!
There are all sorts in interesting(?) facts that you learn when you begin to dabble in an area with which you’ve had little previous experience (such as converting a shed to a house is to me).
One of these is the percentage of slates that you can save dependant on the type of nails they’re fixed with. Copper nails are good, lead are best and other types of nail are bad. Now if only I could remember the percentages…!!!
If you enjoyed that post, then read these...
Stove - Flue - Chimney on April 1st, 2009
Hey, in the words of the song, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
Woodland Garden on March 29th, 2009
Way back in 2007 I put a small raised bed into a clearing in our patch of woodland.
Building Progress ~ March 2009 on April 16th, 2009
(Oh no I've done it again; my March progress report is late just like February's was - sorry)
The two main developments this month are the...
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