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Baseboard materials?

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RogerB
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Re: Baseboard materials?

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Marine ply same dimensions £67.80. That's why I used the basic one. As you say not needed indoors. R-
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RogerB wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 8:40 am Marine ply same dimensions £67.80. That's why I used the basic one. As you say not needed indoors. R-
Depends if ones roof leaks? :D Mind you, cheaper to fix the roof and use ordinary ply at those prices! :D
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Re: Baseboard materials?

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No one has mentioned compressed paper board sold under the name 'Sundela'. A lot of good model shops stock it as 1200 x 600 mm sheets (4 x2 feet for wrinklies), 12 mm (1/2 inch) thick. Fine and takes pins BUT tends to droop in high humidity and so needs more support at reduced spacings to that recommended in the manufacturers instructions ( in my honest opinion, that is).
It needs to be 'conditioned' before laying, as per instructions, and can be glued easily to a timber underframe. The recommended wood is 50 x 25 mm (2 x 1 inch) but I have used deeper material on the perimeter and less heavy as cross and longitudinal supports, but it needs closer spaced supports if it done this way.
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Re: Baseboard materials?

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There is a very good reason why that stuff has not been mentioned.. ;)
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Sundela is excellent for notice boards, that’s just about all really.
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