Materials for building houses?

Moromaster

Hey,

I'm looking for cheap (Cheap being the top priority) materials for building a basic Airsoft bunker. It doesn't have to be great materials or anything, just strong enough to withstand a joule.

The cheapest thing we've got so far is hay bales, 10 for 30£. :rolleyes:

Masada

when you say "bunker" what exactly do ya mean? like a shed or something?

if so you could look into refridgeration units, their leak proof and have shelfing inside too, downside being, by their very design they wont lock, you'd have to add a bolt and latch yourself.:)

Moromaster

Emm, like a small delta base? (Fingal Airsoft).

Basically so we can play an 'attack the base' gametype. :cool:

And wouldn't refrigeration units be crazy expensive? Our budget is only around 20-60 euro.

Masada

for that low a budget you'll do well even to get ply wood to be honest, regridgeration units go very cheap second hand, you'd be talking maybe 150 quid and its like a vault. maybe you should get some 2x4s with scaffold netting and a few tyres or something, or you could buy a load of sandbags and fill em, sand is cheap.

Stonewolf

and here I thought Irish airsofting was finally moving on from that kind of thing ...

Leftyflip

You could try getting in touch with a recycling centre, they get masses of wood every day.

KonFusion

tarpaulin, rope, and a few wooden poles, unlike the netting, you cant see through the tarp, so it might be preferable...plus its waterproof and pretty damn cheap.... or you could use canvas

ED E

Delta could be made for 60 or a little more. I made a pillsuicide-box for HRTA out of some ply and a pallet for a base. AFAIK its still there, have a pic on the old HDD somewhere.

Dread-Lock

KonFusion wrote: »

tarpaulin, rope, and a few wooden poles, unlike the netting, you cant see through the tarp, so it might be preferable...plus its waterproof and pretty damn cheap.... or you could use canvas

And your in luck if you want to go down this route. Lidl are selling some tarpaulin pretty cheap.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20090831.p.Tarpaulin

Tigger

i have palletts and 4'x3' sheets of 8mm hdf that i normally just bring to the recycling


but i'm in mayo and you'd need to collect

MKIII

just call around to industrial estates or local businesss ask if they have pallets to spare.

ironclaw

Some 2x4's and some MDF / Ply. I'm sure someone could lend you the screws, nails and hammer.

Make the investment now folks, or you'll spend the winter re-building it!

MKIII

true

Private Snafu

check the freebies sections here and here, maybe youll find the odd bits of wood