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Amazing skip dip - a precut 18"square of 3mm perspex,spent an hour framing it with offcuts -otherwise zero coin.
Didn't really need one ,I just wanted to get Patrick fidgeting uncontrollably

It looks great. Nice one

Wow - that looks a spot on piece of kit - nice framing job Alfred!

The only fidgeting I can muster is irritation you obviously get a more useful standard of skip contents than we ever do

Thanks chaps
The timber strips are from Louvre doors I routered down the rounded sides flat and to 3/4"width.Theyre 6mm thick on both sides of the sheet which should be perfect.
I get access to commercial/industrial skips in addition to my opportunistic domestic selection too.
I'm known by lots of names at work (Uncle Bulgaria and That Fkn Old Womble Again being the milder ones)
My chronic hoarding condition also means I have inventory at hand.
Next up is insulation.
The employer has "donated"an end of roll of this
https://www.screwfix.com/p/ybs-superquilt-multi-layer-reflective-foil-insulation-10-x-1-5m/68120?tc=LA8&ds_kid=92700034796463759&gclsrc=aw.ds&ds_rl=1241687&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1249407&gclid=CjwKCAjwxt_tBRAXEiwAENY8hdLNma1ZU9fikgw3gGC96IOAHGC1JKLOjxv5far3vZ81jbDq70kKXhoCTEUQAvD_BwE

There's just enough to go around the floor ,BB,and super of one hive.
Apparently it's breathable and thermally superior to 60mm Kingspan.
I'll have to work out how to get the roof on and also disguise it a bit otherwise the hive would look like something that fell off a Sputnik

Similar to this material used as a quilt or ”crownboard” by some.

Be interested to see how colony in such a hive generally does comparable to others uninsulated. Unfortunately pretty difficult to isolate only a single variable.