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Problem is she likes the traditional stick sided look :oops:

Hi Roy, There is some sealant around all the framework where it meets the aluminium panel but yes..it does seem a very strange way to build a horsebox..it makes sense on the older boxes where it is a metal frame with wooden sides...

Hi Roy, No..I really do mean that there is the steel frame work...then inside that is a thin sheet of aluminium, then inside that is the ply that is on nailed through the aluminium into the steel frame... So the blue is the metal framework, the grey is the aluminium and the yellowis the...

OK - I am hoping this question might be a bit easier to answer.. Once I get all the walls (9mm ply) nice and cleaned off I want to start thinking about the cupboard arrangement and fixing...Now, bearing in mind this is what is classed as a "stick sided" vehicle..i.e. the steel framework is...

Thanks for the replies chaps...I'll try those suggestions...I haven't tried banging them through the ply as the heads are quite big and it would take a bit of force to do that... I tried googling for about 20mins to try and find some reference to nails with a "P" on the head but couldn't find...

The "P" on the head of the nails doesn't mean that it is a plasterboard nail does it?

Hi Roy and anyone else reading.. I started work on the horsebox the other day which basically involved removing a load of the blue carpet lining which can be seen in the pics..I got in a bit of a mess because the cupboard and set were fitted after the walls were lined so I had to take them out...

Thanks - found this on some wiki aswell: Fair faced This is a whole category of veneered and finished plys suitable for furniture making. Strong and dimensionally stable, the outer layers of veneer are usually cut from a more attractive hardwood, that will look to all intents and purposes like...

Cardigan..oh..that is a bit far..bummer..thank you kindly for the info and the offer though...When you say "fair faced" what does that mean..veneered? Thanks again Roy..

Oh..We are talking about the stuff that is veneered on one side aren't we?

OK - I see in your sig that you are in Wales..Not North Wales perchance? I am in Cheshire..

You're Shi**ing on me...Seriously? This Horsebox place that fits them out and sells the sheets aswell wants £29 ish for them...And I am not sure if that is 18mm or not.. Where are you? At least if I need to travel and pick up I can take the wagon and get a load of 8 x 4 sheets in the back....

10 mins..Wow..At least you had manageable sizes pieces to work with and not 1 big piece for the whole floor :P ..IF I take out the big floor to ceiling cupboard then at least that will leave a nice rectangle (ish) to apply the ply and vinyl to...Should do any harm making some bench type seat /...

I appreciate your honesty and openess Roy. The chaps that we talked to last week at the horsebox place seemed to be strong advocates of using evostick contact adhesive for everything..So much so that we even asked them if they were sponsored by evostick!!! Cheers Timmo

Thanks Roy, What glue would you recommend and what is the best stuff to stick down the lino with..Would it be contact adhesive for both? I'll probably try and screw it down anyway (the plywood) making sure the screws don't come out the underside of the existing plywood..Screws and glue are...

Hi Roy, I wasn't planning on removing the existing floor...Merely fixing some clean wood on top as that would be easier to fix the vinyl floor down to thant trying to some how clean up the existing floor...Wouldn't you think that would be best? Cheers Timmo

I fully understand what you are saying Roy and they are good points..The horses are actually loaded from the back...The partitions swing backwards to let the horses in and then ar folded back and hooked against the side...All this stuff was done already and I am not planning on messing with it...

Hi Roy, Interesting you say that about the horse partitions...There is just the black metal frame as you see and then supported in that somehow are some thick sheets of white melemine faced ply (what I guess it is)..Like the stuff for the ceiling but a lot thicker...To be honest I hadn't given...

Hi Chaps, Sorry for not posting for a few days..I went to the horsebox again and had a good old route about..I even took out the internal door in the bulk head to try and determine something of the structure of the bulk head which is actually metal...The door was only held in with about 16...

I did think the £10K was a load of dosh for the work... It is defintely a metal frame that the ply is attached to (I am talking about the ply on the walls that has been covered with carpet here) and from peeling back a little of the carpet yesterday around the door..it appears that the ply is...