RAPTOR BOARD - New Aviary, Mews, Wethering Material

[StormRider]

Hi guys and girls.
I have recently commissioned a board material that is perfect for building raptor aviaries, weatherings, you name it it can do it. It comes in black, 6mm or 9mm, is rot proof, non toxic, non absorbent, tough as hell, maintenance free, chew resistant, easily cleanable and ultimately is reusable. It will also help insulate for winter and keep cool in summer.
Cost wise is comparible to 18mm standard ply wood per 8x4 sheet, with your usual stainings and preservatives and various linings attached. This material is your finished structure with no other covering required and no maintenance except the usual cleaning. It will also will fix to standard timber or metal framework the same as ply and no special cutting or preparation tools are required.
An extremely strong material, I have already tested it against impact from horses within a horse training arena. It didn't budge at all.This material is brilliant and looks the business when installed.
I will be looking to offer the material for sale shortly across europe, and I am looking at possibly supplying pre built systems in flatpack version for clients who may want it that way. If any one would like to speak to me abot it then please pm me with contact details and I will gladly answer any questions you may have.
I will shortly post some photos of a set of aviaries recently built using this board (Raptor Board).

[GaryPCO]

Hi guys and girls.
I have recently commissioned a board material that is perfect for building raptor aviaries, weatherings, you name it it can do it. It comes in black, 6mm or 9mm, is rot proof, non toxic, non absorbent, tough as hell, maintenance free, chew resistant, easily cleanable and ultimately is reusable. It will also help insulate for winter and keep cool in summer.
Cost wise is comparible to 18mm standard ply wood per 8x4 sheet, with your usual stainings and preservatives and various linings attached. This material is your finished structure with no other covering required and no maintenance except the usual cleaning. It will also will fix to standard timber or metal framework the same as ply and no special cutting or preparation tools are required.
An extremely strong material, I have already tested it against impact from horses within a horse training arena. It didn't budge at all.This material is brilliant and looks the business when installed.
I will be looking to offer the material for sale shortly across europe, and I am looking at possibly supplying pre built systems in flatpack version for clients who may want it that way. If any one would like to speak to me abot it then please pm me with contact details and I will gladly answer any questions you may have.
I will shortly post some photos of a set of aviaries recently built using this board (Raptor Board).
SOUNDS **** HOT MATE,DONT DELAY GET US SOME PICS SO WE CAN HAVE A BUTCHERS SOUNDS IDEAL FOR LINING KENNELS OUT AS WELL,LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE A WEBSITE OR A BROCHURE,CHEERS FOR NOW...:cool:

[PeregrinesUK]

any pics yet mate??

[Darren]

i am getting ready to build a new mews before his moult...so let us see the product & what price is it.

Daz

[StormRider]

I have none left at the moment. My first pallet has gone straight away. Didnt expect it to go so quick. A 6mm sheet costs £46. I have no costs for delivery as it would probably be cheaper for the customer to collect anyway.
I have another load coming after the xmas. I will post sum pics shortly of a completed set of aviaries and a transport box. The material is named 'Raptor Board.
Thanks for the enquiry Darren

[Shaun Byrne]

I have none left at the moment. My first pallet has gone straight away. Didnt expect it to go so quick. A 6mm sheet costs £46. I have no costs for delivery as it would probably be cheaper for the customer to collect anyway.
I have another load coming after the xmas. I will post sum pics shortly of a completed set of aviaries and a transport box. The material is named 'Raptor Board.
Thanks for the enquiry Darren

£46 for an 8 x 4 sheet of 6mm?

Thats a tad expensive mate, I buy 18mm marine ply for £33 per 8 x 4 sheet.

I can see its uses for transport boxes but I think it would make building a decent size aviery a bit costly.

[StormRider]

I cant see how it is expensive when it it will never need replacing agaib. It can be reused for other facilities if necessary. It doesnt require the cost of initial staining and treating or even restaining or retreating when it wears off with a power wash. I can understand that overall it will be expansive but so will the use of ply 9In the short and long term.
I do practice falconry and also keep 3 of my own birds. I can also appreciate that mess is made with ***** all over the place. I have spent an awful long time (and money) looking for an aviary product other than ply because of all the pitfalls that ply offers. I have to be honest, that when the 1st sheet came to me to assess I honestly thought that a 6mm sheet would be *****. I was proven wrong and decided to pu the sheet to the test by lining an equestrian training arena. This arena gets banged up like hell from ponies and horses that are used to train the disabled and children in the skills of horse riding. as you can imagine the horses are steered into areas where they wouldnt normally go and therefore impact the walls on a regular basis during a session. I dont thinkl that there are many raptors that may equal this.
As i have previously said, I have taken this on to find something for myself and have found that it works. I am not rich and therefore wanted something that would atleast equal the cost of using ply allround. I think it does.
I will be posting some pick soon of a recent completed project. I cant do this at the moment because the owner of the aviaries is away on business in Dubai and wont be returning until mis january. I have the pics but need to ask him if I can post them as its his aviaries.
However, if you have any further questions to ask I will be more than happy to answer them for you.
Good hawking,
STU

[Shaun Byrne]

I cant see how it is expensive when it it will never need replacing agaib. It can be reused for other facilities if necessary. It doesnt require the cost of initial staining and treating or even restaining or retreating when it wears off with a power wash. I can understand that overall it will be expansive but so will the use of ply 9In the short and long term.
I do practice falconry and also keep 3 of my own birds. I can also appreciate that mess is made with ***** all over the place. I have spent an awful long time (and money) looking for an aviary product other than ply because of all the pitfalls that ply offers. I have to be honest, that when the 1st sheet came to me to assess I honestly thought that a 6mm sheet would be *****. I was proven wrong and decided to pu the sheet to the test by lining an equestrian training arena. This arena gets banged up like hell from ponies and horses that are used to train the disabled and children in the skills of horse riding. as you can imagine the horses are steered into areas where they wouldnt normally go and therefore impact the walls on a regular basis during a session. I dont thinkl that there are many raptors that may equal this.
As i have previously said, I have taken this on to find something for myself and have found that it works. I am not rich and therefore wanted something that would atleast equal the cost of using ply allround. I think it does.
I will be posting some pick soon of a recent completed project. I cant do this at the moment because the owner of the aviaries is away on business in Dubai and wont be returning until mis january. I have the pics but need to ask him if I can post them as its his aviaries.
However, if you have any further questions to ask I will be more than happy to answer them for you.
Good hawking,
STU

Not knocking it mate, I wouldn't until I try it myself. I was only comparing initial cost.

Has the material been tested over a long period, say 5 years to test for photo stability etc?

I'm interested to see some pics.

[StormRider]

The product is uv resistant but like all materials including uv resistant ones they will fade slightly over a long period of time. It is unaffected structurally by uv and will not brittle. It is a weldable material but can withstand extreme of temps.

[Shaun Byrne]

The product is uv resistant but like all materials including uv resistant ones they will fade slightly over a long period of time. It is unaffected structurally by uv and will not brittle. It is a weldable material but can withstand extreme of temps.

Starting to sound like something off the Enterprise mate:D

When we going to get some pics?

Is there any plans for a different colour?

[PeregrinesUK]

Starting to sound like something off the Enterprise mate:D

When we going to get some pics?

Is there any plans for a different colour?

Yeh purple for the girls and blue for the boys!!!

[Shaun Byrne]

Yeh purple for the girls and blue for the boys!!!

I was thinking more of a green colour to help it blend into my nice big garden but whatever floats your boat:supz:

[Heike]

£46 for an 8 x 4 sheet of 6mm?

Thats a tad expensive mate, I buy 18mm marine ply for £33 per 8 x 4 sheet.

I can see its uses for transport boxes but I think it would make building a decent size aviery a bit costly.


Hi, i am a manufacturer of timber buildings etc,
and noted your post with interest, but your product does seem expensive for building the whole aviary, when with regular cleaning (as should be done) strategic placing of perches, and the fact that it is only the bottom half of building you have to protect (or clean regularly) why would you go to the expense of making the full building as you say from this material ?
Timber, with a little maintenance, will last for many tens of years.

Ps. how much by the load

[StormRider]

My preference for my own birds would be to complete the full aviary out of this material. Cant see the point in a patchwork effect. However, if you look at my original thread I do sell the material, so it is up to you what you do with it. I have seen some of the timber building on the market today (the log effects) and I dont beleive that you could beat the price per square meter that much. I ma sure that you would only be talking a few quid if u could, and then u have a far inferior product in terms of strength, cleaning, longevity, etc. But hey I ant knocking timber cause thats what Ive had up until now and it serves a purpose. Timber is easily available, sometimes costly for what it is, requires treating and staining, requires regular maintenance, rots, is absorbent to damp and disease.
Im sorry, but black is the only color available, but it really does look the business when its up. I suppose I like black with me being an ex SAS soldier with ninja powers and fighting skills and all that. Only joking.
Obviously, every body has personal preferences and I aint trying to push this to people who prefer their own methods that work for them. This is my method that now works for me and I wanted to share it with the world.

[Darren]

ok...what are we looking at to build a avairy 6feet wide by 8 feet in lenth & 7 feet tall with the new raptor plastic sheets....will it be pre drilled or what?

Daz

[Heike]

What do you use for the framing, (timber) ?

[StormRider]

The sheets come in 8x4. Im sure Ive mentioned that. It isnt predrilled as a standard sheet. If its an aviary that is prebuilt based on a customers design or one of our own designs, then yes it will come ready just to all bolt and screw together together.
The sheeting will fix directly to timber framework or steel framework. Its best not to use the countersunk screw type. When fixing screws it is also best to predrill a pilot hole.

[Hacker]

Is this the same material that staging sheets are made out of?
Access staging that is.
Sounds like the same material.

[StormRider]

I cant see how its the same material as stage access sheeting when this was actually developed for myself from a new mix of compounds. It might look similar due to the standard pattern of rollers.
Do you know who does this access staging?
STU

[Hacker]

No idea, just that it is a reinforced composite resin board.

[StormRider]

Believe me, if this was a board with resin in it, it would probably be 3-4 times the price. I know this cause I use a resin impregnated board for another application within my business.I tried to look at various recyclable plastics that would prove cheap for what it is, yet give the properties that i would need.

Dont get me wrong, I developed this board for another application and then found it perfect for aviaries, etc (with me being a falconer and all that).

I have had quite a few enquiries for using it to line aviaries, but seriously this is strong enough on its own in 6mm thickness. Thats why I can compare it against the cost of ply and all the other add on's that ply requires.

[Pitbull]

whats it like compared too trespa

[StormRider]

Sorry, Pit, What is Trespa?

[Pitbull]

its a coposite board though you cant weld it theres different grades from cladding houses to using as worktops in labs.
you can get it in many pretty colours hehehe. ive had in sheets of 20' long by 8' wide great stuff
can you post us a picture sometime as this would help us alot

[StormRider]

Ill be posting some pics after the new year.
If you need to weld your sheet then material is weldable using LDPE rods.

STU

[PeregrinesUK]

any pics yet Stu?

[StormRider]

Nowt yet Mick.
Hes still in Dubai, I dont want to post them without his permission. I will get them on as soon as he comes back.
STU

[PeregrinesUK]

has he moved there hes been gone blo*dy ages, might call up your place one day when im passing have a look if you dont mind mate.

[PeregrinesUK]

In fact mate bring a load down mine and build me a block of ten imprint pens in reward you can take all the pics you wish:)

[StormRider]

He has a data network company and does loads of work over there. He's generally away for about 6 months of the year. He's only an aquaintance who asked me if I would build the aviaries for him. Its quite a setup inside a barn.
You are welcome to pop down to my office anytime mate. Just giz a ring on 07837 254040.
STU

[Shaun Byrne]

Any further on with the pics?:roll:

[StormRider]

Not yet mate. I rang his wife and he hasnt come back yet. However, I may have a problem supplying it in the future due to the my manufacturer trying to put on minimum batch runs on to me. They've initially told me that I would have to order an amount of 10 tonne to justify the change in material; batching. Im trying to have that brought down considerably cause I honestly dont think that I can justify that in terms of sales. Im not happy really cause I've spent a lot of time and effort in getting this stuff made so far on proviso that I only needed to order a pallet load at a time. Im also checking with another manufacturing plant to see what they can do for me. I do use another material regularly for horse arenas (which is probably half the price)but am not sure at the moment about selling this on.
Regards STU

[GaryPCO]

ok stormrider what goin on with the raptor board theres still a few of us interested have you got anywhere yet?
and what about those pics you promised?????

cheers Gary......:cool:

[StormRider]

Guys I really do apologise for the lack of further info. I havent bothered with the pics yet cause I dont want to keep knocking on this guys door when he is away all the time. I aint the kind to make a pest of myself.
As far as the material is concerned I am putting it all on hold for the time being due to me receiving a confirmation letter from my manufacturer, placing a minimum batching order of 10 tonne at a time. I cannot justify the cost of this at the moment due to the fact that it will sit in my container for a very long time, going out in dribs and drabs. I have another project on the go with building a new BOP centre at the moment and most of my money is going on that.
Sorry guys, I hope you can understand.
STU:cry:

[GaryPCO]

no worries stu,was just wondering as i was talking to a mate the other day about making dog transport boxes,just wondered if things were on the move,i reckon it might be the stuff to use thats all cheers mate.......:cool:

[NoMoon]

Hi guys and girls.
I have recently commissioned a board material that is perfect for building raptor aviaries, weatherings, you name it it can do it. It comes in black, 6mm or 9mm, is rot proof, non toxic, non absorbent, tough as hell, maintenance free, chew resistant, easily cleanable and ultimately is reusable. It will also help insulate for winter and keep cool in summer.
Cost wise is comparible to 18mm standard ply wood per 8x4 sheet, with your usual stainings and preservatives and various linings attached. This material is your finished structure with no other covering required and no maintenance except the usual cleaning. It will also will fix to standard timber or metal framework the same as ply and no special cutting or preparation tools are required.
An extremely strong material, I have already tested it against impact from horses within a horse training arena. It didn't budge at all.This material is brilliant and looks the business when installed.
I will be looking to offer the material for sale shortly across europe, and I am looking at possibly supplying pre built systems in flatpack version for clients who may want it that way. If any one would like to speak to me abot it then please pm me with contact details and I will gladly answer any questions you may have.
I will shortly post some photos of a set of aviaries recently built using this board (Raptor Board). could have sworn you just ordered it of the net,commisioned :rolleyes::rolleyes: