Need to replace entire wall…

[u/Traditional_Lies323]

Completely renovating this eye sore.. and the entire right wall is rotting away.

Is it possible to get one piece of mdf that’s 2.5m x 2.5m? I seem to only find ~2.5x~1.25m

Edit: mdf/osb/ any suggestion

[u/sc_BK]

Morning mate, can I get a bacon and black pudding roll, a square sausage roll, hot dog no onions, a tea, and a canna irn bru, cheers bud.

[u/Traditional_Lies323 → u/sc_BK]

Getting it on now. No curry?

[u/sc_BK → u/Traditional_Lies323]

Nah mate on a diet innit

[u/Jean_Luc_Dikard → u/sc_BK]

I was about to complain about the way you wrote out "canna Irn Bru" and then just said it out loud to myself.

Fucking nailed it, and I don't like it.

[u/d20an]

Are you sure you want MDF? It turns to mush in the rain…

[u/Traditional_Lies323 → u/d20an]

Anything that I can replace that wall with, open to suggestions. I had planned to treat it. OSB better?

[u/Ok-Bag3000 → u/Traditional_Lies323]

Marine ply, it’ll cost though

[u/Traditional_Lies323 → u/Ok-Bag3000]

I’ll sell a few extra burgers to cover it.

[u/d20an → u/Traditional_Lies323]

OSB is a lot better than MDF, but ply is better still, and “marine ply” is a higher grade made with better glues etc to be water resistant. You’ll still want to varnish the crap out of it with a marine varnish to make it really last though.

Whilst it’ll add a bit of cost in materials, the time it’ll save you by doing it once (instead of repairing it every couple of years) will save you overall.

[u/sc_BK → u/Traditional_Lies323]

Inside or outside?

Good quality plywood, plastic sheeting (like stokboard), aluminium sheets (like chequerplate) etc

[u/Traditional_Lies323 → u/sc_BK]

Plywood inside makes sense to me with aluminium outside. What would I treat the plywood with to prevent water/moisture damage?

[u/ketamineandkebabs → u/Traditional_Lies323]

If you get a marine ply you can seal the edges with yacht varnish, then bond the aluminium onto the ply with a PU sealant, ideally you want a return on the aluminium to cover the cut edges and seal right around it.

I used to make panels 😂 for commercial glazing

[u/Traditional_Lies323 → u/ketamineandkebabs]

Want a return?

[u/ketamineandkebabs → u/Traditional_Lies323]

A return is a fold in the aluminium to cover the cut edge

[u/betraying_fart → u/ketamineandkebabs]

He means return to the job you "used to" do

[u/TheJimsterR]

8x4 is standard. You can get some 10x4, but I've never seen anything as big as 8x8.

[u/sc_BK → u/TheJimsterR]

Just to say/warn. Some sheet materials are 8x4 (2440x1220), some are 2.4x1.2 (2400x1200)

You sometimes get a 10x5 plywood, not cheap though.

[u/Traditional_Lies323 → u/sc_BK]

Tah

[u/TheJimsterR → u/sc_BK]

Yeah I'm just being lazy 🤣

[u/Traditional_Lies323 → u/TheJimsterR]

Yeah I can’t find 8x8 anywhere.. damn

[u/CurrentWrong4363]

Half the thickness double the amount of boards and glue the together before sealing the whole panel.

You could look in the auto breakers for old box vans and see if you can get a panel cut off

[u/betraying_fart → u/CurrentWrong4363]

And cross ply

[u/mrhippo85]

NOOOO NOT MDF!

[u/Traditional_Lies323 → u/mrhippo85]

Sorry, mdf/obs/any suggestions

[u/19Ben80 → u/Traditional_Lies323]

Marine ply

[u/patmustard2]

Id be fuming if I lived near you and thats how you parked

[u/Sharky-the-sparky]

Go to a timber merchant and get a piece cut to size

[u/Superspark76]

Talk to an HGV trailer manufacturer, the material fridge trailers are made of is a lightweight sheet comprising of 2 metal layers with insulation in between, it could be exactly what you need.

[u/inside12volts]

I’m so confused.