Construction Of Farm Buildings Of Plastic Perspex

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 3

Construction Of Farm Buildings Of Plastic Perspex

An interesting innovation in the field of plastic materials is “Perspex” in transparent corrugated sheets. Used in conjunction with corrugated iron as a roofing or wall material, it provides an easy and inexpensive method of admitting daylight to barns, sheds and other farm buildings. Its advantages are obvious in that corrugated perspex follows the same contours as corrugated iron, and can be matched in with corrugated iron in any desired location, even in existing buildings, without requiring frames, flashings or special structural provisions. Unlike glass, it is relatively easy to handle, will not splinter, and can be worked or stored without great risk of damage. It weathers extremely well, and' despite its high properties of light transmission, it does not readily permit the passage of heat. Now being made in flat and corrugated sheets, perspex is finding an increasingly wide range of applications in all structures where good, natural daylighting is required. It has been used to advantage in shearing sheds, fruit and egggrading sheds, milking and poultry sheds, and farm workshops. In the horticultural field, tqmato growers and seedsmen are starting to use it for glass houses and seed box applications. Its use is at present extending to pig raising, where breeders find it forrqs a good protective roofing, yet facilitates inspection of the litter. ’