50m square of hessian for under £30

[bushman1872]

Found a place that sells hessian for 50 metres sqaure for under £30 thats inc vat and delivery email me if you want to know where from. Tho**es charge 6.33 inc vat exc. delivery for 1mx1.4m

 

[hedgerow pete]

i used to buy mine from the builders merchants in a 50metre by one metre roll, it does come up to two metres wide if you want it. last year i brought some it was about £28 per coll inc vat but i collected it my self, jewsons, travis perkins they all sell it ,

we use it on site to protect brick and block work from frost damage

 

[nelletap]

Is it 50m square or 50 square metres? (50m square would be 50m by 50 m and therefore actually 2500 square metres)
Though my maths is OK, as a newbie I have to admit I don't know what hessian is used for in beekeeping but I have every faith that I'll know soon thanks to teh forum.
Tricia

 

[keithgrimes]

Its used as a top bar cover in Warre Hives. Also can be used as a smoker fuel, but 50 sq metres would give you an awful lot of smoke.

 

[nelletap]

Thanks, Keith. That is why I'd not made the link - I've followed the herd and gone with national.
Tricia

 

[Easy Beesy]

Hi Bushman

presumably untreated hessian?
EB

 

[hedgerow pete]

i use a rolled section of hessian and card board . like a swiss roll

 

[bushman1872]

yep untreated hessian I asked the guy before I bought stuff that had some sort of flame retardent in it lol. Hedgerow pete is right its used to cover brickwork to protect it from frost but I have bought it as smoker fuel, this much should last me yonks. size wise it is 50m2

 

[hedgerow pete]

treated or not who cares i just leave it outside for the spring and summer on top of the bee shed, the sun and rain washes all the rubbish out of it

 

[bushman1872]

hegerow I did have a good trawl through jewsons and travis perkins website and couln't find the stuff as I have a branch just up the road that said I don't mind because there was no postage charge supprisingly. One other website was charging 36.00 for the same amount

 

[Headnavigator]

For a rather smaller investment the Pound Shop is selling hessian vegetable sacks in its garden section right now - rather loosely woven but looks like the real stuff, worth a quid for a try-out, anyway!

 

[Springer]

Wouldn't buy it as fuel myself, find dry, rotten wood does it for me, plenty of it available for free, in lots of places.
I use workshop softwood shavings from under the planner get it going, though you can just light the wood if you want.
Can't image that you could buy 2500 sq. m. of anything for £30 quid ?
There's a challenge........... maybe thin gauge polythene maybe?
S

 

[Andy Fotheringham]

I bought 2 huge rolls of the stuff when I was restoring my cottage. Had to render the outside with lime and used the hessian to hang over the render so I could keep it damp while the lime set. You could try specialist suppliers of traditional building materials as I bought mine with all the other materials I needed from a lime specialist in Cornwall.