Pokab gets their plates from ekonomistål it seems. 1060 mm wide.H hanson#16 said:
Hello,
How has it been going? I'm just about to renovate a balcony here in Södra Ängby and the funkistaliban in me is grinding its teeth when it realizes that it's not possible to find wider metal... Thanks, however, for finding other sinus metal than aluminum.
How has it been going? I'm just about to renovate a balcony here in Södra Ängby and the funkistaliban in me is grinding its teeth when it realizes that it's not possible to find wider metal... Thanks, however, for finding other sinus metal than aluminum.
Ä at AD Daniel Gr said:
Well, what can I say? It hasn't been easy. To begin with, I haven't really thought much about aluminum or metal sheets. I've convinced myself that you can't see the difference. That might be wrong. Instead, my focus has been on trying to find a period-appropriate sinus pattern. And unfortunately, I'm on the verge of giving up. I've been in contact with companies from Umeå in the north, to Gothenburg in the west and south of Småland in the south, and if it's not the width of the sheets being just over a meter, then it's the surface or the sinus pattern that doesn't match. Some manufacturers only have a slightly rough surface (stuccorated) and it's not possible to get a smooth surface. Most have only short sheets. Finally, I thought I had found a manufacturer. Sheets longer than 4 meters and small sinus sounded great. I got a sample piece at home and to my disappointment, I see that it, in my opinion, deviates too much from the original plates for me to be satisfied. The sinus waves are closer to 4 cm wide than 25-30mm, which most original plates seem to be.D Daniel Gr said:
If you want to know which firms I have contacted, we can take it separately. I've probably emailed and called about ten different manufacturers and balcony specialists. Additionally, I've been in contact with the fox hunter who is like a kind of funkis balcony baron, and I've been in contact with the city museum in Stockholm. No one knows. However, several companies have been kind enough to leave quotes. If you yourself find a solution that works, please send a message. Right now, it looks like we'll buy a smooth sheet, which should also be a good option in Södra Ängby where the sheets were mostly smooth, as I remember from when we went on a plaster and balcony safari.
Thank you so much for the comprehensive answer, I really appreciate it. I actually hired Mr. Bergström (the functionalist balcony baron) for the house a number of years ago, a very knowledgeable gentleman, though it's disappointing that he couldn't point you in the right direction.H hanson#16 said:
Unfortunately, we really want corrugated sheet metal on the balcony, so in the worst case, we will have to go with some sheet metal that doesn't have the right spacing (we have 27mm and it seems difficult to find...) and we'll have to live with more seams than today (we have sheets about 200 cm wide).
If you have the energy to PM me the list of suppliers, I would be grateful to receive it. My wife is now googling for corrugated sheet metal in German... I'm going to try to find a way to remove the paint from the old sheet, but that also seems challenging...
I'll get in touch if I find an alternative. Thanks for the info again.
/Daniel
Couldn't sandblasting work to remove the paint?D Daniel Gr said:
Greetings from Norra Ängby.
Thanks for the comment! Talked to a local sandblasting company near Bromma who informed me that they no longer sandblast galvanized metal balconies. According to them, the galvanization "lifts" (company's words) when sandblasted and the end result after painting is not good.JanneJanne123 said:
If anyone has other experiences or companies they recommend, I would gladly take a "second opinion."
Regards back (almost neighbors as I said)!
Aha, yes that is professional of the company to be open about the risk of the result being poor. Electrolysis might work?
To remove the paint, I thought, but now I'm in deep water with no experience of it whatsoever.
After seven sorrows and eight troubles, 40m of sinus sheet from ekonomistål went up yesterday. Delivery in a week, less than half the price compared to the equivalent aluminum sheet, and what held me back, the fact that the sheets are only one meter long, is barely noticeable and made the installation significantly easier. Last but not least, the sheet is stylish and probably the closest you can get to an original sheet, I would think.