Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

I thought some of you kind people would be able to help, it's really
bugging me!

Thanks,

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David

gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just
can't think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

I thought some of you kind people would be able to help, it's really
bugging me!

Shoring or shoring up

gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

I thought some of you kind people would be able to help, it's really
bugging me!

Thanks,

Temporary piling, or in a bill of quantities, planking and strutting.

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Tciao for Now!

John.

Phil L wrote:
gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just
can't think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

I thought some of you kind people would be able to help, it's really
bugging me!

Shoring or shoring up


That's the other name for it that slipped my mind.

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Tciao for Now!

John.

On Nov 5, 9:00*pm, gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

Notwithstanding the other replies, I've always heard it called
shuttering.

On 05/11/2012 21:02, Phil L wrote:
gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just
can't think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

I thought some of you kind people would be able to help, it's really
bugging me!

Shoring or shoring up


That's the one!


--
David

On 05/11/2012 21:30, Ben Blaukopf wrote:
On Nov 5, 9:00 pm, gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?
Notwithstanding the other replies, I've always heard it called
shuttering.

Oh yes, that's another thing I have heard it being called.

Thanks for the replies.


--
David

On 05/11/2012 21:00, gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

For military trenches it is called a revetment.

Colin Bignell

On 05/11/12 21:00, gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

I thought some of you kind people would be able to help, it's really
bugging me!

shuttering? Nah. It has a special name..bugger got me too..piling?


Thanks,



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rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:00:39 +0000, gremlin_95 wrote:

Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

Sheet piling




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The Natural Philosopher writes:
bugger got me too..piling?

Sounds very painful...

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The Other Mike" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:00:39 +0000, gremlin_95
wrote:

Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

Sheet piling

Aren't pilings permanent? Is this, for example, what was done to the local
water course namely sheets piled in about 8 feet from the banks and rods
between the sheets and the "planking" forming the banks? Basically the
sheets are holding the banks up.

Paul DS.

"Ben Blaukopf" wrote in message
...
On Nov 5, 9:00 pm, gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

Notwithstanding the other replies, I've always heard it called
shuttering.

Isn't shuttering where you use material (often wood) to effectively line a
hole and create a mould into which the concrete is poured? The shuttering
is later removed. The shuttering can also be above ground and sometimes
also "patterned" to produce a finish on the final concrete.

Paul DS.

On 05/11/2012 23:23, The Other Mike wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:00:39 +0000, gremlin_95 wrote:

Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

Sheet piling

I though sheet piling was driven into the ground, rather than placed
onto the edge of a pre-dug hole.

But this may be a regional difference.

I agree on shoring (placed on the edges, to prevent (further) collapse)
and shuttering (for poured concrete etc)

Andy

On 2012-11-05, Nightjar wrote:

On 05/11/2012 21:00, gremlin_95 wrote:
Hi all,

I am trying to remember the name this certain term/item but I just can't
think of it

Basically, it applies in construction when a hole/trench or similar is
dug and metal sheets are placed on the walls of the said hole to stop
the earth caving in?

For military trenches it is called a revetment.

Have you been reading _Tristram Shandy_?

(I recall from technical translation years ago that the lining of a
coat is "doublure" in French, but the lining of a furnace is
"revêtement".)