On Jun 14, 5:30 pm, "Bert Coules" wrote:

at least in Wickes, say, I could select the wood
myself and reject anything that's twisted.

IME finding straight and defect free lengths in Wickes or any shed is
a waste of time - all of it is ****e usually strapped together in
packs that appear straightish, until you cut the straps and boing! it
all goes banana shaped and reveals all the dead knots, sticky resinous
knots, splits, shakes etc etc = utter crap..

get ye down to the woodyard/timber merchant/sawmill and pick your
lengths there - your chances of getting stuff that you want will be
infinitely increased.

Jim K