wrote:

Yes, I went to wickes as its the cheapest of them by a fair way,
sorted through the bananas, but the total at the till was still eye
watering.

Wood is expensive now, wherever you go.
You've got to shop around for the cheapest local, small, Timber
Merchant.
There are 3 or 4 around here that keep a lot of wood in stock, but only
1 that I regularly use, as the others are not much cheaper than the
sheds.
Examples can be seen here for 'reasonable' prices:
http://www.woodyalan.co.uk/timberpriceseb.htm

Alan.
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