George wrote:
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Hi

Just bought a pile of timber from a shed due to needing it right away.
Bleepin ell the cost. Anyone recommend any ways to get timber for less
than usual? Dont have any tees to saw .


NT

Ya have the metric change to blame for that ie to get 2ft of a piece timber
these days you have to buy 1metre whereas before the change you asked for 2'
of it and you got what you asked for.

See what ebays prices are,bearing in mind most is pick-up only.

put 'timber' in ebays search engine.



Construction timber (spruce/fir) is a hell of a lot cheaper than
redwood, and IME it's pretty dry and stable these days. There are limits
to what it can be used for, but not that many. I think merchants are
beginning to stock it in a bigger range of sizes.

IMO you can forget the sheds for timber. They simply don't have the
facilities to store it. The store is too dry and the garden department
too wet. They might as well own up and admit that the shrink wrapped
compromise isn't working.