Hi,

Firstly, sorry, it's ended up a rather long post !

I am hoping you can help me with the right terminology when I go to
Jewson's to get some wood !!!

My Partition ...

2780mm long, height 2260mm rising to 3000 mm at the back wall.

Have been googling (and looked at the diy wiki), and have sold myself on
the idea of 3"x2" studs.

I want 12mm ply one one side, and don't really care about the other, so
would go for 6mm ply (would probably want some shelves on the other side
and could put noggins into my parition at suitables places if I want).

Remember my outbuilding could be damp. So I guess I want treated wood
for the studs ?

OK, all set then, right ? Errr I then look at the Jewsons website ..
errrr, what a vast array of choices, I am lost ...

So first, 3"x2" in new money, that's 47 mm by 75 mm ?

I did pop into Jewsons this morning, guy there put up with my lack of
knowledge, he did mention that 47x75 was the new size, but that nowadays
when it's planed down, it's actually 40 by 70 (or something like that
....) From what I'd read, isn't that something that I avoid, CLS or
something ? He did mention if I wanted to go the CLS route ... what the
heck is that .... I was after a price list actually, but he said they
didn't have one, best to go in with a list of what I need, and they'll
give a quote.

By the way, Jewsons is my ONLY choice, they are the ONLY people that
deliver here.

So, Jewsons website, product catalogue, timber .. Even the subtitles are
confusing for me ! Carcassing, hardwoods, machined softwoods, sawn
joinery, scaffold boards, treated sawn carcassing ...

So, I'd guess at Treated Sawn Carcassing 47mm, which bring up 2 choices,
47 x 50mm and 47 x 75 mm.

So I reckon this ... http://tinyurl.com/yh5zx3t does that look right ?

I am looking for a cost effective solution here, and am not sure if
picking the above would be a more expensive option, when I possibly
don't need it.

Next .... PLY !!!!!!!

So, there's a whole heap of stuff under sheet materials, and under Ply,
we have 3 types, hardwood, marine, softwood. I know what marine is, from
this group. Hardwood versus softwood ? Under softwood, we've got "non
structural" and something else. Under hardwood, we have brazilian, far
eastern, bla bla I guess there are various price differences between
the different types !

I don't know what i need ! The outbuilding, will be an occasional use
stable.

I guess hardwood is more expensive, when would you use hardwood versus
softwood.

ALSO !!!!!

Round the other walls, I need to put a kickboard in. 4 ft high round all
brick walls, 12mm ply again. It's purpose: if a pony was to kick, you
don't want it to kick a brick wall, much better to kick a bit of wood
that has some natural give to it, less likely to cause serious injury to
the pony. For attaching this to the brick wall, I was thinking some 2x1
as the framing, it's only job will be to hold the 12mm plywood in place.
Thoughts ? So that's 25mm x 50mm. I don't see any in the treated section
at Jewson, there's 25x50 under Carcassing, 25mm called "sawn batten"???

Back to studs ....
Just noticed under carcassing, dry graded 47mm, there's "Sawn Softwood
Kiln Dried 47.0 x 75mm " would that be an alternative to the treated
wood for the stud partition ?

Jeez it's confusing !

Any help appreciated. I'd like to go into Jewsons with at least some
idea of what I want(?)/need.


Ohhhhh my other worry/though. I think the guy said today that the studs
tend to come in 4.8m lengths. I take it, when working out what I need,
it's better to plan for your studs (and head/sole plates), being in one
piece ?

Thanks.