On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:29:30 +0100, fred wrote:

In article , Bert
Coules writes
I was in B&Q today and checked out their CLS: well planed and very easy
to handle, with its radiused edges. And in fact the lengths I looked at
were amazingly straight, unwarped and undamaged. An exception to the
usual DIY shed rule, seemingly, though I don't know how the price would
compare with a timber yard's.

Not your size I know but for comparison purposes a good trade price for
95x47mm CLS a couple of years ago was £1.20 per metre + vat. That was
off the back of a 200quid order, shopping around, getting quotes by fax
and generally not sounding like a punter.

Purely for comparison purposes, from the sheds it's around 25 cents per
foot this side of the Pond, so I think that's 82 cents per metre, or
around 51p (plus sales tax of 6.875%). Bulk purchases from lumber yards
or direct from mills would probably work out significantly cheaper.

cheers

Jules