On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 21:02:36 +0100, "G&M"
wrote:


"Rick Dipper" wrote in message
.. .
Knowledgable People

My build progresses, we are now in the process of ordering the timber,
and as normal the location issue makes life hard.

I have a neighbour with a portable log saw, who can cut trees down to
any size joists and planks, and we have a good supply of trees from
the local managed forrests. He can also deliver by tractor, wich helps
somewhat.

The engineer has specifed D30 Grade for the Oak, and C16 for the other
timbers. Unfortunatly wood from my neighbour is ungraded, and Mr
Building Inspector could well get upset at this.

All the C16 timer in the wood yards is ugly, mine will be on show, so
I would like some nice looking wood, Douglas Fir is favorite right
now.

I have looked for an idiots guide to grading, and one does not exist,
it appears that wood is "visually graded" by a "skilled" person.

The current plan is to find a suitable "skilled person" and pay
him/her to trundle on out to my house and grade my wood.

Where would I go to find such a person, I have been to 3 saw mills in
my area, none of them can grade wood, do I just keep expanding my
search ?

Am I missing something obvious ?

Graded wood must now be kiln dried in an approved kiln. Without that your
friend's wood is unusable in construction - no ifs, maybes or workarounds.


I assume that making your own approved kiln is expenive, not beacuse
of the construction (most I have seem are old containers) but for the
approval certificate.

So its another example of new regulations forcing me to support the
exploition of eastun europe, who sell their achient forrests real
cheep with a grading stamp on, insted of supporting the local rural
economey.

It a wonder my main house is still standing, with no foundations, no
waterproofers, no pea shingle, and no grading of the wood when the
chopped the tress to clear the site.

And of cource all the middle men in the CEE wood make it 3 times the
price of the local stuff.

This is quite upsetting for me, all of the basic house materials are
local, wall stone (picked off the land), slate (40 miles to the
quarry) cement (works is 15 miles away), bricks, labour. The wood will
come from the other side of europe.

Rick