Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around £15 - a good price, about £5.00 per sq
mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full sheet
at £15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly £10. B&Q want
over £15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly £11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over 100%
and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just how much
extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so I
need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop around.
B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but there is
always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted two 1220 x 607
sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut from a full sheet &
leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And they
cut it accurately.



Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
news
Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around £15 - a good price, about £5.00 per sq
mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full sheet
at £15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly £10. B&Q want
over £15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly £11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over 100%
and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just how much
extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so
I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop
around. B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but
there is always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted two
1220 x 607 sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut from a full
sheet & leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And
they cut it accurately.

Buy a full sheet and have them cut in half for 50p.

R wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news
Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around £15 - a good price, about £5.00
per sq mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full
sheet at £15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly
£10. B&Q want over £15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly £11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over
100% and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just
how much extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to
manage, so I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop
around. B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but
there is always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted
two 1220 x 607 sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut
from a full sheet & leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And
they cut it accurately.

Buy a full sheet and have them cut in half for 50p.

Exactly :-)


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
news
R wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news
Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around £15 - a good price, about £5.00
per sq mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full
sheet at £15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly
£10. B&Q want over £15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly £11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over
100% and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just
how much extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to
manage, so I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop
around. B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but
there is always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted
two 1220 x 607 sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut
from a full sheet & leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And
they cut it accurately.

Buy a full sheet and have them cut in half for 50p.

Exactly :-)

and if you smile nicely at the little helpers in the stores they even carry
it out to your van with you and help load it in.

"R" wrote in message
...

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
news
Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around £15 - a good price, about £5.00 per sq
mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full
sheet at £15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly £10.
B&Q want over £15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly £11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over 100%
and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just how much
extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so
I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop
around. B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but
there is always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted two
1220 x 607 sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut from a
full sheet & leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And
they cut it accurately.

Buy a full sheet and have them cut in half for 50p.

Or do what my Dad has been known to do - turn up with a genny, circular saw
and a set of trestles and then cut it size in the carpark....

Cheers

Mark

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:47:47 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And they
cut it accurately.

One of the local DIY/reclaimation places I use is more than happy for me
to take my own power tools in* and cut things on the shop floor so I can
load them into the car/truck... I suspect the H&S brigade in the UK would
have a complete fit about that :-)

* I've not tried doing it at one of the major chain sheds yet though -
they might be slightly more wary of allowing it!

cheers

Jules

In article , R
scribeth thus

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
news
Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around £15 - a good price, about £5.00 per sq
mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full sheet
at £15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly £10. B&Q want
over £15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly £11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over 100%
and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just how much
extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so
I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop
around. B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but
there is always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted two
1220 x 607 sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut from a full
sheet & leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And
they cut it accurately.

Buy a full sheet and have them cut in half for 50p.



Haven't you got a decent timber merchant in the Medway Dave?.

Round here we're got Ridgeons far better then any of the DIY sheds;!..
--
Tony Sayer

tony sayer wrote:
In article , R
scribeth thus

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news
Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around £15 - a good price, about £5.00
per sq mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a
full sheet at £15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr -
roughly £10. B&Q want over £15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly £11 in both
stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of
over 100% and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised
just how much extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to
manage, so I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop
around. B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service,
but there is always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you
wanted two 1220 x 607 sheets though, it would be cheaper to have
them cut from a full sheet & leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want.
And they cut it accurately.

Buy a full sheet and have them cut in half for 50p.



Haven't you got a decent timber merchant in the Medway Dave?.

Round here we're got Ridgeons far better then any of the DIY sheds;!..

There are a couple, but they are right at the other end of the towns, PITA
to get to. Its about 6 miles away & can take 30 mins to get to from me.
Downside of living somewhere bisected by a river.


The local one I mentioned with the MDF is actually the place I buy all my
decking timber. Never realised they even sold sheet materials.

Its a bit of a 'fork andles' place. No web site, no price lists. I
interrogated to bloke cutting my MDF & found out they stock loads of useful
stuff I never realised.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In article , R
writes

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop
around. B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but
there is always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted two
1220 x 607 sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut from a full
sheet & leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And
they cut it accurately.

Buy a full sheet and have them cut in half for 50p.

Last time I bought at B&Q it was 3 free cuts per sheet. Go at quiet
times to avoid a queue, never had to wait at my local place.
--
fred
BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:47:47 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so I
need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I can sympathise with this. I want to put some 18mm ply in the loft, but no
chace of doing it on my own - it needs 3 people, especially as the hatch
will take a full sheet, just!
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

"Jules" wrote in message
news

One of the local DIY/reclaimation places I use is more than happy for me
to take my own power tools in* and cut things on the shop floor so I can
load them into the car/truck... I suspect the H&S brigade in the UK would
have a complete fit about that :-)

* I've not tried doing it at one of the major chain sheds yet though -
they might be slightly more wary of allowing it!

I have borrowed demo stuff at B&Q to cut boards up before now.

In article ,
Mark Spice wrote:

Or do what my Dad has been known to do - turn up with a genny, circular saw
and a set of trestles and then cut it size in the carpark....

A couple of times now I've seen a guy in the carpark of Wickes with a sawboard
and a natty little cordless circ saw chopping up 8x4 sheets to fit in his van.

If I've seen him twice chances are he does it frequently - I'm not in there
all that often!

Darren

dennis@home wrote:
"Jules" wrote in message
news

One of the local DIY/reclaimation places I use is more than happy
for me to take my own power tools in* and cut things on the shop
floor so I can load them into the car/truck... I suspect the H&S
brigade in the UK would have a complete fit about that :-)

* I've not tried doing it at one of the major chain sheds yet though
- they might be slightly more wary of allowing it!

I have borrowed demo stuff at B&Q to cut boards up before now.

Oh come on Dennis, all the DIY sheds have big disclaimers saying they won't
lend any sort of tool out to a customer for any reason. Get real.

****wit.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
dennis@home wrote:
"Jules" wrote in message
news

One of the local DIY/reclaimation places I use is more than happy
for me to take my own power tools in* and cut things on the shop
floor so I can load them into the car/truck... I suspect the H&S
brigade in the UK would have a complete fit about that :-)

* I've not tried doing it at one of the major chain sheds yet though
- they might be slightly more wary of allowing it!

I have borrowed demo stuff at B&Q to cut boards up before now.

Oh come on Dennis, all the DIY sheds have big disclaimers saying they won't
lend any sort of tool out to a customer for any reason. Get real.

****wit.


He still hasn't qualified his statement on loft insulation yet

but then ... what do you expect


--
geoff

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around �15 - a good price, about �5.00 per sq
mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full sheet
at �15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly �10. B&Q want
over �15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly �11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over 100%
and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just how much
extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so I
need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop around.
B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but there is
always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted two 1220 x 607
sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut from a full sheet &
leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And they
cut it accurately.



Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk


I figured the resulting savings from cutting stuff up could justify a
cordless saw


NT

tony sayer wrote:

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so
I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.
[snip]


Haven't you got a decent timber merchant in the Medway Dave?.

It sounds like the fags, that can't possibly harm anyone, have taken
their toll on the Medway Prat. Working alone I can handle 8x4 sheets of
18mm ply, lift them onto the roof of a 4x4 or stack them in a SWB
Transit. It's beyond stupid getting half sheets since neither 4x4 nor
8x2 sheets are appropriate for the majority of jobs. I'd consider myself
to be some sort of bloody weakling if I couldn't lift an 8x4x18mm and
carry it up six flights of stairs at the end of the journey.

wrote in message
...
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around ?15 - a good price, about ?5.00 per sq
mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full sheet
at ?15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly ?10. B&Q want
over ?15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly ?11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over 100%
and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just how much
extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so
I
need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop
around.
B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but there is
always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted two 1220 x 607
sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut from a full sheet &
leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And
they
cut it accurately.



Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk


I figured the resulting savings from cutting stuff up could justify a
cordless saw


Alternatively one of those quaint of fashioned pieces of kit
..
..
..
..
A handsaw.

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:47:47 GMT
"The Medway Handyman" wrote:

Hi

Anyone noticed the pricing of Wickes & B&Q 18mm MDF sheets?

Full 2440 x 1220 sheets are around £15 - a good price, about £5..00 per sq
mtr.

But a half sheet 2440 x 607 in Wickes is actually dearer than a full sheet
at £15.45 - more than twice the price per sq mtr - roughly £10. B&Q want
over £15 for an 1819 x 607.

A quarter sheet 1220 x 607 is even worse @ nearly £11 in both stores.

OK, charge a premium price for smaller sheets but surcharges of over 100%
and nearly 200% are simply excessive. I'd never realised just how much
extra you paid for a smaller sheet.

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so I
need to be able to buy smaller sizes.

I simply don't want to be ripped off like this, so I started to shop around.
B&Q at the other end of the towns have a cutting service, but there is
always a long wait for the droid. Bizarrely, if you wanted two 1220 x 607
sheets though, it would be cheaper to have them cut from a full sheet &
leave the rest behind!

Found a local independent timber yard who charge about the same as
Wickes/B&Q for a full sheet and 50p per cut to any size you want. And they
cut it accurately.



Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk



Here I just ring up Atkinsons (used to be Althams) in Cockermouth and
they deliver the next day. They don't cut, but I have my trestles set
up when the guy comes, and we put the boards on the trestles together.

8x4 18mm MDF is the only size I need help with, even 18mm ply is
lighter.

I get a lot of board (MDF, ply and plaster) from them, but they don't
charge extra for delivery anyway. I do slip the delivery guy a fiver
every now and then though - mostly to stop him loading the top board
of a new stack (which is always damaged somehow) - occasionally he
brings me one of those as an 'extra'.

R.

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:40:01 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

tony sayer wrote:

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so
I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.
[snip]


Haven't you got a decent timber merchant in the Medway Dave?.

It sounds like the fags, that can't possibly harm anyone, have taken
their toll on the Medway Prat. Working alone I can handle 8x4 sheets of
18mm ply, lift them onto the roof of a 4x4 or stack them in a SWB
Transit. It's beyond stupid getting half sheets since neither 4x4 nor
8x2 sheets are appropriate for the majority of jobs. I'd consider myself
to be some sort of bloody weakling if I couldn't lift an 8x4x18mm and
carry it up six flights of stairs at the end of the journey.

My brother could do the same, but we're not all built like BHSs!

I can't, due mainly to polio as an infant, but up 3000' of steep hillside I
can beat all but fell-runners, can you?
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

On Apr 14, 12:05*am, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
dennis@home wrote:
"Jules" wrote in message
news

One of the local DIY/reclaimation places I use is more than happy
for me to take my own power tools in* and cut things on the shop
floor so I can load them into the car/truck... I suspect the H&S
brigade in the UK would have a complete fit about that :-)

* I've not tried doing it at one of the major chain sheds yet though
- they might be slightly more wary of allowing it!

I have borrowed demo stuff at B&Q to cut boards up before now.

Oh come on Dennis, all the DIY sheds have big disclaimers saying they won't
lend any sort of tool out to a customer for any reason. *Get real.

In fairness, I needed to cut up some 8' posts in B&Q yesterday. They
told me that the sawing service was only for sheet materials, but if I
asked at the trade counter, they'd lend me a handsaw. Which they did.
I was rather surprised, but very pleased.

My local B&Q seems to have a more relaxed approach to H&S than my
local Wickes. I've vowed never to go there again after an argument
with the store manager about their petty rules.

Jon.

PeterC wrote:

I can't, due mainly to polio as an infant, but up 3000' of steep hillside I
can beat all but fell-runners, can you?

I used to be a fell-runner, so it doesn't worry me too much. I'm not a
power lifter and one doesn't need to be to transfer lightweight wooden
sheets into a van. "I'm bigger than you are" crap doesn't impress me
that much neither does "I have more stamina than you."

And TBH I don't give a **** about your state of health, it's the tosser
who keeps telling people that health information about the dangers of
smoking is ******** then amusingly informs the world be can't lift an
8x4 sheet that amuses me.

I'd consider myself
to be some sort of bloody weakling if I couldn't lift an 8x4x18mm and
carry it up six flights of stairs at the end of the journey.


oooo get you! So manly!

mark

mark wrote:
I'd consider myself
to be some sort of bloody weakling if I couldn't lift an 8x4x18mm and
carry it up six flights of stairs at the end of the journey.


oooo get you! So manly!

Firthypoos is ever so butch. It must be that olive oil.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

PeterC wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:40:01 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

tony sayer wrote:

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to
manage, so I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.
[snip]


Haven't you got a decent timber merchant in the Medway Dave?.

It sounds like the fags, that can't possibly harm anyone, have taken
their toll on the Medway Prat. Working alone I can handle 8x4 sheets
of 18mm ply, lift them onto the roof of a 4x4 or stack them in a SWB
Transit.

That might be because 18mm ply is half the weight of 18mm MDF **** for
brains.

It's beyond stupid getting half sheets since neither 4x4 nor
8x2 sheets are appropriate for the majority of jobs.

The majority of which jobs ****wit? Thats just about the most stupid thing
you have ever said.

I'd consider
myself to be some sort of bloody weakling if I couldn't lift an
8x4x18mm and carry it up six flights of stairs at the end of the
journey.

Oh you're sooo butch...

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"Tournifreak" wrote in message
...


In fairness, I needed to cut up some 8' posts in B&Q yesterday. They
told me that the sawing service was only for sheet materials, but if I
asked at the trade counter, they'd lend me a handsaw. Which they did.
I was rather surprised, but very pleased.


Don't worry TMW and geoff are just a couple of lunatics that have internet
access.. one of the problems with care in the community.
Anything that they can't do is impossible and anyone that claims otherwise
is called a liar.

"dmc" wrote in message ...
In article ,
Mark Spice wrote:

Or do what my Dad has been known to do - turn up with a genny, circular
saw
and a set of trestles and then cut it size in the carpark....

A couple of times now I've seen a guy in the carpark of Wickes with a
sawboard
and a natty little cordless circ saw chopping up 8x4 sheets to fit in his
van.

If I've seen him twice chances are he does it frequently - I'm not in
there
all that often!

I've done that in timber world, however I used a mains saw and got them to
plug my extension into the socket they use for their kettle. Timber world do
a cutting service but its expensive.

If its only one board I use a handsaw, it only takes a few minutes.

Darren

"Steve Firth" wrote in message
.. .
tony sayer wrote:

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage,
so
I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.
[snip]


Haven't you got a decent timber merchant in the Medway Dave?.

It sounds like the fags, that can't possibly harm anyone, have taken
their toll on the Medway Prat. Working alone I can handle 8x4 sheets of
18mm ply, lift them onto the roof of a 4x4 or stack them in a SWB
Transit. It's beyond stupid getting half sheets since neither 4x4 nor
8x2 sheets are appropriate for the majority of jobs. I'd consider myself
to be some sort of bloody weakling if I couldn't lift an 8x4x18mm and
carry it up six flights of stairs at the end of the journey.

Its not exactly difficult as ply isn't very dense.
I have used some particle boards that were far denser than ply and weighed a
ton.
I think they were nearly all resin as they took the edge off a table saw
blade very quickly.
18mm ply I can put on the table saw and cut on my own, that stuff required
two.

In message , PeterC
writes
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:40:01 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

tony sayer wrote:

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to manage, so
I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.
[snip]


Haven't you got a decent timber merchant in the Medway Dave?.

It sounds like the fags, that can't possibly harm anyone, have taken
their toll on the Medway Prat. Working alone I can handle 8x4 sheets of
18mm ply, lift them onto the roof of a 4x4 or stack them in a SWB
Transit. It's beyond stupid getting half sheets since neither 4x4 nor
8x2 sheets are appropriate for the majority of jobs. I'd consider myself
to be some sort of bloody weakling if I couldn't lift an 8x4x18mm and
carry it up six flights of stairs at the end of the journey.

My brother could do the same, but we're not all built like BHSs!

I can't, due mainly to polio as an infant, but up 3000' of steep hillside I
can beat all but fell-runners, can you?


In a downwards direction ... prolly yes

--
geoff

In message , "dennis@home"
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"Steve Firth" wrote in message
. ..
tony sayer wrote:

Full sheets are simply too heavy for a one man band like me to
manage, so
I need to be able to buy smaller sizes.
[snip]


Haven't you got a decent timber merchant in the Medway Dave?.

It sounds like the fags, that can't possibly harm anyone, have taken
their toll on the Medway Prat. Working alone I can handle 8x4 sheets of
18mm ply, lift them onto the roof of a 4x4 or stack them in a SWB
Transit. It's beyond stupid getting half sheets since neither 4x4 nor
8x2 sheets are appropriate for the majority of jobs. I'd consider myself
to be some sort of bloody weakling if I couldn't lift an 8x4x18mm and
carry it up six flights of stairs at the end of the journey.

Its not exactly difficult as ply isn't very dense.
I have used some particle boards that were far denser than ply and
weighed a ton.

Metric or imperial, dennis ?



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geoff

In message , "dennis@home"
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"Tournifreak" wrote in message
...


In fairness, I needed to cut up some 8' posts in B&Q yesterday. They
told me that the sawing service was only for sheet materials, but if I
asked at the trade counter, they'd lend me a handsaw. Which they did.
I was rather surprised, but very pleased.


Don't worry TMW and geoff are just a couple of lunatics that have
internet access.. one of the problems with care in the community.
Anything that they can't do is impossible and anyone that claims
otherwise is called a liar.


Where did I make any mention to cutting sheets at Wickes ?

I think you are getting confused again

Unlike a pikey **** like yourself, I have a van which I can use for
carrying such items, and a driver to go and pick up and deliver for me

Lunatic, dennis?

Maybe - it gives me that spark in life which you'll never experience


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geoff

dennis@home wrote:
"Tournifreak" wrote in message
...


In fairness, I needed to cut up some 8' posts in B&Q yesterday. They
told me that the sawing service was only for sheet materials, but if
I asked at the trade counter, they'd lend me a handsaw. Which they
did. I was rather surprised, but very pleased.


Don't worry TMW and geoff are just a couple of lunatics that have
internet access.. one of the problems with care in the community.
Anything that they can't do is impossible and anyone that claims
otherwise is called a liar.

Tell us more about "I have borrowed demo stuff at B&Q to cut boards up
before now".


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

Tell us more about "I have borrowed demo stuff at B&Q to cut boards up
before now".

It was after Dennis borrowed a demo lawnmower to cut some floorboards
they put their foot down. Or what was left of their foot.