"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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"Andrew Mawson" wrote in
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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A small query:

any ideas of the cheapest wood suitable for shuttering when
laying a
concrete base for a workshop?

I have this skinflint horror of just using wood for shuttering
then
'throwing it away' but realistically the cost of the wood is
likely
to be
trivial compared to the cost of the other components such as
skips
and
concrete.

Cheers

Dave R


Having had to lay several bases here on the farm, I bit the bullet
and
bought new sawn untreated 2"x 7" which I have reused several
times. I
started buying 'release oil' which stops the concrete sticking,
but
reading the label it is mainly diesel, so now I spray them with
red
diesel the night before pouring - doesn't need very mush at all to
be
effective. When they finally get to the end of their life (too
short /
warped/ holes etc) they get cut up with the chain saw and put on
the
wood burner.

Thanks - very useful.
Do you really need 'release oil' (sounds a bit suspect, really)?
I thought a good belt with a club hammer normally jolted shuttering
loose.


Makes a huge difference, especially if you want to reuse the timber as
I did. Stops the cement bearing water penetrating the pores of the
timber so doesn't stick.

AWEM