Travis Perkins timber
 

On 14/08/2019 21:50, Andrew wrote:
On 14/08/2019 15:11, wrote:
On Wednesday, 14 August 2019 12:11:58 UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
On 14/08/2019 00:57, Bill Wright wrote:
On 13/08/2019 23:39, Theo wrote:

Went to Wickes to buy some wood, came home with a banana.

Find a proper woodyard. Not a DIY shop.

I am sort of in the same camp as you.
Wickes is sadly a bit of a toy shop

you want a builders merchant


I prefer to use homebase for smaller stuff and ridgeons for bigger.


Bill

Wickes just requires the right buying method. Their stock is a mix of
good & bananas, go when they've brought stuff out, sort through it &
you're good. Go when the shelves are near empty & all you'll see is
bananas. If you can go more than once to buy it generally works fine.
If in a rush, go elsewhere.


NT


What ever you buy, once you get it home and it dries out then it
distorts.

Wickes only sell C16 timber. You're bvetter off going to a proper
merchant and buying C24 which should have more consistent moisture
and fewer knots.

The timber I bought from Wickes the other week was Tanalised C24
(although they had labelled and catalogued it as C16).

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Cheers,

John.

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Travis Perkins timber
 

On 15/08/2019 09:44, sm_jamieson wrote:
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 6:46:57 PM UTC+1, Theo wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
Theo wrote:
Went to Wickes to buy some wood, came home with a banana.

Don't you actually check it before buying?

I did, but I missed the curve on one axis. Which I only spotted after I'd
painted it up and butted it up against a straight piece of wood - the curve
was obvious.


I always look down the length where the foreshortening makes any curve obvious.
There is usually some other chap doing the same and you give a little nod.
Serious timber comes from local Avon Timber. It is straight.

For joists and similar applications, a bit of curve is not a bad thing -
just make sure you "camber up" each timber as you fix it, and you end up
with less sag at mid span.


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John.

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