coozer
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 12:49 PM |
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Cheapest place for timber?
Seeing as I can't seem to win anything on ebay these days (sniped at last minute) thought I would go ahead building me a big car port in the
back garden.
3.5x 2.5m with a plastic roof will do to keep things dry and a nice big area for the rampant grape vine in the greenhouse somewhere to stretch its
legs.
Q? Cheapest place for the frame? B&Q, Wickes or Travis & Perkins? Say that cause they all close by.
75x75 uprights with 75x50 frame on top to carry the polycarb covering.
Any idea's/advice?
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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nick205
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 01:23 PM |
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Just bought some pressure treated 4x4, 4x2 and feather boards for fencing and the cheapest around here was Sydenhams by about 10% over the next
cheapest which was Jewson. If you can find an actual saw mill they should be cheaper still. The nearest one to me was a little cheaper than
Sydenhams, but outweighed by the extra fuel cost/hassle of a 50 mile round trip over a 6 mile round trip.
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kipper
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 02:07 PM |
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cheap timber
Try softwoodbargains.com, based near Selby.
Denis.
Where did that go?
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 02:18 PM |
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Travis Perkins is my favourite at the moment, don't use Wickes I bought some to make a gate and it shrank so much you can nearly get through the
gaps now. Use 50x50 steel for your uprights and get some tabs welded on to bolt your wood to for the top.
[Edited on 23/2/11 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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kj
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 02:55 PM |
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Hi Steve,
Try these i have used them in the past and cheaper then other places
Proteq fencing and sawmills
high sheds
philadelphia complex
dh4 4qu
0191 5121515
not that far from you either
[Edited on 23/2/11 by kj]
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edsco
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 03:53 PM |
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Try find a relatively close sawmills or something depending where in the country u are. Or an independsnt builders merchant. I usually go 2nd option
as quite over half the price cheaper like for like. That's asuuming u have one nearish to you.
edsco
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 03:58 PM |
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I found Jewsons to be quite cheap, especially if you're buying quite a lot. In my case I asked how much a particular piece of wood would cost,
got the price, then asked how much discount I'd get if I bought 30 of them. The discount was impressive, as I'd moved from Joe Public
territory to Bob The Builder prices. Delivery wasn't excessive either.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 07:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Travis Perkins is my favourite at the moment, don't use Wickes I bought some to make a gate and it shrank so much you can nearly get through the
gaps now. Use 50x50 steel for your uprights and get some tabs welded on to bolt your wood to for the top.
[Edited on 23/2/11 by Peteff]
Don't Travis Perkins own Wickes???
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coozer
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 07:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kj
Hi Steve,
Try these i have used them in the past and cheaper then other places
Proteq fencing and sawmills
high sheds
philadelphia complex
dh4 4qu
0191 5121515
not that far from you either
[Edited on 23/2/11 by kj]
Thanks Keith. Very close by and thats where i used to work when it was the bus dpot!
Cheers for all the other replys.
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 09:37 PM |
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in leeds i use two timber yards; having compared prices in the past they are nearly identical on everything. Miles cheaper than B&Q shelf price
but not much better than the new B&Q tradepoint prices. I despise jewsons on principle, i went in once for bucket and mortar and it was 4 times as
expensive as b&q. I cant stand places like that.
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iank
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| posted on 23/2/11 at 09:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Travis Perkins is my favourite at the moment, don't use Wickes I bought some to make a gate and it shrank so much you can nearly get through the
gaps now. Use 50x50 steel for your uprights and get some tabs welded on to bolt your wood to for the top.
[Edited on 23/2/11 by Peteff]
Don't Travis Perkins own Wickes???
Yes, and a few other companies (Tile Giant for example)
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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