Where do you buy your timber?

[pilsbury]

Getting near the end of my blocking and will be starting the roof in the next couple of weeks.

Need a load of timber 47x200, 47x100.... just went on my local builders merchant site and it's a few quid over £1000 for what I need.

Wondering if any of you lot know of a place for good priced timber?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

It depends.

 

[Alastairreid]

Have you tried your nearest sawmill ?

 

[^woody^]

Wherever it is, you certainly wouldn't pay the ticket price, but ask for a big discount.

And at £1k, that's either from Mark's and Spencer, is oak, or you are doing the neighbour's roof too - so get them to pay half.

 

[Roger928]

My boss bought a load of timber for a roof. It was £1 per length cheaper he said.
Turns out it was about 20mm shy on depth so a guy had to spend 2 days on the saw bench cutting strips from ply and then the guys on site have to nail it on.
The roof covers 462 sq meters.

 

[Diver Fred]

I've sent you a PM ('conversation')

 

[pilsbury]

It depends.

On what! If you want it cheap or expensive?!

 

[pilsbury]

Wherever it is, you certainly wouldn't pay the ticket price, but ask for a big discount.

And at £1k, that's either from Mark's and Spencer, is oak, or you are doing the neighbour's roof too - so get them to pay half.

Really? - need a load of C24 8x2 for the flat roof, 75 2.4m lengths of 2x4 for stud walls and monopitch roofs and 360m of roof batten.......

 

[Doggit]

Why go to the local builders merchants, when it's a woodyard you need. The BM's are always expensive, even if you have an account. A woodyard specialises in wood, so ring a few of the local ones, and tell us the price difference.

 

[pilsbury]

I've emailed a range of builders merchants and wood yards. My £1000 price tag was simply priced up from a builders merchant website I have used in the past for bricks/blocks/sand etc who were always very competetive on those items.... I'll let you know when I get some responses. Money grows on trees.

 

[Doggit]

Ahh, the website will never give you a discount, so you may be surprised at the final figures.

 

[pilsbury]

fingers crossed

 

[Ian H]

The 8x2 I get is £10+VAT for a 3.6mtr length.

 

[Ian H]

Ahh, the website will never give you a discount, so you may be surprised at the final figures.

As an example of that, the Travis Perkins website said £475 for my bricks but the instore price was £231.

 

[pilsbury]

The 8x2 I get is £10+VAT for a 3.6mtr length.

where from mate?