Cheapest place to buy treated timbers in Limerick

monkeyactive

Hi there,

I am planning on building an outdoor enclosure for a cat.

Just wondering where you think the best place is to pick up the Timbers to build the frame.

I hear Mcmahons are a bit pricey?

Thanks

M

Apiarist

Go to McMahons' timber yard and ask to take a few unpainted EUR pallets. They may give them to you for free. Disassemble the pallets and build :)

NB: pallets are untreated. But it is better to paint untreated wood in my experience rather than use treated timber.

the_blackstuff

McMahons or Chadwicks. Priced some lately and chadwicks were cheaper all round

monkeyactive

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118983849#Comment_118983849

Thanks but I think ill try and get timbers , the pallets although cheap wouldn't let me build what I'm thinking of without a lot of work.

So do you think its better to get untreated timbers and then paint them with special paint for protecting wood? I would be painting the treated timbers anyway and the untreated timbers are a good bit cheaper

Apiarist

From the web:

"How do you paint treated timber?

You can paint pressure-treated wood. But, if the lumber has been chemically treated with chromate copper arsenate (CCA), surface-treat it before applying paint. Use exterior latex paint instead of oil-based paints or stains because the chemicals in the treated lumber are sensitive to oil-based paints."

Also I got the recommendation to weather the pressure treated timber shed for half a year at a minimum before painting it, otherwise the paint would not last.

On the other hand, untreated timber can be painted with stain or any other timber paint immediately.

phog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058243482/cheapest-place-to-buy-treated-timbers-in-limerick

Buy untreated and treat it yourself,if you treat it before cutting and assembling then treat the cut edges as you assemble it. I'd treat it at least twice before assembly if it was me.

You can't really paint over creosote (or whatever the modern name is for it) so use a wood preservative that you can paint over if you want to pain the finished product.

Cookiemunster

Try Tadgh O'Conner in Newcastle West. Found them much cheaper than McMahons last summer when building a shed. They have all prices on their website (unlike McMahons) and you can order online. I never went anywhere near the store. www.toc.ie