Timber

brianblaze wrote: »

Would something like this do, or would it not be as strong as the Douglas Fir? (It's a deck post)

https://mccarthystramore.ie/product/4x4-treated-deck-post-2-4m/

That looks ideal. It will have plenty of structural strength.The manufactures of pressure treated wood have eliminated the nasty chemicals they used to use so the stuff is now safe for human contact.

Would anyone know where to get replacement slats in Ireland for garden bench?
This kit is exactly what I'm looking for:
https://www.arbc.co.uk/standard-bench-kit

Where are u based:
at 10 feet you could double/treble 6 by 2.
At 10 feet, wind loading needs to be considered, whats the ground fixing?

bamayang wrote: »

Planning to build a pergola over paving at home. Would anyone recommend a good timber to use? Something like larch or cedar?

Also, for the corner posts they will need to be about 10’ tall and as thick as I can get. What’s the chances of getting posts 4x4 or bigger? Any good places to try?

Greetings bamayang,
I've a sawmill and larch in suitable sizes for your project, I will cut to order, you supply the cutting list, I'll fell suitable larch trees from my forest and cut it for you. I charge €13 per cu ft or €460 per m³ just figure the volume of timber you need and you can figure your price.
pm me if you are interested, I am located in the midlands about 19km north of Athlone.
all the best
tim

Lads I'm looking for 6 sheets of 8x4 birch plywood. I had used Brooks (online) for an order in the past few weeks but I found they were an absolute SHAM of a company! I ordered some decking boards and was left short 1 board. Not a big deal if I hadn't measured exactly and needed 15 boards instead of the delivered quantity of 14. :rolleyes:

Long story short, I got absolutely NO joy out of the manager of their online department until I rattled off the same email day after day for a week and gave them a ****ty review on their Google business page. That woke somebody up!
I then got a call from another chap who couldn't apologise enough and said he'd get me the missing board out early next week that they were out of stock and he couldn't understand where the breakdown in communication had happened. Fair enough I said, I just wanted a call to tell me that rather than me having to chase them as I had done for over a week.
Lo and behold, they have now blocked my online account it would seem. I got some shpiel about them starting a "new website" and I may have to register again, but the original URL hasn't changed from the one the previous week so.. :eek::eek:

So they can go fcuk themselves now, I'll shop elsewhere.



Sooooo, where do you get your birch ply the cheapest please, lads and ladies? I had got some from Ray Grahams (up north) last year but I'd prefer to buy south if at all possible.

TIA

magicbastarder wrote: »

i think i have a suspicion why you didn't get your 15 boards.

did you pay by credit card? one option may be to dispute the transaction.

Yes I paid by card. But its not the missing board was the problem. It was the fact that not one human being could call me back to tell me this lightbulb event. I had to do all the chasing after the initial call I made telling a manager that, on the day it was all delivered while the driver was still there to concur.

Common business courtesy like :mad:

I'm a bit beyond disputing the transaction at this stage tbh. Their loss, not mine as I order a lot of wood online.

awec wrote: »

Those sort of fences are bespoke, you won't pick them up in a garden centre.

Need to hire a landscaper or a carpenter that does fencing.

That makes it sound beyond a mere mortals reach. It's just timber pinned to batons on a wall.

not planed and fresh sawn.
tim

Hi all.

Can anyone advise me where to source planed oak boards in the Limerick Clare area. I've been in to McMahons and found the experience very intimidating. I felt like a nuisance. All the timber was rough sawn so you could not see the grain and it was nearly all stacked and strapped.

I want to build a headboard, see rough sketch attached. The sizes are still approximate so I can tolerate variances on widths and thicknesses but would like to stay as close as possible to the plan.

I think I'd like Oak for the surround, main styles and rails but maybe you'd use something better / cheaper / etc. Any advice greatly appreciated.

Im looking to make a kitchen table hopefully out of a single slab of wood from a tree with a nice grain, approx 1m wide by 2m long and a few inches thick. Is that something that sawmills do or is it more a tree surgeon that I need to find? Have tried Clonee sawmills but its not something they carry.

Also in terms of the grain is it potluck on what trees they are cutting or is this something they might have in stock where you have a choice of a few options? Have no ideas what way tree surgeons or sawmills work.

recipio wrote: »

Willie Crowley in Quin Co Clare has started trading again and you will not meet a nicer man to do business with.Check out his website. However all the timber merchants will only sell undimensioned timber. If you are going to stay with the hobby why not spend a few hundred on a secondhand planer thicknesser.?
The headboard is fine but do you not have a lot of timber under the mattress level which will never be seen ? -and the mitred wrap around seems a bit superfluous Just sayin'

Many thanks and I take your point about timber below mattress level. I was going to use cheaper t+g here but your right, I might MDF it. The surround adds depth and leaves me with a working cavity into which I will install lighting, just cant really be seen in that drawing.

dnme wrote: »

Many thanks and I take your point about timber below mattress level. I was going to use cheaper t+g here but your right, I might MDF it. The surround adds depth and leaves me with a working cavity into which I will install lighting, just cant really be seen in that drawing.

Fair enough. I've made a few beds and the k/d fittings to keep the thing together are crucial. You can buy clip on systems but they are useless - the bed will rack and squeak. The best fittings I've found are metal dowels about 30mm long in the horizontals with bolts joining them through the vertical posts if that makes sense.All available online.

Muahahaha wrote: »

Im looking to make a kitchen table hopefully out of a single slab of wood from a tree with a nice grain, approx 1m wide by 2m long and a few inches thick. Is that something that sawmills do or is it more a tree surgeon that I need to find? Have tried Clonee sawmills but its not something they carry.

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Try Kiln Dried Hardwoods, Kilruddery Bray, they may have something to suit

+1, KDH should be able to sort you out - here's Neil from KDH with a nice beech log about to go through the mill, he's sound to deal with but brace yourself for the cost of a slab of that scale, it won't be cheap:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCt7n-in1_v/

iwillhtfu wrote: »

You'll do well to get a slab that size let alone afford to be picky on the grain. A specialist saw mill would be the one you're looking for. There's one down the road from me I'm dropping over during the week I'll see what they have. It won't be cheap though

re: the grain, yeah thats what I was afraid of in that you just have to take what you can get but as its intended as a kitchen table for the next few decades Id like something I really like so maybe this venture is trickier than I thought. Still though I can only visit some sawmills and see what is available. .Regarding price Pat Staunton said about 500 euro for a 3ft by 9ft untreated piece of his sequioa so definitely not cheap. But if it was something that has a beautiful grain then I would stretch to it. Im hoping to end up with a table I love and will keep for life so its worth paying for.

Ive come across websites in the UK that sell exactly what Im after but would prefer try to source locally if I can. Shipping would also be a hassle too so I will stick local if I can.

Would appreciate it if you could take a look in your local sawmill and report back if anything suitable is available. Im not necessarly stuck on hardwoods either, would consider anything that looks nice and could be sanded and polished up good.

If you buy a fresh sawn plank from a sawmill, it could take a few years to season and stabilise, before you could use it indoors, KDH in Kilruddery will have dried timber, though 2 inch may be the thickest they have.

Muahahaha wrote: »

Thanks tabby will check them out. I also came across Pat Staunton Sawmills in Glenealy,Co.Wicklow and spoke to him as he deals a lot in hardwoods. Said he has a Californian sequoia redwood in the sawmill at the moment so going to head down to see it when he gets back from holidays in a couple of weeks.

Wow; bizarre coincidence - I was looking at some sequoia turning blanks that came from Pat's mill just last weekend, except they've been "seasoning" (gathering dust) since 2008 in a friend's workshop!!

Surrey would have a large chunk of my pay if they were too close
But that Irish hardwoods crowd are in Galway Mick, that shouldn't be too far from you surely?

Also, if you think Surrey are bad, try these lads: http://www.feinesholz.de/
Or https://shop.exotichardwoods.co.uk/