16-06-2013, 06:01 PM
""Its the HUGE disparity between the UK & source pricing that slightly frustrated me.""
I'm not up to speed these days on timber imports but the difference between source and the customer is always large with timber, like I said you can buy the standing softwood timber for around £10 ish per cubic meter some of that will end up in the DIY chains as sawn carcasing for £200 per cubic meter and more.
Home grown should be your cheapest source of new western red cedar, failing that go down the docks and buy a full pack use what you need then advertise the rest and make some cash, during the last recession I went to the docks with some real money and got whatever packs I wanted, cheap, including a full pack of eastern white pine from the States, lovely stuff, very stable.
So the options are, go down the docks and buy a full pack take what you need and sell the surplus, keep looking for a cheap source of new stuff in the quantity you need, ditto second hand stuff, go for home grown, just cough up the money, or do without.
Don't forget if you cough up the money you are giving somebody employment.
Lawrence.
I'm not up to speed these days on timber imports but the difference between source and the customer is always large with timber, like I said you can buy the standing softwood timber for around £10 ish per cubic meter some of that will end up in the DIY chains as sawn carcasing for £200 per cubic meter and more.
Home grown should be your cheapest source of new western red cedar, failing that go down the docks and buy a full pack use what you need then advertise the rest and make some cash, during the last recession I went to the docks with some real money and got whatever packs I wanted, cheap, including a full pack of eastern white pine from the States, lovely stuff, very stable.
So the options are, go down the docks and buy a full pack take what you need and sell the surplus, keep looking for a cheap source of new stuff in the quantity you need, ditto second hand stuff, go for home grown, just cough up the money, or do without.
Don't forget if you cough up the money you are giving somebody employment.
Lawrence.
