Where to buy imperial(?) floorboards

A bit of a drive? That's only about 6 miles!

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Paul Herber
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Paul Herber coughed up some electrons that declared:

It won't feel like it after stop-starting in traffic for for 1/2 hour...

Countryside living and clear roads have made me all spoiled :D

Cheers

Tim

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Tim S

Softwood is strapped in packs 0f 4-5 cubic metres, so only the end grain is visible. The shipping mark, usually stamped in red, is the only real indicator of quality

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stuart noble

I know.

However, it doesn't stop check being made.

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Andy Hall

I was quite insulted when my bank said they didn't have a record of my signature against an account, which would have happened when I made a withdrawal.

I pointed out it was a savings account, and that was for putting money in, not taking it out of.

Owain

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Owain

You have been there :-)

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The Medway Handyman

What about the one in Acre Lane - opposite the old Sunlight Laundry?

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The Medway Handyman

Yes - I know of them and it's not really too far.

That's the problem.

Fulham Timber in Brixton are the best of the bunch round here. Unfortunately I have a TP only about 5 minutes away. For some reason I always feel uncomfortable visiting these places - not like an electrical wholesaler, etc.

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Dave Plowman (News)

If that's Fulham Timber they're ok. They did have a stock of chunky (12x2) yellow pine I wanted for a window sill. At about 20 quid a metre. But only whitewood in the more common sizes.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Their families have been interviewed for TV today

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much for the Fabians

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Andy Hall

Thanks for all the replies, chaps. I was looking to get thicker new boards rather than having the old ones planed down so a thicknesser won't do.

All things considered I think I like Dom's "1.5mm is nothing" approach.... even if it is a teensy-weensy botch. ;-)

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mike

FWIW I found the current 'standard' thickness for boards of the correct width on this Victorian house could be corrected by packing up with hardboard. The gaps you get after it's been down a while are a different matter...

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Dave Plowman (News)

On Jul 18, 10:38=A0am, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: =A0 =A0

Yeah, hardboard's a bit thick in this case. Any suggestions for a cheap, readily available, non-compressible material between 1.5mm and 2mm thick that can easily be cut into strips??

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mike

Not cuttable into strips, but coins? Cheap, readily available, tough.

Haven't thought that through - probably worth far more as scrap than face value. :-)

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Rod

2mm mdf is fairly easy to get hold of
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stuart noble

Never come across it at the usual suspects but I guess I could get it from the timber merchants where I'm not going to get the correctly dimensioned boards ;-)

Reply to
mike

My local Homebase stocks it

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stuart noble

Can't be /easily/ cut into strips but cds are about 1.2mm.

I used a pile of the plastic disks that are put in blank cd spindles from 1.0 t

1.6 thick to measure and set set some door gaps.

Geo

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Geo

Aluminium sheet?

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Dave Plowman (News)

Birch ply is available in most sizes down to 1/32 inch (0.08mm)

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Mark

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