Furniture boards - B&Q

Dec 31, 2022 Last reply: 3 years ago 5 Replies
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Earlier this year I was visiting B&Q's Watford store and noticed that they held 97mm and 114mm width white-faced furniture boards. I didn't remember seeing them when I placed a large order several weeks before that.



I was annoyed at the time because I had had to slice a 200mm board with my track saw using my "bench" - two pallets!



I am now looking to build another piece of furniture.



When I checked their website, there were no narrow boards.



I cannot see a way to contact them and ask if they intend to stock them again.



Can anyone suggest an alternative source within a reasonable distance of NW London?



Oh! And thank you for the tremendous help so many of you have been this year and I wish you all a healthy happy 2023.



Alan


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You can get melamine faced MDF in sheet form:

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they will cut to size and edge band for you.

(that yard is in Shepherd's Bush - no experience myself, but it's the one Peter Millard uses for timber in his Youtube videos)

If you want timber in quantity, maybe it's better to go to a yard than a retail shed?

Theo

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FWIW I used to buy such boards from office fitters[1] near me for folding money. They'd also cut to size for me if I waited till they weren't pressed for time. Might be worth you looking for similar near you.

[1] both long gone far away when their premises were needed to make way for yet more blocks of flats like so many other such firms. Sodding London Olympics.
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for some reason a sheet 12mm thick costs slightly more than one that is 15mm thick. Wierd.

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