Does anybody have a basic list of the comparative costs of various timbers? I'm looking for approximate prices in cubic feet. My googling has failed me - I've found a few specialist hardwood suppliers, but I'd also like to compare to some softwoods.
cheers, clive
I wrote a little app to take the CSV seperated database that travis perkins will mail you, compute the volume and wor out price/m^3.
I came out for the cheaper stuff at pretty much 300 qiud per cubic metre, regardless of size. I.E. you can't save money by buying 150mm*50mm, and sawing it into
50*50.
Any idea on the relative prices of different species? (that's what I'm really after)
cheers, clive
It's sold in cubic metres.
James Latham's web site has a wide range of product offerings and they'll send brochures and pricing.
Depends on who you go to :-)
I found lots of people who'll do that - does anybody have the actual answers to hand? I'm not after anything binding, just something which will enable me to make an approximate comparison.
cheers, clive
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=A316 / cube foot is a good local price for decent grade larch or doug fir (on a good day) in useful building sizes.
Interesting Timbers have a good hardwoods site, with clear pricing.
Aha - yup, thanks for that.
cheers, clive
Oak is 27 quid a cu ft IIRC.
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