Hi all,
Just bought a bedframe made of Malaysian rubberwood -- and yes, I did ask that it was from a properly managed source before I bought it :-)
The frame itself is fine but the slats that came with it are some of the skankiest wood I've ever seen -- and I've bought wood from B&Q.
A couple are really heavy, some are very light almost like balsa, some are grey like they've been left in the rain, some have got a 30 degree twist in their 55 inch length and several are riddled with woodworm holes --- well over 150 holes in one slat --- and where the saw has gone through one piece, the exposed tunnels are quite powdery.
I know that no-one's going to use their best timber for the slats but am I being unreasonable in asking the supplier to either replace them with undamaged timber or pay for me to replace them myself with pine?
I'm not happy about taking the 30 degree twist out by tightening them to the frame (particularly since the assembly instructions say that the use of power tools for assembly will invalidate the warranty) but I'm most worried about introducing woodworm into the house. I can imagine the shop saying that the flight holes indicate the woodworm are long gone, but I'm not sure that's the point. And I don't fancy sousing a bedframe in insecticide.
The bedframe was =A3200 so not the most expensive but equally not the cheapest and I would like to keep it if possible because I like the style and, slats aside, it seems decent quality. It was paid for on a credit card so at the end of the day, I could just reject it if the supplier won't budge but I would prefer to sort things out amicably and reasonably for both parties.
Would appreciate any opinions/perspectives on where to go from here.