B&Q Timber Pricing...

[Dishmop]

Just been to B&Q... I can buy 2 bits of ply at nearly £18 each or a big sheet 4 times the size for £26..!!!!!!!!! So if I buy a big sheet, get them to cut the two bits off that I want and leave the rest there I'm still £10 better off..

or go back tomorrow and have the leftover bit cut to nuc size bits.....

 

[itchyhives]

Or go to the builders merchant and get some timber from them normally cheaper, they also cut it to size for me not just 1 cut but all the cuts so saved me having to cut 8 new crown boards.

 

[SixFooter]

Also B&Q WBP plywood falls apart in no time.

 

[Dishmop]

Or go to the builders merchant and get some timber from them normally cheaper, they also cut it to size for me not just 1 cut but all the cuts so saved me having to cut 8 new crown boards.

B&Q in Norwich used to charge for cutting but all free now...

 

[victor meldrew]

Also B&Q WBP plywood falls apart in no time.

B&Q WBP is utter crap .It de-laminates whilst you watch! It's only 3 ply until you get to the larger thicknesses , sanding it by hand causes bits to come off !
Trying to buy a piece that isn't warped is a challenge !
Leave well alone it isn't fit for firewood

John Wilkinson

 

[Dishmop]

Also B&Q WBP plywood falls apart in no time.

Like the UK car industry then..

 

[Mike a]

When I bought the timber for my TBH's over a year ago B&Q were the most expensive, after shopping round I bought 20m from covers saved £20 and they cut it up into 1m lengths free of charge and they selected the best of what they had so no warps or twists in it.

 

[victor meldrew]

When I bought the timber for my TBH's over a year ago B&Q were the most expensive, after shopping round I bought 20m from covers saved £20 and they cut it up into 1m lengths free of charge and they selected the best of what they had so no warps or twists in it.

I suspect the type you bought was much thicker than the type I'm talking about!

John Wilkinson

 

[hedgerow pete]

i always thought there was only one sort type of marine ply untilll i went to a ply wood merchants theres hundreds of standards and styles.

you pays your money depending on what you want to have

i would suggest that you try a builders merchants

 

[MuswellMetro]

i use a firm called "builder depot" their WBP ply is better than Bad & Questionable, as it is less likley to warp or delaminate

I purchased for a project in bulk 10 sheets of 2.4M x 1.2M 18mm @13.79 inc Vat per sheets (£137.90 total

 

[For want of a better word]

Loik wot Hedgerow says... you only gets wot u pays for.... B&Q sells a lot of nasty stuff.... but rarely sells a bargain!

 

[Poly Hive]

Find a local timber merchant and make a poit of using them. My old one used to give me a discount of 15% and my new one does too. Far better selection of timber too.

PH