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Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 12 10:56 pm Post subject: Bookshelves.
I've got a chap here (SE London) who is wanting some bookshelves. The suggestion has been mooted that they could be made out of some kind of reclaimed timber, but of course, this is a bit off my turf, so I don't know where are the good yards around here. Come to that, I don't know many good yards anywhere. Any top recommendations?

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4567
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 12 11:19 pm Post subject:
Plenty of reclamation yards up North ,take a look in the Farmers Guardian, Surely the Yellow pages would have somewhere.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 12 11:27 pm Post subject:

Ty Gwyn wrote:

Surely the Yellow pages would have somewhere.

That is a really boring way to find answers.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4567
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 12 11:30 pm Post subject:
But it works.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 12 11:39 pm Post subject:

Ty Gwyn wrote:

But it works.

At this time of night, it does not work nearly as well as somebody who knows somewhere.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4567
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 12 11:43 pm Post subject:
Electric off then,or you could pop round in the morning to Oildrum lane.

JohnB

Joined: 09 Jul 2005
Posts: 685
Location: Beautiful sunny West Wales!

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 12 11:44 pm Post subject:
I built mine out of old floorboards, that that were in the shed when I bought the house!

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 12 12:00 am Post subject:

JohnB wrote:

I built mine out of old floorboards, that that were in the shed when I bought the house!

I was thinking floorboards...

sarahp1

Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Posts: 68
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 12 12:30 am Post subject:
Freecycle...

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 12 1:01 am Post subject:
https://www.salvo.co.uk/forsale.html

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 12 8:25 am Post subject:
I don't know if there are any good but I quite liked the idea when I read about them. Might be worth a visit if you're passing. https://www.communitywoodrecycling.org.uk/buy.htm#ELondon

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91ï¿½ N

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 12 9:27 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

I don't know if there are any good but I quite liked the idea when I read about them. Might be worth a visit if you're passing. https://www.communitywoodrecycling.org.uk/buy.htm#ELondon

I've been looking for a source of reclaimed timber local to me for some time so I followed the links on that site. My local builder's yard sells new timber for less than they sell reclaimed timber and they deliver for free!

So check the prices before assuming that reclaimed is automatically going to be a good idea.

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 12 9:36 am Post subject:

JB wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

I don't know if there are any good but I quite liked the idea when I read about them. Might be worth a visit if you're passing. https://www.communitywoodrecycling.org.uk/buy.htm#ELondon

So check the prices before assuming that reclaimed is automatically going to be a good idea.

It wouldn't surprise me at all. They may offer stuff that's more, erm, unique that general builder's yards; or they may be charging more because some view them as trendy - I don't know.

The timber I'm hopefully going to get from a local sawmill from local wood is going to be a similar cost to DIY shed timber as well.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4567
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 12 11:19 am Post subject:
Reclaimed timber is a totally different quality to what you ll find in builders yards,for one its seasoned.

cheap-n-cheerful

Joined: 14 Feb 2011
Posts: 40
Location: North Lincolnshire

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 12 5:52 pm Post subject:
Hello. I made a shoe rack out of pallets, this could be adapted for books. I sanded it down and varnished it. I got the pallets from the back doors of Plumb Centre and Wickes. They are what the radiators came on so extra long. Most of them are brand new, only used the once then chucked. Free for collection. Keep your eyes open when you are on your travels. Ilona

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