Best place to get wood for raised beds?

[Tori]

Hi,

My allotment is very lumpy and bumpy and so I want to put raised beds in. Where is the best place to get the wood? DO I really have to spend a fortune at B&Q?

[Jeanied]

You need to dig around for local woodyards - my local one delivered 180 metres of 6"x1" tanalised timber to the lottie site for £249.

[zazen999]

And reclaim yards often have fresh wood for sale and you can cut it there to the lengths you want.

[Shadylane]

Do you have a wood recycling company near you? We have one round the corner and they're cheap as chips.

[SMT]

I have heard that scaffolders have to replace old boards now and then for safety reasons. They sell them very cheap if not for free. Obviously, they dont come treated though.

[jogette]

Just look around for anyone doing a loft conversion. There are plenty of rafters and joists that they discard. Unless you speak to them beforehand, I'm afraid a bit of skip-diving is the order of the day!
It takes a while to remove the nails and to cut to size but it's free and does the trick.
Jan

[Two_Sheds]

I have heard that scaffolders have to replace old boards now and then for safety reasons.

We had a lorry load delivered to our site for about £100. It worked out a pound per board

[Hans Mum]

we've just had 13' scaffolding boards delivered to site for £3.50each

[Eco-Chic]

Check out Freecycle.

I've got about an estate car full of the discarded floorboards from a café which was replacing it's entire floor.

[Bigmallly]

we've just had 13' scaffolding boards delivered to site for £3.50each

I must be so lucky having a scaffolder living in our street. He gave me all of mine.

[Hans Mum]

I must be so lucky having a scaffolder living in our street. He gave me all of mine.

if he's got anymore he wants rid off

[Bigmallly]

No probs, I'll ask him & give you a shout.

[Hans Mum]

No probs, I'll ask him & give you a shout.

cheers.....

[miffy]

We had no luck re scaffolding boards but found timbr with none toxic preservative from Wickes in a pack which worked out quite economical though that was a year ago and i can't remember how much i paid now, it is late!!