Willow

[Will Heal]

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[Mick Dempsey]

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Good post Will.

[Will Heal]

Good post Will.

 

 

Sorry Mick,

My 5 year old had my phone.

Your lucky he can't write yet or you may have had a sensible answer

 

 

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[peatff]

On the allotments near here one chap used willow withies for pea sticks and almost every one struck.

[Rob D]

Homemade flooring is much better out woods like poplar and willow IMO.

 

 

Easier to source the wood, faster and easier to mill, much faster to dry, less drying degrade, easier to machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ilnumero]

I made some 1" boards for my trailer from lleylendii, which is a similar timber, stringy and light.

 

I have to say that it is an excellent timber for this, quite shock resistant when lobbing large lumps into the trailer, fairly tough for dragging things over it and light enough not to add too much weight. I just gave it a couple of coats of creosote (real stuff) and it has weathered very well living outside.

 

I would imagine willow would be equally as good. Just one tip, make sure the boards are dried before fitting as the shrinkage is shocking.

[se7enthdevil]

leylandii should not need any preservative as it is in the cypress family but belt and braces doesn't hurt i suppose...

 

i'm surprised that you say that leylandii and willow are similar. i would have thought they would be quite different. i've never had any willow before as it's too soft for any of my needs.