Is Scots pine good for structural timbers

[Macpherson]

Yeah, I was surprised to be informed of this recently whist talking to a forestry manager about the timber they were harvesting near me, having said that it may just be going for sarking and strapping etc although it's normal to see 4 x 2" sticks etc in the local timber yard with very few growth rings, and it's just rubbish to work with in my opinion.

I,m just about to start using some Douglas that was milled last year...beautiful wood...the trouble is that once you start using your own decent timber there's just no comparison to most of the stuff in the average builders merchants, cheers.

[donnk]

english pine only. building regs demand it.