Where to find Norway Spruce for restoration project

[wildfisherman]

I hope it is acceptable for me to register and post here when I am not employed in the tree care industry.

 

Google came up with your site when I was trying, unsuccessfully, to locate a source of Norway Spruce and I thought that if anyone could help with my problem that someone here would be able to.

 

I'm in the North of Scotland and have a Victorian house not far from Inverness with one of those porches where the corner pillars are Norway Spruce logs with the small brances not cut off flush but left projecting a couple of inches. It's a very particular look of that period.

 

Unfortunately, the logs were badly infested with woodworm. Even worse, the previous owner had done a bodge job, cutting off the bottom three feet from each pillar and inserting goodness knows what - probably larch - in the gap.

 

I have so far failed to find a source of Norway Spruce anywhere near, or indeed anywhere at all. Does anyone here have any idea where I might find some, or if not, of where else I might enquire - would there be a more suitable forum than this where I could ask?

 

My thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give. If not, at least I've stumbled across a site which looks to have a lot of interesting stuff on it.

[felixthelogchopper]

I'm sorry I can't help you with the Norway Spruce but let me reassure you that there are many of us on here who don't actually work in Arb. Welcome to the forum and good luck with the search.

[Mike Dempsey]

I can source you some Norway spruce logs at any length you like. I am in Glenrothes in Fife and have good access to some local woodlands which had a large number of windblown ns last year.

 

Mike

[Lyncombe-climber]

Shame I'm about 500 mile away.

[Breezeblock]

what about leylandii

[wildfisherman]

That is excellent news, Mike.

 

I've been struggling with this, on and off, for months - five minutes on here and it looks like I'm sorted.

 

I'm not in a position to do anything about it for a few weeks, and it's always possible that someone a lot closer to Inverness might emerge, but I am very happy about this.

 

I don't see a facility on this site for Personal Messages - to communicate other than in the open forum - but I'd be happy to post my email address, then you could contact me and we'd have some way of sorting out details.

[sean]

That is excellent news, Mike.

 

I've been struggling with this, on and off, for months - five minutes on here and it looks like I'm sorted.

 

I'm not in a position to do anything about it for a few weeks, and it's always possible that someone a lot closer to Inverness might emerge, but I am very happy about this.

 

I don't see a facility on this site for Personal Messages - to communicate other than in the open forum - but I'd be happy to post my email address, then you could contact me and we'd have some way of sorting out details.

 

if you click on a members name you can then choose to PM him/Her

[wildfisherman]

I'm not sure leylandii would do it - I'm sure they're not traditional.

 

The thing about Norway Spruce is they have this shape where the branches grow out more or less horizontal which is the particular look these old buildings go for.

[wildfisherman]

And thanks for the PM info

[Mike Dempsey]

If you go onto quick links and scroll near to the bottom you will find pm's or you can email me at [email protected]

 

Mike