post and rail price

[bobh]

Big J- I have a list which shows untreated durability of different woods- they give larch 15 years- which is pretty good!

 

Any chance of you posting that list up here? Sounds like some useful information

[RDB logs]

If I take more than 20 quid to hang a gate, the farmers will tell me two bits of wire are cheaper!

 

Does that include posts?

 

It would cost me £20 just to drive out of the yard!

[caledonian bob]

Out of curiousity Robin, where do European larch posts fit in in terms of durability compared to the best treated posts?[/QUO

 

European Larch will be as good as it gets in terms of durability for fence posts and no treatment needed, probably only beaten by Oak. As far as I'm aware the volume of European Larch just isn't available. We sell a lot of treated Japanese Larch posts as I believe they are better than Spruce or fir. Our Class 4 are redwood pine, kiln dried before treatment which should have a service life exceeding 15 years. Timber posts as the same as anything else, you get what you pay for and it's usually better paying a little more to get a durable product. I know of contractors who have put fences up 4 years ago and the posts are now rotten at ground level, not good if you have gone to the expense of erecting a new fence

[Big J]

I'm never going to produce large commercial quantities of larch, but I usually have European larch in stock. It's just a cow to cut as it moves constantly as you break down the log.

[caledonian bob]

I'm never going to produce large commercial quantities of larch, but I usually have European larch in stock. It's just a cow to cut as it moves constantly as you break down the log.

 

I'll keep that in mind Jonathan as you can never tell what we will be asked for. Would you cut 1.65m x 75 x 75mm pointed posts ?

[Big J]

I'll keep that in mind Jonathan as you can never tell what we will be asked for. Would you cut 1.65m x 75 x 75mm pointed posts ?

 

Yes. About £3.20 plus VAT a post, but there would need to be quite a lot of them for it to be worth while. I can put together a jig on the table saw for accurate pointing, and they would be £2.88 without the point. Would be 1.63m in length (1/3 of a 4.9m log).