Looking for wood for table legs near Bristol

[sandspider]

Hi all

 

Bit of a long shot perhaps, but I'm looking for 4 pieces of wood to make replacement legs for a garden table. I'd like something that will last, so sweet chestnut, larch, western red cedar? Or other suggestions? (The bottom of the legs will be in contact with cement / earth / leaves, which is often wet). I need pieces about 12-15cm diameter (at the thick end), and 1m ish long. Unseasoned would do I think.

 

Any thoughts or options, or can anyone supply suitable wood? Including prices? Not a huge amount of budget I fear as the rest of the table is not in great shape, but would be good to keep it going a bit longer if possible. I'm in Bristol.

 

Many thanks.

[Axe man]

Got plenty of green sweet chestnut if it's any good,I'm near Williton west Somerset.

 

 

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[se7enthdevil]

i know where i can get 5" square makore if it's of any use. nice red colour.

[sandspider]

Thanks chaps. If you can pm me prices (delivered or collected) I'll see if it would be workable.

 

Seventh, is makore long lasting in outdoor environments?

[se7enthdevil]

makore will last 25 years+

 

 

it's in the yellow section of this chart along with opepe, greenheart, teak, ebony, cumaru and massaranduba.

 

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[agg221]

Steve's interesting chart throws up another option - if you can get hold of a proper railway sleeper a lot of the new ones are jarrah (pinkish/orange colour), which is also on the highly durable list. If you ripped one down the middle and then cross-cut you would have four decent legs.

 

Alec

[se7enthdevil]

got a price for makore, it's £35ft3.

[sandspider]

Thanks Steve, and for the useful durability chart. I'm guessing that a single table leg would use between 1 and 2 ft3 of wood? If so, makore is out of my budget by quite a way - cheers though.

 

Will see if I can get hold of a sleeper (thanks Alec, hadn't thought of that) cheaper! Having looked at the table again, tbink the top might be past it anyway...

[muttley9050]

Of your ever up near bucks you can have enough brown oak to make a table for not a lot. Fair few pin borer holes but lovey figure.

[muttley9050]

Interesting chart steve but I think the times are a little conservative. Maybe Call hazard class 5 examples or something. I always believed that Robinia is called class 1 durable too?