Squaredy

I wouldn't use hornbeam for anything outdoors. It will not last at all. I have personally never burned it but I suspect this is the most likely way to get some use from it. You may find buyers for the timber if you mill it, but it is a very niche market as it is not a common timber. If it is burry or pippy this would make it much easier to sell of course.

I agree with other posters on this thread. SC is OK, but never my first choice. The bottom line is it is all about dry weight. If a firewood is very light it will not give a great amount of heat. If the chestnut feels heavy then avoid it completely as this means it is still wet. If it is properly dry and cheap it might be worth it, but don't expect a lovely hot fire....a gentle warm burn is more like it.

Pretty cool I say!

You should give a rough location. I know from experience that selling bulk loads of sawn timber is very difficult. I have sometimes bought in sawn timber, but the reality is sellers usually expect somewhere near a retail price, whereas for a flash sale of tons of timber to a single buyer there has to be a profit in it.

When I lived in Cardiff years ago the local Tesco banned pyjamas. BBC News - Tesco ban on shoppers in pyjamas NEWS.BBC.CO.UK As a regular shopper there I can confirm it was common.

LI….. LinkedIn?

Thank you, I will.

I have read that adding a second cavity can have the reverse effect, but maybe you mean a bit further away? Thinking about it, I could maybe build an internal extra wall and fill the cavity with wood shavings. Not dense but should absorb sound well. Or would it?

I am thinking of constructing a music rehearsal room in a disused office, but I will need some fairly decent soundproofing. As I run a sawmill my instinct is to use timber, but my Google research suggests this may not be great. Clearly some timber would outperform others, but has anyone got experience of this that they can share? It seems a dense material is needed, but how can I look up relative merits of species and how effective they would be? By way of background the building is timber frame with plastered walls and timber clad. Floor is concrete pad. So it is the walls and ceiling I would need to sort out, not floor.

I totally agree with some of the comments above. I think gift giving has gone way too far. But of course if you say that you are called a scrooge. The expectation kids have these days is truly horrible. Luckily my two are at the age where they mainly receive money. But I always say to them expect nothing, and appreciate anything you get. I think they get it; but we live in a highly materialistic society. And then after everyone has overspent at Christmas some people have the cheek to whinge about the cost of living!

Well today Reform party membership has overtaken the Conservative Party. Nigel’s star is rising. And like it or lump it the two main political parties have no-one to blame but themselves. If either the Conservatives or Labour had done a good job over recent times Reform would be nothing. I personally think we will have a new government within a year or two. I can’t see Starmer and Reeves surviving another budget.

Ah I see….sort of. Thank you.

Can someone explain to me what a date laning is? Then maybe I will get the joke…?

Funny; but scarily close to reality!

Whatever next? Does he load up a truck and then push it along the road?! No I know, he gets a chainsaw chain and fells a tree without using the actual saw…