You can go and pick and load it yourself.
But it's really convenient to just pick up the phone, order, and watch as the crane lifts off the stuff where you point.
However, I keep suspecting they take the opportunity to load off the poor quality wood that's been left in the compartments, the ones others have rejected.
Most recently, I stated that the wood needs to be for framing interior walls, so it has to be straight.
"Do I have to come and pick out the wood myself to be able to use it, or can you promise not to gather anything other than what you would choose for your own house?" I asked a bit sourly.
Well, sometimes water, sometimes wine in this batch of wood!!! :@
What do you others usually do?
What should one accept?
But it's really convenient to just pick up the phone, order, and watch as the crane lifts off the stuff where you point.
However, I keep suspecting they take the opportunity to load off the poor quality wood that's been left in the compartments, the ones others have rejected.
Most recently, I stated that the wood needs to be for framing interior walls, so it has to be straight.
"Do I have to come and pick out the wood myself to be able to use it, or can you promise not to gather anything other than what you would choose for your own house?" I asked a bit sourly.
Well, sometimes water, sometimes wine in this batch of wood!!! :@
What do you others usually do?
What should one accept?
I always order more than I need and pick out what is suitable - The rest they can simply take back, if they want to scrap it that's up to them... I refuse to pay for crooked timber just as little as I pay for damaged sheet material.
Tough but fair, simply put. I think it's about having a good relationship with your lumberyard at the end of the day.
Tough but fair, simply put. I think it's about having a good relationship with your lumberyard at the end of the day.
It's a disaster; it can't be used for anything other than firewood. I agree, you have to pick it yourself if it’s going to be good and without too many knots. I would have returned that immediately and said that next time it has to be done properly, otherwise forget it. I've made similar orders and there haven't been any problems; on the contrary, really good quality. I ordered from Beijerbygg. 700 SEK for the delivery regardless of how much you ordered, I thought that was cheap.
Always pick myself, it's completely hopeless at iron/building suppliers with low turnover on lumber, about one in ten is straight. AND THAT'S NOT ALL, it's fast-grown crap that basically weighs nothing.
It's best to buy at a local lumberyard with its own sawmill, 99% straight, dense lumber, and better prices.
It's best to buy at a local lumberyard with its own sawmill, 99% straight, dense lumber, and better prices.
For my ongoing extension/renovation, I have bought from a smaller lumber yard that only buys timber from Norrland, and wow, what timber we've got too! 2"9 and 2"6 have been so hard that it's barely been possible to drive nails into them... Really nice! And yesterday they delivered the frame timber for the deck, also from Norrland of the type 350-year-old heartwood... Really fine straight studs and posts,
And according to him, you shouldn't listen to Martin Timell's advice about always taking the heaviest pressure-treated timber, according to him that timber is the most porous that has absorbed the most impregnation...
So if you live in the GBG area and want solid construction timber from Norrland for your upcoming project at a good price, at least that's what I've been led to believe, send a PM...
And according to him, you shouldn't listen to Martin Timell's advice about always taking the heaviest pressure-treated timber, according to him that timber is the most porous that has absorbed the most impregnation...
So if you live in the GBG area and want solid construction timber from Norrland for your upcoming project at a good price, at least that's what I've been led to believe, send a PM...
Wood is a damn stupid material to build with.....
But I think they take the opportunity to get rid of some crap, and if it's not deliberate, I think it turns out that way anyway.
I know myself how I've stood and chosen sometimes and felt satisfied, only to look at the same board stump a week later.
They're not always exactly the same, no.
Of course, it depends on the storage too, but still.
I think that piece of lumber was really straight compared to one I had delivered once. Unfortunately, no picture of that one.
If I were to build something bigger and it was more precise, I would probably try to find a local talent just like petersson79 did.
I almost get teary-eyed reading about 350-year-old heartwood.
You should frame it and hang it on the wall instead d^_^b
But I think they take the opportunity to get rid of some crap, and if it's not deliberate, I think it turns out that way anyway.
I know myself how I've stood and chosen sometimes and felt satisfied, only to look at the same board stump a week later.
They're not always exactly the same, no.
Of course, it depends on the storage too, but still.
I think that piece of lumber was really straight compared to one I had delivered once. Unfortunately, no picture of that one.
If I were to build something bigger and it was more precise, I would probably try to find a local talent just like petersson79 did.
I almost get teary-eyed reading about 350-year-old heartwood.
You should frame it and hang it on the wall instead d^_^b
It feels like this is the right way.slacker said:
I have been too nice so far. :O
You don't need to be tough to return timber that is substandard, just ask. They also have an interest in dealing with their suppliers, so don't wait too long.
350 years... can you log old-growth forest?
350 years... can you log old-growth forest?
Is there anything else in Norrland?pbengtsson said:
I pick up myself, have never received just straight and fine timber when I've ordered and had it delivered home despite a good relationship with the builder's merchant.
But I have returned what couldn't be used and it has never been a problem, but I have other things to do than keep sending structural timber back and forth.
But I have returned what couldn't be used and it has never been a problem, but I have other things to do than keep sending structural timber back and forth.
The image on the upper plank should be like that, it is curve-sawn. A tree is not straight, and to get as much as possible out of the log, they curve-saw them. That means you follow the curved tree and in that way can get more timber out of each log.
Göran.W
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Göran.W
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Always handpick myself so that I get straight pieces, which can be a complete helv... to find.
If it's not very important for it to be completely straight, I usually offer them half price for crooked pieces so they don't have to spend half the day looking for straight pieces, and that usually works well.
If it's not very important for it to be completely straight, I usually offer them half price for crooked pieces so they don't have to spend half the day looking for straight pieces, and that usually works well.
All timber south of the Dalälven is lousy according to the guy I bought from...