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Title: timber for beds
Post by: leigh on October 21, 2005, 15:26:31

When making beds sectioned by timber. What size timber would you recommend I use? Would old floorboards or floor joists do the trick as I think I could lay my hands on some of these relatively cheaply.

Title: Re: timber for beds
Post by: agapanthus on October 21, 2005, 16:02:47

When I made mine I used any old timber about 6" wide mostly from skips and the like, but the best I got was from Double Glazing Companies who dump old barge boards and soffits in their own skips.

Title: Re: timber for beds
Post by: leigh on October 21, 2005, 16:14:00

Sounds like a plan ;D

Title: Re: timber for beds
Post by: flowerofshona on October 21, 2005, 17:05:38

We used cheap gravel boards and they are well treated to so no rot :)

Title: Re: timber for beds
Post by: sussexcliff on October 21, 2005, 17:08:25

I managed to find some old scaffolding boards (8"x2" x 8') at our local recycling centre, some I had to pay a bit for, some were free. Its also the reason why I could afford to put up a pergola.

Boy Oh Boy I hope the extra effort is worth it. I'm about half way through doing it.

Cheers
Cliff

Title: Re: timber for beds
Post by: AndyC on October 24, 2005, 20:50:33

Having just done a bit of boarding of my beds, I think floorboards will do you for a while until they rot.  The key for me was the length of the timber.  I had read about using pallet boards, but de-nailing them is hell (they are machine nailed) and the lengths of timber you get don't get you far.  I spent an afternoon and only got about 10 feet done.