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That's a lot of wood!

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Today, I went to collect ten, 7"x2"x12' reclaimed joists I got on e bay for just £26!

Ok, I had to pick them up from York, 70 mile round trip and around a tender in diesel.

After a couple of hours work with the circular saw and half an hour denailing left me with this;

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Ten 3"x2" and Fifteen 2"x2" )t'

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Thats a load of usefull timber for that money Steve. )t'
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Should be a tenner in diesel, not tender lol, stupid iPad autocorrect {rofwl}

A lot of it got used today making a frame for a roofed pergola at the back of my house.

We figured the amount of bad weather we get it would make the patio more useable.
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Heck of a good buy, Steve. I have to buy some 4"x4"s soon to be used in putting up a roof over the back door of my cabin and I know they are not cheap. Good for you.
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Great bargain Steve )t' looking forward to the photos (or Perchy will be round!)
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envy}} but the only problem we'd have is transporting it.. thats one heck of a bargain though!!!
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Willow wrote:envy}} but the only problem we'd have is transporting it.. thats one heck of a bargain though!!!


I had it all on the roof bars of my berlingo van, perhaps a little overloaded, I reckon each joist weighed 30kilo and the roof bars are rated at 100 :shock:

Wish I'd taken a photo {rofwl}

This is the pergola so far, need to decide on roof panels for it

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I got the idea after seeing what Al had done to his back garden, so it's all his fault! {rofwl}
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Looking good Steve. )t'
Do we need to discuss royalties on the idea? )grin2(
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Our works van is a Berlingo, you got that lot on there? the poor thing must have had about 1/2 inch road clearance with that load yike* !!
The Pergola is looking good )t'
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Willow wrote:Our works van is a Berlingo, you got that lot on there? the poor thing must have had about 1/2 inch road clearance with that load yike* !!
The Pergola is looking good )t'


It's a 2.0hdi with 800k payload, you'd be surprised at what she can carry )t'

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Thats pretty much what I thought. )grin2(
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Really nice location for a pergola, against that nice brick wall. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Good work, Steve.
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A bargain!
Looks like you are building what we have been planning for years, never got round to it so bought polly tunnel instead.
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Well done Steve, taking shape nicely Mate.

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That looks real good, Steve. Will look forward to seeing the finished piccies.
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