Wood supplies

[Marc26]

Anyone have a supplier for marine ply in the south east? I know we can get it from Robbins but the carriage is horrendous.

 

[Stocky_Helm]

South east of where? I know a place near Ystad...

 

[alienzdive]

South East where,

Basildon panel supplies are wholesalers but will sell to the public.

 

[Channel Ribs]

Yer, PM me and I am sure I can help

 

[macd]

Good on you. I was about to suggest a place in Castletown, IoM. That would really given him a fright about carriage.
You must excuse these Anglocentric posters. They live under the misapprehension that they live at the centre of the universe, when everybody knows that's Brussels.

 

[bilbobaggins]

Our good old friend Gerhard Mercator had it about right, then, when he put the Bruxelles-Antwerp area in the centre?

And south-east of there is Strasbourg.....

N'est-ce pas?

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[Marc26]

That would be south east England, of course. Is there any other south east? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Basildon - that's where me dog came from complete with an ASBO.

 

[Forbsie]

You could try Timmet Silvermans who have sheet products in Andover. Their far eastern marine ply is cheap but pretty poor quality including worm holes in the top layer.

 

[Poignard]

I have bought individual sheets of marine ply from Robbins Ltd. It's first class stuff but, as you say, the carriage is expensive and I never had a piece delivered that wasn't damaged in some way, eg corners crushed, deep scratches and dents. This was caused by inadequate packaging [cardboard, puny corner shields and plastic sheet] which the clumsy apes of delivery drivers make short work of. On one occassion I had two replacement pieces delivered and they were also damaged; the last one at least had one intact face and I was able to get a price reduction from Robbins but I could have done without the hassle.

 

[allangray3]

Get mine from Jewsons. Must be a local branch near you, and they will cut to size for nominall Fee.

 

[michael_w]

A bit of googling brings this up.

There is a sheet materials company in Beddington, but I can't remember their name. Doh!

 

[Marc26]

Thanks for all the suggestions - as always very helpful.

 

[kds]

I am sure you know that there is marine ply and there is marine ply - and the quality difference is dramatic. Robbins can supply good quality - if you ask.
Ken