Rodie Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hi can anyone help me to locate a green oak supplier Nr Rouffignac , we need 18no 150x150 or 200mm x 4.5m long , we are in uk at moment but over at EasterThanks rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Try http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/?portail=PJSearch for "Scierie de bois"Unless you can find someone near you who has had this requirement, I think this is the only way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 According to the pages jaune there is a forestiere in Rouffignac called Jean Duri. It doesn't say that he supplies firewood but it might be worth asking. If he doesn't sell it himself he may know someone who does.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 [quote user="Hoddy"]According to the pages jaune there is a forestiere in Rouffignac called Jean Duri. It doesn't say that he supplies firewood but it might be worth asking. If he doesn't sell it himself he may know someone who does.Hoddy[/quote]18no 150x150 or 200mm x 4.5m longthose are big bits of firewood [IMG]http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu210/alexh01/smile-1-1.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Oops ! That makes the forestiere I suggested an even better bet though.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodie Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 There going to be my new 1st floor in our Barn conv , I will look at the place NRC me , just though with all the renovations Going on it would be easyThe old beams coming out will Do a big fire as they are a bit wormy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 There is Green and Green, some think green is just a year or so old, but for building, I think anything less than 4-5 years is being a bit fast and loose, given the choice (again ) I would aim at 7-10 year old seasoned oak.. Harder to work and to cut, but it's possible. We have some 500 year old oak and a man with a regular saw ( or four) cut three joints into it to splice in three beams, It took nearly a week , but was right to less than a fag paper. We have also just completed the repair to the front of our timber frame house , the architects spec was green, and there is some shrinkage on some pieces , even at 4 years , or the wood supplier lied !!!! or perhaps you can buy reclaimed ??? I should add.. 18no 150x150 or 200mm x 4.5m long, I have just noticed the size/length , the aforementioned splicing was about your size for our joists, The builder insisted we had a structural engineer in to check if the ceiling would hold up. (about 12/14 inches apart ) . The engineer said, by todays standards, it wouldn't be acceptable, but in view of the fact the place hadn't fallen down in 5 centuries, he thought it would be OK to go ahead.. :) Still cost me for his time ! good luck Bill more thoughts.. u said.. The old beams coming out will Do a big fire as they are a bit wormy! that doesnt matter depends on degrees of worm.. and rot.. Dont throw it away if its just surface worm, the innner wood , if oak SAND very old, will be tougher than anything you can buy today. apologies if I am teaching my grandma to such eggs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 You beat me to it Bill. As you say there is wormy and wormy. Most of the time the worm is only very shallow and the wood under it is far better than new stuff. I would try digging some 'wormy stuff' out to see how deep it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 There is the green and green that Bill identified.In the Dordogne there is another green. I had problems with this myself because I said I didn't want 'green oak' for firewood. It was explained to me that 'chene vert' is a particular tree. The leaves are so dark that on a hillside they look black which is where the term Perigord Noir comes from. I assumed that this is what you wanted. This is just a warning to be sure that you are asking for the right thing. Good luck !Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Chêne vert is normally a tree that's grown for coppacing for fire wood and wouldn't normally be able to provide 4.5 metre lengths. The Montagne Noir, just to the North of us and very much where Pads has her pad, also gets its name from the chêne vert colouring.I don't think a mastike is too likely, but worth looking out for.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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