Above average timber for wooden eaves, where from?

[epsilonGreedy]

I am going to create my first run of traditional boxed eaves this month and I am debating whether to place the order with my regular Builders Merchant or source something of higher quality from elsewhere.

 

The guy behind the "Restoration Couple" vlogger channel on YouTube has done a similar job recently and he opted for "tight grain redwood" fascias about 1" thick. Previous advice on here has been to use treated timber and I will follow that advice providing the linseed paint I plan to use is compatible.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh3khEAlOnU&list=PLH911xvwsOXYJwhOaj2HQJ6c5kfXbPxeW&index=11

 

So back to my question, are there different leagues of timber suppliers?

 

[TonyT]

 

 

lots of meranti available, I used some for external timber work as I just wanted it to last, also used it for skirtings too, even though they were to be painted, just that they went through the spindle moulder and produced better results 

 

mine came from the local Rembrandt timber merchants

 

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[ToughButterCup]

Pro Wood.

You can smell the yard before you get there. Lovely scent. They are local to us, but if you ring them and ask for Mark, he'll know a supplier more local to you .

[epsilonGreedy]

On 01/03/2021 at 14:20, TonyT said:

lots of meranti available

 

 

Thanks, I put meranti + Lincolnshire into a Google search and found a specialist timber merchant just 15 miles away.

 

Since starting this thread I spoke to the UK manufacturer of a linseed oil based paint and there advice for fascias was use an untreated softwood. The explanation was that for the linseed paint and its zinc to work it needs to penetrate deeper than a regular paint and any prior wood treatment interferes with this.

 

The quality of this advice might not become apparent for 10 years.