TheTiddles
Established Member
Just incase some of you in the Hampshire/Wiltshire area don't know about it...
Today I went to the timber mill www.thetimbermill.co.uk at Monisfont, just north of Romsey. First time I had been there despite numerous recommendations from Bob and the fact that it's 20 minutes drive away making it my nearest supplier. It's great! They stock a wide range of English hardwoods (and acacia) along with larch and douglas fir, most of it air dried but some kiln dried. There's loads there and the owner Jon says he knows the history of every piece in the shed. The quantities available are huge, mostly in the form of slabs of tree as opposed to neat planks. I picked up some rippled sycamore and splated beech to make boxes from which they re-sawed for the sum of £3, a bit of lebanese cedar for same purpose and a chunk of hornbeam to prepare for tool handles, this single small piece weighs almost as much as all the other wood put together. Usefully enough, it's just a few minutes from Monfisfont House which is a National Trust place so you can go for some tea and cake afterwards.
I'd really recommend this place, it's very friendly and the prices are great, you can leaf through the sheds at your leisure and the choice is fantastic. Maybe not a timber merchant in the modern sense but certainly a purveyor of fine English hardwoods in a traditional setting, with wood smoke hanging in the air the only thing missing was a dog!
Aidan
Today I went to the timber mill www.thetimbermill.co.uk at Monisfont, just north of Romsey. First time I had been there despite numerous recommendations from Bob and the fact that it's 20 minutes drive away making it my nearest supplier. It's great! They stock a wide range of English hardwoods (and acacia) along with larch and douglas fir, most of it air dried but some kiln dried. There's loads there and the owner Jon says he knows the history of every piece in the shed. The quantities available are huge, mostly in the form of slabs of tree as opposed to neat planks. I picked up some rippled sycamore and splated beech to make boxes from which they re-sawed for the sum of £3, a bit of lebanese cedar for same purpose and a chunk of hornbeam to prepare for tool handles, this single small piece weighs almost as much as all the other wood put together. Usefully enough, it's just a few minutes from Monfisfont House which is a National Trust place so you can go for some tea and cake afterwards.
I'd really recommend this place, it's very friendly and the prices are great, you can leaf through the sheds at your leisure and the choice is fantastic. Maybe not a timber merchant in the modern sense but certainly a purveyor of fine English hardwoods in a traditional setting, with wood smoke hanging in the air the only thing missing was a dog!
Aidan
