Getting Utile near Manchester

[Rich C]

Anyone know of a supplier of Utile near Manchester? I've been through the sticky, but they're mostly miles away (the closest being Hymor in Stoke). I did try Trafford Timber who have it listed, but they have no stock for a month or two, so that's a bust.

 

[mynamehere]

Maybe you could try Hoghton Timber in Preston, depending on where you are in Manchester it's not that far away... http://www.hoghtontimber.co.uk/

Cheers!

Ferenc

 

[Rich C]

Thanks. South Manchester, so they're about as far as Hymor, I'll keep them in mind though.

 

[novocaine]

you could try Atlantic timber in Altrincham but I can't promise anything, they seem to be cutting down on there decent timber stock by all accounts.

 

[thetyreman]

tree station in gorton are good, not sure if they'd have utile but they might, worth phoning them and asking.

 

[Rich C]

tree station in gorton are good, not sure if they'd have utile but they might, worth phoning them and asking.

Tree station are local stuff only, so no chance.

Atlantic is worth a shot - I've used them before for ply, didn't realise they had less common hardwoods. Seems from their website, probably not: "We stock three species of timber suitable for joinery work, Pine, Sapele and Oak."

Hymor have stock, £45+VAT per cube, which seems a good price, so they're my backup.

 

[novocaine]

They used to. not sure how much they do now as they seem to have moved towards DIY stuff a lot more (not been in for about a year now). give em a bell I guess.

 

[samhay]

Would sapele not do?
Can be quite difficult to tell the difference sometimes.

 

[Doug71]

Have you tried Arnold Laver?

 

[Rich C]

I did a run down to Hymor this morning. Actually not that bad - about 40 minutes each way.

Excellent yard, they have a great selection of timber there and were very helpful.