4" x 2" timber, can I buy it?

[dobbslc]

I need some real actual 4x2 joists for some work at home replacing a floor but all I can find is the stupid metric equivalent that's only 3 3/4" x 1 3/4"
Can this size be bought anywhere?
It doing my head in!

 

[sako243]

I've not seen any readily available but rough sawn might be closer to what you want. Generally they rough it to 4x2", then you get the pressure treated stuff where they clean it up a bit and treat it which is smaller than 4x2 but bigger than CLS. Then CLS is from that cleaned up stuff and planed to make it smooth thus making it even smaller.

A sawmill might be able to produce what you want. We're lucky there's on in the village and he'd probably cut some to spec for us.

 

[8ob]

Had a similar problem repairing the roof on a squat, ended up with 125mm and ripping it down on a table saw to 4”.

Bob

 

[RWD3M]

I got some 8 years ago now, but it came from a roof truss manufacturer. If you have one locally it might be worth a try.

Failing that do you have a timber mill local?

 

[dobbslc]

Had a similar problem repairing the roof on a squat, ended up with 125mm and ripping it down on a table saw to 4”.

Bob

That's what I did last time but just notched it. (I don't have a table saw) PITA compared to just laying a correct sized joist in.

 

[dobbslc]

Failing that do you have a timber mill local?

No mill nearby

 

[dobbslc]

Linking to the skip diving thread I actually drove round the local area last night scoping for some old stuff but there was nothing out there.

 

[Beanwood]

I need some real actual 4x2 joists for some work at home replacing a floor but all I can find is the stupid metric equivalent that's only 3 3/4" x 1 3/4"
Can this size be bought anywhere?
It doing my head in!

I seem to recall it’s not to do with metric, rather finished sizes, and standards dating back to when wood was transferred en mass by ship?
I could have imagined all that.

 

[RWD3M]

Linking to the skip diving thread I actually drove round the local area last night scoping for some old stuff but there was nothing out there.

Which suggests another possibility, reclamation yards

 

[dobbslc]

I went to one a while ago but all they had was the small stuff.

 

[RWD3M]

What sort of lengths and quantity are you after?

I have a timber mill a mile away and the truss manufacturer isn't much further, I can enquire.

 

[dobbslc]

Thanks but you're a bit far away.

 

[dobbslc]

8 foot minimum.

 

[RWD3M]

Fingers crossed you find something

 

[voipio]

I need some real actual 4x2 joists for some work at home replacing a floor but all I can find is the stupid metric equivalent that's only 3 3/4" x 1 3/4"
Can this size be bought anywhere?
It doing my head in!

As @sako243, and @Beanwood, have said, 4 x 2 is the dimension after sawing. The planed timber that you buy starts off as 4 x 2 but, after planing, is always less than this i.e. 3 3/4" x 1 3/4". It's still referred to as 4 x 2, though, and has been since I was a lad.

 

[gaz1]

you need to buy sawn timber not cls timber

and yes you can buy it at that size

 

[Matchless]

My local timber mill will cut me what I want.............

 

[dobbslc]

and yes you can buy it at that size

Where?

 

[8ob]

Sawn timber sizes are all over the place, can be + or - a few mm and with a hitnmiss moisture content which again affects size. Most merchants keep regularised which is as uniform as you can get.

Bob

 

[gaz1]

you ask a proper wood place for sawn timber