Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and have been reading through some of the impressive projects that people have done.
I need to build a gazebo, haven't designed it yet but am thinking about the choice of timber. I know very little about wood working BTW.
There is a newly built gazebo outside my local pub (as a smoking shelter) and it looks like the 6 x 6 uprights are oak. However the timber has large cracks in it and I was wondering if this was normal? The gaffer told me this thing cost around £12k to build in total so I doubt they skimped on the timber.
I've bought some new railway sleepers in baltic pine to form a retaining wall in the garden from some guys near me in Nottingham (am I allowed to post a link?) and they supply new French Oak sleepers but it looks like they have cracks forming in them while they are stacked up so would presumably get worse as the timber dried out.
If anyone could advise I would be grateful, I don't want to build something that ends up looking bad but if cracks are the appeal of using real oak then that's ok.
Cheers - I will have design and other questions soon but will post separately when I am ready.
Thanks in advance.
I need to build a gazebo, haven't designed it yet but am thinking about the choice of timber. I know very little about wood working BTW.
There is a newly built gazebo outside my local pub (as a smoking shelter) and it looks like the 6 x 6 uprights are oak. However the timber has large cracks in it and I was wondering if this was normal? The gaffer told me this thing cost around £12k to build in total so I doubt they skimped on the timber.
I've bought some new railway sleepers in baltic pine to form a retaining wall in the garden from some guys near me in Nottingham (am I allowed to post a link?) and they supply new French Oak sleepers but it looks like they have cracks forming in them while they are stacked up so would presumably get worse as the timber dried out.
If anyone could advise I would be grateful, I don't want to build something that ends up looking bad but if cracks are the appeal of using real oak then that's ok.
Cheers - I will have design and other questions soon but will post separately when I am ready.
Thanks in advance.