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Buying Pine Timberboard

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.42 PM

Hi, I'm a complete novice but I'm building a storage area under my staircase (boarded off with two slanted doors) and my carpenter suggested MDF - but I would like to match the beautiful solid Pine staircase. I'm happy to buy my own wood. The space is 200cm (H) x 220 (L) - with a sloping edge on the other side obviously. What size Pine boards (are these called 'timberboard'?) do I need, please? And how many? (carpenter is supplying timber for frame) What thickness of timberboard do I need please? 18mm? Or thicker? They all seem to be narrow planks like cladding in the the usual big name retailers? An I missing something? Thank you ever so much for any replies.

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4 Answers

Douglas Choules Property Maintenance

Rating: 5 out of 5

Thirsk

Hello , I Myself buy Pine Furniture Board which comes in 2000mm x 400mm x 18mm. Of course Your carpenter will have to either butt and glue widths togeather (I use biscuits) to get the desired widths. Hope this is helpful. D C P M

Answered26 May 2022

Teddy Craft

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Waterlooville

You could also look at pine faced mdf, easy to work with and in my opinion it can look cleaner and nicer than furniture board. you would just need to get an iron on edging strip to finish the edges. Aidan

Answered27 May 2022

Carpenter, Fixer, Joynery

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Mayfair, London

for the wooden ladder, the sides must be minimal, 33 mm thick and 350 mm wide, this is my answer

Answered27 May 2022

A Ply'd Design

Rating: 5 out of 5

Hove

Hi Ms Radway, You’ll find cladding out with solid pine considerably more expensive than using a pre-made sheet material such as MDF. As mentioned previously, this can be purchased with a variety of different wood veneers already applied, pine included. I personally would take this route if a pine finish is what you’re after and maybe just have some solid pine edging for the doors and cabinet edges. Another option would be to have painted MDF cabinets as they’re not seen and have your carpenter build some solid pine doors for the front. I hope that helps.

Answered30 May 2022