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There's a youtuber I watch called
WoodWorkzLA. His side hustle is that he makes custom planters and privacy screens for people's gardens/balconies in the LA area. He makes everything out of Cedar "pickets". I am unsure what dimensions these have precisely because the USA still does not use proper measurement systems. But let's assume they're 2400mm long by (guess) 120mm by around 10mm thick? Total guess. 1/2
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2/2 He pays $2 per picket in "pallet bulk". I cannot find cedar pickets in the UK for anything like that price. More like ยฃ7-10 per picket. So his cost economics really don't work in the UK. Is it just simply the case that all timber is way more expensive in the UK? And how, if it is, am I only...