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It will depend on how old it is but it could be pressure treated. See if there are any markings on the timber. C16 or C24 would be a good sign.
Alternatively, I have some left over 3m or so long C24 6" x 2" joists left over from building the deck that have been stored under tarp since last April that you're welcome to for a fiver each if you can collect from SE19. I can cut them to length if it makes it easier to transport.
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Next door have just taken their roof off & top floor apart, leaving a lot of joists and rafters in the garden.
I have a bike shed building project that I want to get started, and a repointing project to start (way in the future) too.
Is it worth using some of the wood for a frame for the shed? Would it be pressure treated as standard?
And I need to build a scaffold for the pointing, as the path between my house & next door is too small, I'm told, for normal scaffold - again, (and I'll likely get some professional advice on this in any case) is it worth re-using some of the bigger timbers, or should I just try and find somewhere that has <75cm platforms, and stop being daft.