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Western Red Cedar

Renowned for its high decay-resistance

Thuja plicata

General description: The sapwood is narrow and white in colour, and the heartwood is reddish-brown. When freshly felled, he heartwood often displays a marked variation in colour; that from the centre of the log may be a dark chocolate-brown changing to salmon pink nearer the sapwood, or the wood may be variegated with alternate dark and light zones. After drying, the wood assumes a uniform reddish-brown tone, but after long exposure to weather the colour is lost, and the wood becomes silver-grey. This weathered appearance is sometimes purposely sought by architects, but a further peculiarity of the wood is its ability to take and hold stain of the finest tint without discolouration.The wood is non-resinous, straight-grained, somewhat coarse- textured and exhibits a fairly prominent growth-ring figure It is soft, rather brittle, aromatic, especially when wet and light in weight, about 390 kg/m3 when dried.

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Western Red Cedar

Renowned for its high decay-resistance

The sapwood is narrow & white in colour, the heartwood is reddish-brown. When freshly felled, the heartwood often displays a marked variation in colour;
Siberian Larch Softwood

Slightly-moderately durable

This softwood, is resinous heartwood and is pale red-brown to brick red in colour, with uniform texture
Red Deal Softwood

Slightly durable

Scots pine (Red deal) (Native to Europe-Irish strain died out) Sapwood is straw coloured, heartwood is pale reddish brown
Douglas Fir

Douglas Fir is a very popular softwood species due to its strength and versatility. We stock both timber from North America and Europe.
Southern Yellow Pine

Southern Yellow Pine (not to be confused with Quebec Yellow) comes from southern states of USA. It is a relatively ‘heavy’ weight softwood, used for joinery products such as stairs.
Western Red Cedar

Western ‘red’ Cedar from Canada/North America is very popular because of its natural durability and pleasant aroma. When freshly machined, it looks variegated from a straw-colour up to dark brown/red, but becomes more uniform in natural light.
European Larch

Siberian Larch is a specie of tree grown in arctic conditions and under much duress, although Larch grows faster than most coniferous trees from the same area mostly western Russia.
Scandinavian Redwood

Scandinavian Pine (also referred to as ‘redwood’ to differentiate it from ‘whitewood’ such as Spruce) is imported from Sweden, Finland and Russia. The grades vary for different uses.

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Western Red Cedar