Species
Discover our vast range of species, each with their own characteristics, benefits and properties.
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Classic
Premium, time-tested timbers chosen for their natural beauty, exceptional durability, and long-standing architectural heritage.
Air Dried European Oak
The unique aesthetic of oak enhances the appeal and status of both traditional and contemporary builds, and is the classic choice for creating a highly resilient natural shield against the elements. Carefully machined from our well-seasoned stock to maximise stability and consistency, oak will naturally weather to a silver/grey.
Canadian Western Red Cedar
A very stable natural timber, having very little movement or cupping tendencies. This high quality timber is slow growing, resulting in a very straight grain with very few knots. It comes in a whole range of colours, varying from orange hues right through to a reddish-brown, giving greater depth across boards and a clear, flawless finish.
Iroko
Iroko is an extremely durable and stable hardwood with a dense, interlocked grain that offers excellent resistance to decay and insect attack. Sustainably sourced from tropical Africa, it has a rich golden to medium brown colour that darkens over time. Its longevity, strength, and low maintenance make it ideal for premium external cladding.
European Larch
A durable softwood with high resin content, offering strong resistance to decay and weathering. It features a warm reddish-brown hue with lively grain patterns and frequent knots, giving it a strong, natural character. European larch is considered moderately durable.
Home Grown
Characterful, eco-conscious cladding with a distinctly local identity.
British Larch
British Larch provides a good quality and cost-effective cladding. It is lively with knots and features and will naturally weather to an attractive silver/grey colour, more consistent than other species. This species is considered moderately durable and when used as cladding will last between 20 to 30 years in average external conditions.
British Western Red Cedar
A more economical choice to its foreign cousin, this is faster growing and boasts a more consistent, pale-red colour with varied grain and character for a more natural look. It is less dense and contains more knots than Canadian, but weathers more evenly and has a much lower carbon impact due to it being locally grown.
Thermowood | Thermally Modified Timber
Enhanced through thermal modification, these timbers combine refined aesthetics with outstanding dimensional stability and resilience.
Redwood D
A sustainable and durable timber created through a heat treatment process that involves subjecting timber to high temperatures and steam in a controlled chamber, altering its cellular and physical properties. As a result, the timber boasts improved stability, moisture resistance, and longevity, making it an eco-friendly choice for various outdoor and indoor applications.
Ash
Typically seen as the most durable of all thermo-species, Thermo-Ash is stable and relatively knot-free, with a strong grain, and deep, dark chocolate colouring.
It
offers and European Grown alternative to the more distantly imported America or
African hardwoods, with the performance and price and similar to Canadian Western Red Cedar.
Ayous
A versatile, sustainable and high-performance product, popular as a economical alternative to Western Red Cedar. The African hardwood undergoes a drying, heating and cooling process to alter its appearance and increase its durability to a 1–2 Class rating. Boards are clear grade and essentially knot free, with a luxurious, mid-brown tone.
Radiata Pine
Radiata
Pine that has undergone heat modification to enhance the timber’s stability and
reduces resin content, leading to improved performance. Renown for its
sustainability as a species of timber due to its fast growing nature & well
managed forests, the species is defect free making is very easy to work with.
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