Sawn Timber

Walnut colour varies from a creamy brown to a chocolate brown and can sometimes have a purplish tinge. Walnut finishes beautifully with an excellent decorative appearance due to its outstanding grain, colour and pattern. Grain patterns vary from very plain to highly figured.

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The heartwood of cherry varies from light pinkish tones to rich reddish brown which will darken on exposure to light. In contrast the sapwood is creamy white. The wood has a fine uniform straight grain, smooth texture, and may naturally contain brown pith flecks and small gum pockets.

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The sapwood is creamy white with a slight pinkish brown tinge and the heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. Both sapwood and heartwood can contain pith fleck. The wood has a close fine texture and is generally straight grained, but it can also occur as 'curly’ and 'birds-eye' figured.

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The Heartwood is a light to medium brown with a wild grain interlocked grain pattern. Elm can also include interesting shimmers of green and purples flecks.

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The heartwood varies from a pale yellowish brown to olive green. Our Tulipwood is a premium grade that has less colour, wider and longer specification and goes through a conditioning process to relax tension. For those reasons we have built a strong customer base with this production for particularly in the high end painted furniture market.

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The sapwood is light coloured to nearly white and the heartwood varies from pale greyish brown to light brown. The wood is generally bold and straight grained with a coarse uniform texture. The degree and availability of light coloured sapwood, and other properties, will vary according to the growing regions.

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The heartwood is light to tan brown in colour and the sapwood a pale cream. White oak is mostly straight grained with a medium to coarse texture and similar in appearance to European Oak.

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European Ash is similar in appearance to American ash. The sapwood is light coloured to nearly white and the heartwood varies from pale greyish brown to light brown. The wood is generally bold and straight grained with a coarse uniform texture.

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Golden to medium brown in colour with distinct shiny rays of quarter sawn, European Oak has been widely used for thousands of years. We stock a huge range of European Oak from huge French QBAA Boules to Italian Character Grade strips and English Burr Logs.

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European Beech wood is normally white to pale cream colour but when the steaming process is added to relieve drying stresses it turns to pale pinkish in colour. The wood is fairly hard and has a fine and even texture.

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European Beech is white to pale cream colour. The wood is fairly hard and has a fine and even texture and contains natural antiseptic properties.

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A Golden yellowish brown timber deepening to dark brown. Boards can contain dark streaked markings so colour variance is to be expected. This is a highly attractive and versatile timber that shares many qualities of Teak.

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The heartwood is a classic reddish-brown colour with a fine interlocking grain. Alternatively to a standard specification Sapele we stock a high quality quarter sawn dimensioned strip. As sole distributors into the UK we have built a strong customer base for companies looking to save on labour and waste costs coupled with a superior product.

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The heartwood is a classic reddish-brown with a purplish hue. A fine and unremarkable grained timber with a uniform texture. Regarded as the finest choice in true mahogany substitutes.

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This exotic timber is a very dark brown, almost black but it can contain hints of a caramel streak. Mixed grain and a very course texture.

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This interesting exotic timber is also referred to as Zebrawood because of its distinct strips Dark brown and cream colours with interlocked grain and course texture.

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This species can be used for high class joinery, feature trusses and structural work. We stock the top grade available from first growth logs, known as Mediterranean Sort. This slow grown virtually knot free timber has a close grain and is a soft yellowish brown colour.

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This timber has a straw yellow colour with a strong grain pattern. The trees are very slow-grown due to the extreme climate, resulting in tight growth rings and fine grain. When used as cladding, Siberian larch is particularly ideal for really exposed elevations or areas where there is likely to be physical damage.

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Western Red Cedar is a species with a variety of colours from light pinks to dark chocolate browns. It has a mixture of grain patterns from very close and straight to wild and open. Our Cedar is a selected clear grade containing minimal knots, perfect for cladding of garden buildings, large residential and commercial projects, fencing and decking.

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