Our timbers are sourced only from sustainable, well managed stocks.
Birch - white to yellow; fine grain
Birches can reach a height of 22m, with a diameter of more than 600mm.
The wood varies slightly among species. The wood of yellow birch and sweet birch is heavy, hard and strong, while that of paper birch is lighter, and less hard, strong and stiff. All birches have a fine, uniform texture. Paper birch is each to work with hand tools; sweet birch and yellow birch are difficult to work with hand tools and difficult to glue, but easily machined. Yellow birch has white sapwood and light reddish-brown heartwood. Sweet birch has light-coloured sapwood and dark brown heartwood tinged with red.
Dark Mahogany - dark brown; fine texture
Reaches a height of 35 to 45m, boles sometimes twisted or crooked with low branching; trunk diameters above buttress 900mm to 1.5m.
Heartwood fairly uniform pink-to red brown darkening to a rich mahogany brown. Sapwood is lighter in colour, not always sharply defined. Texture moderately coarse; grain straight, Interlocked, or Irregular, without taste or scent.
Hevea - light blonde; straight grain with some blemishes
In the wild may reach heights of 30 to 40m with large cylindrical trunks with or without buttress. Cultivated the tree reaches a diameter of about 500mm, usually with a short bole, and with pronounced taper.
Heartwood whitish when freshly cut, becoming light brown with a pink tinge on exposure; not distinct sapwood. Texture moderately coarse and even grain; straight; has a characteristic sour smell; luster low.
Jarrah - brown to reddish brown
May reach a height of 30m, with trunk diameters of exploitable trees up to 10m.
Heartwood light brown to almost bright yellow when freshly cut, darkens on exposure to a deep reddish brown, very dark brown, or almost black; sapwood bright yellow, darkening on exposure, sharply defined. Texture fine and even; grain straight or only slightly interlocked; somewhat lustrous; no marked taste.
Jatoba - red brown; variable but regular grain
May grow to a height of 40m with trunk diameters of 1.5 to 1.8m; usually less than 30m high with diameters of 600mm to 1.2m, and basally swollen or buttressed in large trees.
Heartwood is salmon red to orange brown when fresh, becoming russet to reddish brown when seasoned; often marked with dark streaks. Sapwood is usually wide; white gray, or piridsh. Texture is medium to rather coarse; grain is mostly interlocked; golden luster; without distinctive colour or taste.
Kempas - light reddish brown; variable, intricate grain
May reach a height of 60m with clear, usually straight boles of 25 to 30m, trunk diameters may reach 1.8m and more over heavy buttresses.
Heartwood brick red when freshly cut, darkening on exposure to an orange red or red brown with numerous yellow-brown streaks due to soft tissue associated with the pores; sapwood white or pale yellow about 50mm with in large trees and clearly defined. Grain typical- interlocked, sometimes wary; texture rather coarse; luster variable; colour and taste not distinctive. The timber is slightly acidic and may be corrosive to metals. Streaks of brittle stone-like tissue are fairly common and are a source of mechanical weakness.
Maple - white to yellow, straight grain with some swirls and birdseyes
The wood of sugar maple and black maple is known as hard maple; that of silver maple, red maple, and boxelder as soft maple.
The sapwood of the maples is commonly white with a slight reddish-brown tinge; the heartwood is light reddish brown, but sometimes is considerably darker. The sapwood is from 75 to 125+mm thick. Hard maple has a fine, uniform texture, turns well on a lathe, is resistant to abrasion and has no characteristic colour or taste. It is heavy, strong, stiff, hard and resistant to shock and it has large shrinkage. Sugar maple is generally straight grained but the grain also occurs and "birds-eye", "curly" and "fiddleback" grain.
Merbau - brown to yellow brown; straight, intricate grain
A large tree often with a rather short, thick bole, sometimes to 20m, often fluted; trunk diameters to 1.5m above large spreading buttress.
Heartwood yellowish to orange brown when freshly cut, turning brown or dark red brown on exposure; sapwood pale yellow to light buff, sharply demarcated from the heartwood. Texture rather coarse; grain straight to interlocked or wavy; luster variable; has a characteristic odour when dry materials is worked, and an astringent taste.
Pacific Jarrah - brown to red, some green; irregular grain
Boles 8m to 13m, generally irregular, with pronounced buttresses; diameters to 750mm. Plantation trees of good form in Hawaii.
Heartwood pink brown, grey brown, red brown, or dark red. Sapwood pink or red brown, lighter than the heartwood, but not always sharply demarcated. Texture medium to fin; grain interlocked, sometimes wavy; somewhat lustrous; without characteristic odour or taste.
Red Oak - pink to reddish brown; grain not always straight, often heavy
Oaks can reach a height of 40m, with large diameters.
The sapwood of oak is white to very light brown, while the heartwood is reddish brown in the red oak group. Oak wood has a course texture; it is heavy, straightgrained, hard, tough, very stiff and strong. Fast-grown oak, with wide rings, is stronger and heavier than slow-grown oak.
Teak - golden to greenish brown; becomes darker and richer over time
On favorable sites, may reach 40 to 50m in height with clear boles of 25 to 30m trunk diameters usually 500mm to 1.5m; older trees fluted and buttressed.
Heartwood dark golden yellow, turning a dark brown with exposure, often very variable in colour when freshly machined showing blotches and streaks of various shades; sapwood pale yellowish, sharply demarcated. Grain straight, sometimes wavy, texture coarse, uneven (ring porous); dull with an oily feet; scented when freshly cut. Dust may cause irritations. Sillica content variable, up to 1.4m is reported.
Walnut - black to chocolate brown; dark streaks in grain
Black walnut trees reach heights of 40m, with a diameter of over 1.0m.
The sapwood of black walnut is nearly white, while the heartwood is light brown to dark, chocolate brown, often with a purplish cast and darker streaks. The wood is heavy, hard and stiff and has high shock resistance.
White Oak - yellow to very light brown; grain not always straight, often heavy
Oak can reach a height of 40m, with large diameters.
The sapwood of oak is white to very light brown, while the heartwood is light to dark brown in the white oak groups. Oak wood has a course texture; it is heavy, straightgrained, hard, tough, very stiff and strong. Fast-grown oak with wide rings is stronger and heavier thank slow-grown oak.
