Commercial Timbers for use in  Construction, Joinery, and Furniture   We have more than 1500 commercial timber species available to use in the Construction, Joinery and Furniture sectors this is ever increasing with the addition of modified timbers. We narrowed down to appx 100 species in the Gallery – find your wood here, to help…

A number of chemical brands and technologies are available for pressure treated timber, below is a list of the common timber treatment technologies used for protection against biological decay. Copper-organic (water-based) Use class suitability: UC1, 2, 3 and 4. Application process:  high-pressure Suitable for situations were a risk of bio-deterioration is high, e.g. ground and fresh…

It is important to ensure that the correct environment is specified when selecting the type of fire retardant treatment as some fire treatments cannot be used externally or will need additional treatments/coatings to be used externally due to the risk of leaching or degradation. Three types of service environments are specified, i.e. – Internal dry…

Wood Natural durability classifications are based on the woods ability to resist degradation to wood destroying fungi. Wood destroying fungi and insects are the most significant threats to wood or timber durability in the UK. Insects tend not to be a serious risk in the UK as wood destroying insects prefer the warmer climates, e.g….

To be able to answer the question you need to know, the timbers durability class as given in BS EN350-2, you also need to know the Use class of the timber given in BS8417 all explained below.Biological performance is based on the resistance to microbiological attack of a species heartwood. Standards or reference documents used…

The substantial volume of fire retardant treatments are applied under factory conditions mainly pressure impregnated (in a pressurised chamber) these tend to be the preferred option for solid wood products. These are applied to wood products under a controlled environment; these tend to last longer with least maintenance compared to surface or site applied coatings….

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