"An extensive range of quality timbers from around the world"
We stock a wide range of soft and hardwoods from around the world, click the image to find out more about some of the species we stock.
Unless stated the following thickness sizes are available across our whole stock:
1", 1 1/2", 2", 2 1/2", 3"
Fact Sheet 1 American White Ash
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Fact Sheet 2 Beech
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Fact Sheet 3 Tulipwood / Poplar
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Fact Sheet 4 Iroko
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Fact Sheet 5 Douglas Fir
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Fact Sheet 6 American White Oak
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Fact Sheet 7 Birch
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Fact Sheet 8 Sapele
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Fact Sheet 9 Obeche
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Fact Sheet 10 Walnut
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Fact Sheet 11 Western Red Cedar
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Fact Sheet 12 Medium Fibreboard
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American Ash |
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European Beech |
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American Cherry |
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Douglas Fir |

Canadian Hemlock |
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Idigbo |
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Iroko |
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Canadian Maple |

Meranti |
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American White Oak |
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European Oak |
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Eastern White Palm |

Poplar |
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Sapele |
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Utile |
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Western Red Cedar |
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American Ash Fraxinus americana
Uses:
all types of sports equipment, oars, cues, bats etc and striking handles such as spades forks and hoes.
Cabinet work and interior joinery decorative veneers for furniture and cabinet making. |
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European Beech Fagus sylvatica
Uses:
Cabinetmaking, high-class joinery, solid and laminate furniture, work benches, musical instruments, domestic flooring, plywood's.
More European Beech is consumed in the UK than any other hardwood. |
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American Cherry Prunus serotina
Uses:
Pattern making, musical instruments, furniture and cabinetmaking, high class joinery. It is an excellent turnery and carving wood. |
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Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
Uses:
More veneer and plywood are produced from this species than any other timber. It is also used for heavy construction work, roof trusses, interior and exterior joinery. |
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Canadian Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla
Uses:
General construction, carpentry and joinery, also broom handles, vehicle bodies and railway sleepers. |
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Idigbo Terminalia ivorensis
Uses:
Furniture and high-class joinery for interior and exterior work. Also used for general carpentry, joinery and construction work It should not be used in damp conditions due to natural staining properties if in contact with iron compounds. |
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Iroko Chlorophora excelsa
Uses:
Interior and exterior joinery, furniture making and carving. It is a structural timber suitable for domestic flooring, flush doors and decorative veneering. |
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Canadian Maple Acer capmestre
Uses:
Maple is an excellent turnery wood also used for furniture and joinery work. Selected stocks are sliced for highly decorative veneers for panelling. |
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Meranti Shorea spp
Uses:
Exterior and interior joinery, shopfitting, boat building and flooring. Rotary cut for plywood manufacture and decorative veneers. |
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American White Oak Quercus spp
Uses:
Suitable for furniture and cabinetmaking, joinery, heavy construction, parquet and strip flooring, pews ad pulpits, coffins. |
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European Oak Quercus petraea
Uses:
Furniture and cabinetmaking, high-class joinery, coffins, ecclesiastical work, pews screens, pulpits and carving. |
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Eastern White Palm Pinus monticola
Uses:
Joinery, doors and windows, interior trims, shelving, light and medium construction, pattern making, furniture making and plywood manufacture. |
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Poplar Populus
Uses:
Tough non-splintering wood used for rough usage such as truck floors, also suitable for furniture frames, drawers, interior joinery, toys and flooring. |
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Sapele Entandrophragma cylindricum
Uses:
Quality furniture and cabinetmaking, joinery, shopfitting, solid doors, boat building, musical instruments, sports good and flooring. Extensively used for a constructional veneer for plywood and decorative face veneers for cabinets and marquetry. |
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Utile Entandrophragma utile
Uses:
Furniture and cabinetmaking, high class exterior and interior joinery, flooring , boat building, musical instruments, sports good and general construction. |
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Western Red Cedar Thuja plicata
Uses:
Greenhouse and shed construction, shingles, exterior finishing, exterior boarding and cladding, beehive construction and posts, poles and fences. |
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