Meranti Timber Hardwood Or Softwood
Meranti is mainly used for joinery furniture and light construction.
Meranti timber hardwood or softwood. Treated timber and carcassing. Alsford timber reserve the right to supply and invoice timber in lengths to make up the meterage required according to stock availability at the time. What can this timber be used for. Due to the number of variations being marketed under the botanical species name shorea yet.
Hardwood softwood or modified timber for your windows and doors. Thicknesses 26mm 32mm 38mm 51mm 63mm and 76mm. The names have no reference to the properties of the wood as some softwoods can be hard and some hardwoods have soft properties. Plywood with meranti face ply s and mixed meranti core ply s.
The thing that defines a hardwood from a softwood is the presence of special pores in the cellular structure of the wood itself. Champion timber stock planed meranti seraya hardwoods in a wide range of thicknesses widths and lengths so you only buy what you need. On the janka scale a scale that ranks wood for hardness meranti varieties rank between 800 and 825. Ply s are laminated with wbp glue allowing the panel to be exposed to weather water and moisture for a long period of time without delamination.
Meranti is not subject to warping or twisting and is dent resistant. Orders questions call and collect to save time or speak to a timber specialist now for expert advice. We stock a range of planed softwood timbers from the very best our premier planed softwood that we. Colour and grain vary from sheet to sheet.
Deciding on whether to choose a hardwood a softwood or a modified timber for your windows and doors depends on a number of factors such as your particular requirements the properties of different woods and your budget. Softwoods come from evergreen coniferous trees which have needled leaves and are cone bearing such as pine cedar and fir. Cladding joinery interior and exterior flooring furniture cabinet work general construction boatbuilding and much more. Hardwoods generally come from broad leafed deciduous trees such as oak beech and mahogany.
Meranti ranges from pale red to reddish brown. For further details on our meranti please contact us on 020 8858 6441. Red meranti can be glued well but due to its high density it is advised to use special heavy duty glue. Because of its stability it can be used for a wide variety of applications.
Timber frame and studwork. Meranti is a soft to firm hardwood timber. Frequently asked questions about meranti hardwood timber. There are two timber types called hardwood and softwood.
Pine is a pale coloured wood meranti is red in. For the sake of comparison red oak ranks 1 290. All of our branches stock meranti hardwood.