Softwood
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Species |
Origin |
Common Names |
Colour |
Common Uses |
Timber Qualities |
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Redwood |
Scandinavia & Europe |
Cream white |
Flooring, external and interior joinery, furniture, structural |
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Whitewood |
Scandinavia & Europe |
German Whitewood, Scandinavian Whitewood, European Whitewood |
White – pale yellow |
Interior joinery & flooring, furniture, structural build, scaffolding boards |
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Thermowood |
New Zealand |
Radiata Pine Thermowood |
Light brown |
Cladding and associated trimming |
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North America, UK & Europe |
Red – light brown |
Interior and exterior joinery such as timber cladding |
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Larch |
Europe, Siberia |
Siberian Larch, European |
Pale red brown |
Cladding and associated trimming |
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Home Grown Larch |
UK |
Scots Larch |
Red brown |
Cladding and associated trimming |
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Western Red Cedar |
North America |
Pacific Red Cedar |
Red brown |
Cladding and associated trimming, greenhouse and conservatory manufacturing |
very durable timber, contains a natural preservative that prevents decaying |
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Central America |
American Pitch Pine |
Red brown |
rough construction, pulp, crating |
high resin content preserves it from decay |
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North America, Canada |
Eastern White Pine, Weymouth pine |
Pale Straw, Red brown |
pattern making and furniture manufacturing |
works very easily by hand and with machining tools |
Hardwood
| Species | Origin | Common Names | Colour | Common Uses | Timber Qualities |
| Beech | Europe, UK | European Beech | Cream White, Pale brown | Furniture, interior joinery, flooring, plywood, Solid and laminated furniture such as desks, benches and chairs | very good for turning |
| Cherry | Europe, UK, Scandinavia, Asia, North Africa | American Cherry | Pink brown | Cabinet making furniture, musical instruments including pianos and violin bows | heartwood is very resistant to decay |
| Oak | Europe, Asia, North Africa | English oak, French oak, Slovanian oak, Polish oak, American Red oak, American White oak, Green oak | Yellow brown | Furniture, interior and exterior joinery, flooring, heavy structural | fall into three categories; red oaks, white oaks, and evergreen oaks |
| Teak | Burma, Indonesia, Thailand | Sagwan, Teku, Teka, Kyun | Gold brown | Interior and exterior joinery, sports goods, furniture | the wood is inclined to be brittle |
| Iroko | West Africa | Odum, Mvule, Kambala, Moreira | Yellow brown | interior and exterior joinery, bridge construction | |
| Sapele | West Africa | Red brown | Interior and exterior joinery, furniture, flooring, veneer | ||
| Utile | West Africa | Red brown | Interior and exterior joinery, furniture, cabinet work | ||
| Greenheart | South America | Cogwood, Demerara | marine and heavy civil engineering projects | extremely hard and strong | |
| Cedar | Western Red Cedar | ||||
| Opepe | West Africa | Bilinga | Yellow brown | heavy construction, marine and jetties, railway longitudinal bridge timbers and decking | Extremely strong, durable and resistant to decay |
| Ekki | West Africa | Azobe | Red brown | electric poles and fences | specialist construction, engineering projects of bridges, piers, Lock gates |
MH Southern has the North East’s widest range of quality hardwood timbers available from stock.
A choice of kiln dried hardwoods, all sourced from managed resources, all ready and waiting for your next construction, furniture, joinery or shop fitting project.
Either sawn or machined, MH Southern can meet your exact requirements. Not only that but we will guarantee prompt delivery of your order from our stock range anywhere on our North of England delivery routes!
