To help you make better use of timber, we’ve brought together resources tailored to help you better incorporate timber into your next project, introductions and videos into different methods, and quick summaries of some timber products and their properties.
Timber is versatile and beautiful, offering near infinite possibilities to builders who know how to manipulate wood. It forms a key material for our homes, and through sustainable sourcing helps combat climate change and contribute to a better, greener economy.
The properties of timber vary significantly based upon the species, where it is grown, and how it is treated. These three factors can influence the colour, appearance, hardness, specific gravity, moisture content, grain, toughness, warping, durability, density and workability of wood.
Understanding these properties is essential if you are to both select the right timber for the job, and install it correctly.
Generation of builders have worked with wood, and there is a lot of skills which you can learn. Check out our Timber Trade Topics below to make sure you are following best practice.
Timber Trade Federation members are leading suppliers of high quality, sustainably sourced timber in the UK, able to meet any and all your building requirements. Simply use our product finder and get in touch with one of our members today.
When you build with sustainably sourced timber, you are helping to save the planet. Research has shown that for every cubic metre of wood used on a building site, a tonne of carbon dioxide is absorbed in the atmosphere and stored – even accounting for transportation.
Watch these practical talks from Roger Bisby on Wood Campus TV, detailing the installation of everything from fire doors through to cladding and battens with clear step by step instructions.
Timber Trade Topics seeks to give you a brief run down on all the need to know information about timber, from installing roof battens and cladding through to treatment, species and sourcing sustainable timber.
