Making the Grade
The beauty of natural timber
There really is no other material that matches the natural beauty of wood. Timber products often include enhanced natural characteristics including colour variation, knots, filler and sapwood.
You may notice some colour variation between boards as no two pieces of raw timber are the same - even within the same species. This organic beauty is what makes timber so special. To achieve a balanced, natural look, installers should mix boards from multiple boxes during installation. Colour variation
Sapwood is the living part of the tree through which water and sap flow. It is always lighter in colour than the heartwood and certain fuming, smoking and colouring processes emphasise the sapwood since it doesn’t react to such treatments to the same degree (the effect of these treatments on planks containing sapwood is shown left). By definition sapwood contains more moisture, however this is no cause for concern since all Havwoods’ timber has been carefully dried and its stability is ensured when supplied in an engineered form. Sapwood
Smoked & White Oiled
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