Timbers Available
All Gates & Garage Door prices on the website are for Good Quality 5th Grade Redwood (Joinery Timber) as standard. If you required any of the wood types / colours listed below, please call us for a quote.
 Idigbo: A plain, pale yellow to light brown coloured wood with little distinction between sapwood and heartwood, although the later is somewhat darker in colour.
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 Iroko:
When freshly cut or machined the heartwood is yellow in colour but quickly darkening to golden brown on exposure to light.
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 African Mohogany:
The heartwood is distinctly pink when freshly sawn, but when seasoned varies in colour from light pinkish-brown to deep reddish shade.
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 Meranti - Dark Red:
The sapwood is lighter in colour and distinct from the heartwood which is red-brown darkening to a dark red. Grey-coloured narrow streaks are often present on longitudinal surfaces.
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 European Oak:
The sapwood is lighter in colour than the heartwood which is yellowish brown. Quarter sawn surfaces show a distinct silver-grain figure due to the broad rays.
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 Sapele:
The sapwood is pale yellow or whitish, the heartwood pinkish when freshly cut, darkening to typical mahogany colour of reddish-brown. Sapele is characterised by a marked and regular stripe, particularly pronounced on quarter-sawn surfaces. |
 Utile:
The heartwood of utile is pale pink when freshly cut, darkening on exposure to reddish-brown. It closely resembles sapele both in appearance and properties but is more open in texture.
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