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American White Ash
Fraxinus Americana
Colour pale cream to pale brown. Bold and straight-grained with a medium texture. Uses include furniture, flooring, screens, sports equipment and tool handles. A popular timber where strength is a requirement.
Type: Hardwood
European Oak
Quercus robur/Quercus Petraea
Colour light tan to deep brown with a silver-grey figure on quarter sawn. The grain is usually straight with a mild texture. It works and finishes well. Uses include high-class Interior and exterior joinery, furniture, panelling, doors and flooring. An increasingly popular timber.
Type: Hardwood
European Redwood
Pinus Sylvestris
Colour pale yellowish-brown to red-brown. Also known as Scots Pine, or Scandinavian Redwood, It is a very popular softwood species that is known for its good quality. Uses include interior joinery, furniture and construction.
Type: Softwood
Iroko
Chlorophora Excelsahave
Colour varies from light yellow to dark brown. Can be interlocked or cross-grained with a medium to moderately coarse texture. It is a hard wearing timber that is resistant to decay. Used for joinery, boat building, conservatories, flooring, garden furniture and kitchen/laboratory tops. A good alternative to Teak
Type: Hardwood
Sapele
Entandrophragma cylindricum
Colour medium to dark reddish-brown. Moderately interlocked grain with a medium to fine texture. A Mahogany type of timber is used for Joinery, furniture, doors, windows, flooring and conservatories.
Type: Hardwood
Southern Yellow Pine
Pinus Palutris & Pinus Elliotti
The heartwood is yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, generally resinous, which distinguishes itself from the light-coloured sapwood. Southern Yellow Pine is typically harder and heavier than their commercial species of pine and is almost identical in strength properties with Douglas Fir. Uses include internal joinery, stairs, furniture, flooring and boat building.
Type: Softwood
Tulip
Liriodendron Tulipifera
Colour ranges from white to brown to olive green. Straight grained with a fine even texture It is relatively strong and can be used for internal joinery, panelling, furniture and mouldings.
Type: Hardwood
Utile
Entandrophragma
Colour medium to dark reddish-brown. Medium texture with broadly interlocked grain. Similar to Sapele however, the striped figure is less marked due to its growth characteristics. A class one hardwood, its uses include high-quality joinery, furniture, cabinetwork, doors, window, conservatories and boat building.
Type: Hardwood
White Oak
Quercus Alba
Colour ranges from light to dark brown, generally straight-grained with a medium to coarse texture. It has good working properties and stains and polishes well. Its uses include interior joinery, furniture, flooring and shopfitting.
Type: Hardwood
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A.J. Ostridge Transport Ltd is an established family haulage contractor and commercial garage repairers based in Maldon, Essex. The company has been trading for over 25 years and takes pride in providing a full and professional service within the general haulage industry.
