High quality softwoods for all your carpentry and joinery needs.
At Burton’s Timber we stock a selection of excellent quality softwoods, all of which have been sourced from our carefully selected suppliers. We continually check that this wood is up to our own, in house standards. This ensures that we consistently provide you with the right timber to suit your purpose, which won’t let you down when you need it most.
In addition to our most popular woods, we can use our extensive system of preferred suppliers to source a huge number of other types of softwood timber. For more information on this process, please enquire with our Norfolk office.
Larch
Southern Yellow Pine
Western Red Cedar
A clean, uniformly textured softwood.
Larch is a reddish coloured deciduous softwood, with a smooth clean grain that often comes with long, cylindrical bole for around two thirds of its length. Prominent growth rings are often present throughout the wood due to its highly resinous qualities, with a clearly defined heartwood that differs in colouration from the sapwood.
One of the heavier softwoods available, Larch possesses a uniform texture that makes it an ideal choice for cladding, exterior joinery, flooring and decking. Its light colour and reasonably hard-wearing nature has made it a popular wood for indoor cycle tracks over the past few decades, giving you a good example of its finished colour and tone.
Weight: 590 kg/m3
A strong hard-pine with a fine texture.
Southern yellow pine is a lightly coloured pine with a tight straight grain and an excellent strength to weight ratio. It possesses the same odour as all pines, giving a lovely fresh smell to furniture and home interiors. This is due to its resinous nature, which also leads to distinct growth rings throughout the wood.
This hard, dense wood is an excellent choice for interior construction and is considered a good choice for trusses, joists and subflooring, thanks to its moderately rot-resistant qualities. Expect a fine to medium texture that is easy to work and should pose no problems with shattering or splintering.
Weight: 670 kg/m3
A distinct, durable and versatile softwood.
Western Red Cedar is a reddish-brown softwood that may present varying light and dark areas with the absence of resin channels. Straight grained with a medium texture, it is valued for its durable properties and natural resistance to decay, making it a common choice for the construction of wooden boats and the external timber cladding on buildings.
The Western Red Cedar possesses an individual odour, attributable to a particular oil within the wood that is said to give it an insecticidal property. Chests and containers made from this material can retain their smell for decades. A moderately inexpensive wood that is known to work well and is a popular choice for exterior construction purposes.
Weight: 390 kg/m3
To enquire about ordering any timber or wooden products from Burton's Timber, please call our main Norfolk Office on 01953 887 555, or fill in our online contact form and we'll get back to you.