Unseasoned Hardwood
All our hardwood is sourced locally.
Unseasoned Hardwood should only be used where there are no issues with shrinking as it will shrink in depth and thickness. Allowance must be made for shrinkage in design detailing.
Features & Benefits
Blackbutt and Spotted Gum have a natural fire resistance. Their fire retarding properties make them suitable for use in many bushfire prone areas under Australian Standard AS3959.
Available in following Stress Grade: F11, F14.
Boral Solid Seasoned Hardwood
Seasoning refers to the process of removing moisture from timber or drying timber. Solid seasoned hardwood timber tends to have a superior dimensional stability to unseasoned hardwood timber and is much less prone to warping and splitting. Seasoning hardwood timber enhances the basic properties of the timber increasing the stiffness, bending strength and compression strength.
Features & Benefits
Boral Timber products have full Chain of Custody certification aligned with the Australian Forestry Standard!
Seasoned structural hardwood is extremely strong and durable and will remain stable and won’t warp, swell or flake.
Seasoned structural hardwood offers superior nail holding capabilities and a consistent thickness and form.
Blackbutt and Spotted Gum have a natural fire resistance. Their fire retarding properties make them suitable for use in many bushfire prone areas under Australian Standard AS3959.
It has a consistent and attractive appearance for decorative and exposed applications.
Ideal for all structural applications including sub-floor construction, stair components, highly loaded truss members, wall lintels over openings and high strength structural beams.
Available in following Stress Grade: F27.
Solid seasoned hardwood should be used for indoor applications where shrinkage associated with hardwood drying out is important.
Boral Timber kiln dried structural hardwood products are manufactured in pine compatible sizes to ensure they can be easily integrated with structural pine products.
Boral Timber products are AFS Chain of Custody certified to (AS4707-2006). This provides peace of mind that Boral’s timber products sourced from sustainably managed and legal forestry. The certification is linked to the largest forest management certification scheme in the world and is the only forest management certification scheme with an Australian Standard (4708-2007).