At Border Hardwood, we are a full service Oak Timber Merchant.
With our own milling services on-site, we can cut timber in-house to supplied specifications, and our planing and moulding machines allow us to produce precise profiles to order. We dry and grade our own timber, and can advise and supply wood care products to meet our customers’ needs and application.
Having our own milling facilities on site at our depot in Wem, Shropshire allows us to fine-tune our products.
Many of our customers order sawn to size. We receive a specific cutting specification via email or on our online shop, and our team of skilled, dedicated sawyers will produce as per the ordered grade.
As we cut in-house this gives us the flexibility of being able to reduce our availability on orders to within 24 hours from time of order.
Border Hardwood have 2 Hundegger 8 head planers and a number of 6 head moulding machines and spindle moulders.
Grinding machines and sharpening shops all in house allow us to sharpen and produce our own profiles.
Primarily our kilns are used as conditioning kilns for beams. Our biomass fired kilns are ideal for reducing the moisture content down and making the stock more suitable for internal use.
Here at Border Hardwood, we grade all of our oak in-house to the BS5756 standards. This is the guidelines for grading structural timber in Britain and the structural grades associated with each visual standard.
The grading of oak beams checks for weaknesses in the beams, such as cracks, splits, and knots.
Border Hardwood can also supply you with a range of wood oils and treatments for your oak.
We supply Osmo oils which you can purchase online or at the mill; just speak to one of our trained sales team to find out what is best to care for your wood.
Treating your wood is an important part of taking care of it and making sure that it lasts a lifetime. From joinery to a new oak floor wood needs to be cared for and kept in good condition.
