Order dense-grained timber?

[Karin_Lindhagen]

Our deck railing has completely rotted away after barely 10 years. We need to redo it, but I would definitely like the new railing to last longer than 10 years!! When I asked the carpenter for extra dense wood to use outdoors, he looked at me as if I came from Mars. Same thing when I asked at the building supply store.

Does such wood only exist in books? Or is it indescribably expensive? Or do you have to personally fetch it from northern Norrland? Or why does everyone look at me so strangely when I ask??

 

[Manberg]

Dense-grown wood, also known as slow-grown wood, can be found in various places; however, the heartwood portion is crucial as it is the most rot-resistant. Here, I'm talking about pine...

Additionally, all wood can be treated with different substances like tar, iron vitriol, or using other types of wood, primarily larch, which is a common material for decking.

If people give you strange looks at the hardware store, it's probably because they have poor-quality wood, and the summer temps are starting to work now. Plus, the formula expensive = good applies when it comes to wood unless you know a forest enthusiast who has a mini sawmill and likes to cut down some trees now and then.

 

[morsan]

http://www.dalfrid.com/ in Gothenburg probably has

 

[Karin_Lindhagen]

Thanks mom, great link! Very inspiring and educational to find while browsing that site.

 

[bhshpk]

Call Arvidssons sawmill in Benareby, (Härryda outside Gothenburg).
He sells timber that he transports down from Skellefteå. Around 7 to 15 growth rings on a 22 mm plank. (Hornbach has 3-10).

Another big advantage is that EVERYTHING is top quality, so you don't need to spend hours sorting timber, just load it up!

 

[fredwel]

Gotland is also a producer of kärnvirke. Know that there is (or has been?) some economic association there that dealt with kärnvirke, but I can't find their website now. Check with http://www.osterbybradgard.com, they might have or perhaps know where you can get it in Gotland.

/fredrik

 

[79:an]

Take a trip to the local lumberyard and pick out the nice core planks from the pile, larger sawmills and builders' merchants don't sort the timber, so there are both fine and poor planks in the same bundle.

 

[mandus]

Beijer has started selling kärnfur:

http://www.beijerbygg.se/templates/BB_ProduktListing.aspx?id=42641

 

[fredwel]

Setra advertises core pine for patios in a double-page spread in the latest issue of "Allt om trädgård". They are the ones who supply Beijer. There seems to be some information on their website:

http://www.setragroup.se/templates/Page.aspx?id=3612

/fredrik

 

[Johan Gunverth]

[link] in Gothenburg probably has

Haha! I've completely missed that, and it's even right here at home. A lovely website with language as rich as the timber is thick. Seems very serious and deserves a curious visit already tomorrow.

 

[Johan Gunverth]

Call Arvidssons sawmill in Benareby, (Härryda outside Gothenburg). He sells timber that he transports down from Skellefteå. Approximately 7 to 15 annual rings on a 22 mm plank. (Hornbach has 3-10).

Another big advantage is that EVERYTHING is top quality, so you don't have to spend hours sorting out timber; just load it up!

If I remember correctly, this is where I got my facade boards (via the house manufacturer Hällingsjö Hus). It is true that everything is top quality and closely grown. Only a single board had to be discarded. It had split along the length.