Sweet Chestnut Cladding
Now, with the RIBA specification list featuring sweet chestnut cladding among its one hundred best products, architects are looking at the material with interest and curiosity. Some of this is to do with BBM being a committed sustainable practice and sweet chestnut being a local resource, readily available in the South East, with about 21, 000.
Sweet Chestnut cladding supplied by Vincent Timber
British Sweet Chestnut is an indigenious hardwood specie often used for external timber cladding. Discover all you need to know about it here, as well as how it can be used to create an outstanding exterior to your building.
Vincent Timber Picture Gallery Sweet Chestnut Cladding
Oak and Sweet Chestnut are both naturally durable hardwoods and great choices for timber cladding. Tom Barnes, MD of Vastern Timber, outlines some of the pros and cons of each option, and.
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Sweet Chestnut Also naturally durable with no need for preservative treatment clean and clear appearance - very similar to Oak - available in very long (6.0m) lengths.
Sweet Chestnut cladding supplied by Vincent Timber
Sweet chestnut is increasingly used in exterior cladding thanks to its natural durability, which makes it a good alternative to imported larch or cedar, but very little of this timber is used in other building applications.. Coppiced sweet chestnut is a significant timber resource in Europe (Unrau et al. Citation 2018; Marini et al. Citation.
Vincent Timber Picture Gallery Sweet Chestnut Cladding
What's in a name? Sweet Chestnut or Castanea Sativa, sativa meaning cultivated by humans, probably because the nuts (Chestnuts!) are edible (if cooked properly!) It's the same species as the European Chestnut, the Spanish Chestnut or otherwise know as just plain old Chestnut, but also Marron. Describing Sweet Chestnut
Vincent Timber Picture Gallery Sweet Chestnut Cladding
NORclad offer selected Hardwoods for timber cladding; British Sweet Chestnut, and Oak; UK, European and American
Garden Room With Sweet Chestnut Cladding Inwood
Sweet Chestnut Cladding InWood Developments pioneered the use of sweet chestnut as both an exterior and interior cladding material over twenty years ago. It is a unique timber species that offers similar benefits and character to Oak, but with a number of environmental and sustainability benefits.
Jointed sweet chestnut cladding & dry oak for glazing joinery Sweet Chestnut, Timber Cladding
SWEET CHESTNUT FINGER-JOINTED CLADDING Wood is a natural, ecological, recyclable material with magnificent insulating properties. It helps to reduce energy consumption and minimizes the carbon footprint, in addition to offering multiple technical and creative possibilities.
Sweet Chestnut cladding supplied by Vincent Timber
Sweet Chestnut is available in a wide range of cladding and decking profiles and can either be supplied in solid timber or finger jointed, which has considerable benefits such as longer lengths (up to 6.1m). Finger jointed can also be produced to specification, thus reducing wastage.
Sweet Chestnut cladding supplied by Vincent Timber
Sweet chestnut is strong, durable and relatively light when compared to other types of hardwood cladding. Additionally, sweet chestnut is a very stable timber, resulting in less movement, distortion or splitting.
Sweet Chestnut Finger Jointed 25 X 150 Horizontal Half Lap Cladding K/D
Sweet Chestnut is generally straight grained, hard wearing and durable making it a very attractive choice as a cladding. Cover: 134mm (Including a 4mm expansion gap) - 7.46 linear metres cover 1m2. Fixing: Face fixed - This profile is to be fixed vertically - stainless steel annular ring shank nails recommended.
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Likewise, European oak and sweet chestnut trees are naturally durable temperate hardwoods. Both can naturally last up to 30 years although oak especially can be quite an expensive option. Both woods are corrosive to metals so specific fixings need to be considered.
Sweet Chestnut Cladding, Louvres Warborne Farm Stay Renovation & Conversion PAD Studio
In favourable situations sweet chestnut attains a height of 30m or more and a maximum diameter of 1.8m with a straight, unbranched bole of about 6m, but in less favourable conditions, the undivided bole is little more than 3m long after which it divides off into several huge limbs so that the general character of the tree is altered. Wood type.
Sweet Chestnut Finger Jointed 25 X 150 Vertical Half Lap Cladding K/D
Unlike oak, sweet chestnut is stable and relatively lightweight for a hardwood. Being dry and relatively free of knots, sweet chestnut is suited to machined profiles. The natural stability of the wood helps to maintain straight lines as the cladding boards weather.
Vincent Timber Picture Gallery Sweet Chestnut Cladding
Sweet Chestnut Cladding We dry sweet chestnut naturally for a year to improve the stability of the cladding boards. We offer sweet chestnut either in solid random lengths or in 4.0mt finger jointed boards. Call us to discuss your cladding project CALL US Find Out More