Part of the shorea group of hardwoods meranti is an easy to work timber that varies in colour from light pink to deep red.
Is meranti timber a hardwood.
Meranti is a versatile hardwood timber suited to a range of projects where aesthetic beauty is a priority.
Colored gray or yellow blending to reddish depending on where it s harvested meranti ages to a golden brown with continued exposure to light.
Alsford timber reserve the right to supply and invoice timber in lengths to make up the meterage required according to stock availability at the time.
Grey coloured narrow streaks are often present on all longitudinal surfaces caused by concentric layers of resin canals.
Dark red meranti is sometimes referred to as red lauan wood in the shorea genus is very commonly used in southeast asia and there is an abundance of variety between the difference species.
Meranti is a versatile hardwood timber suited to a range of projects where aesthetic beauty is a priority.
25mm 23 x 225mm 32mm 32 x 225mm 38mm 50mm.
Meranti is a soft to firm hardwood timber.
On the janka scale a scale that ranks wood for hardness meranti varieties rank between 800 and.
Cut to size planed meranti hardwood timber.
Treated timber and carcassing.
Featuring a coarse even texture and an interlocked grain this material has a great overall hardness and a stable strength.
Each with different working properties appearances and mechanical strength values.
The sapwood is lighter in colour and distinct from the heartwood which is red brown darkening to a dark red.
Average length 3 0m range 1 8m to 5 4m average width 200mm range 150mm to 300mm sizes s e k d.
Meranti is a hardwood.
All of our branches stock meranti hardwood.
Meranti is not subject to warping or twisting and is dent resistant.
Because of its stability it can be used for a wide variety of applications.
Meranti is mainly used for joinery furniture and light construction.
Meranti ranges from pale red to reddish brown.
Champion timber stock planed meranti seraya hardwoods in a wide range of thicknesses.
Whether your latest creation looks like a window frame moulding piece of furniture or general joinery job this straight grain wood is a hardwearing and easy to work with choice that can be machined sanded and finished beautifully.
About our planed meranti products.
Planed surfaces fairly lustrous stripe figure on radial surfaces.
It has straight grain with few variations.
Whether your latest creation looks like a window frame moulding piece of furniture or general joinery job this straight grain wood is a hardwearing and easy to work with choice that can be machined sanded and finished beautifully.