Most of our Douglas Fir is harvested locally as part of an ancient woodland restoration project. We then mill it within sight of the woods it came from.

Douglas Fir is a very resilient softwood and will outlast cheap, sawn-treated timber several times over. All these excellent properties make it a very cost effective alternative to Oak.

No tanalising or treatment is required due to the natural preservatives in the wood.

The timber works well with machine and hand tools and is easy to plane, nail, screw and glue.

Stainless fixings are recommended as the wood has acidic properties that can corrode iron.

Douglas Fir is native to Western North America but was introduced to the UK in 1827 by botanist David Douglas.

It has many desirable properties, such as its strength to weight ratio and bending strength. It has a medium, uniform texture, small moisture movement and generally straight grain.

It’s heartwood is a vibrant orangey/pinky/red when freshly sawn but dries to reddish honey-brown, with a contrasting band of white sap, before weathering to soft silver when used outside.