SAWN OAK POSTS

Description

Oak is a quality in-demand timber. It’s tough, yet excellent to work with. It easily accepts screws which, like other fastenings, should be Non-Ferrous. Oak can be waxed, stained, polished and is generally good at accepting treatments. All our oak timber beams are graded in France to QPA/1 and better. As our beams are stored in both undercover warehouses and outside in our yard, the colour of the beams may darken down depending on how long they have been there. This effect is natural and quite common. Planing, sanding or blasting the timber will clean them up if required.

Another factor important to mention when machining beams are that, due to the higher moisture content within the beam, you can sometimes expect a mild reaction with the oak and the steel tooling that is used to shape the timber, this will show up as a dark blue stain across the faces, again this can easily be sanded off, and is widely accepted in the trade.