Types of timber

The term ‘timber’ is used to refer to the wood at any stage after the tree has been felled. This can include the raw material, also known as rough timber or the processed material.

When specifying a particular timber species it is important to check the source of the timber and also if the forest from where the timber originates is recognised with forest certification.

This article presents a list of different types of timber used in the construction industry, with links to articles providing further information. For an expanded list of lesser know species refer to the page types of timber species and for an expanded list of processed timber refer to types of engineered wood products.

[edit] Types of timber species examples

• Bamboo.
• Birch.
• Cane.
• Cedar.
• Cherry.
• Lime.
• Mahogany.
• Oak.
• Padauk wood.
• Pine.
• Plywood.
• Sapele wood.
• Sycamore.
• Tulipwood.
• Walnut.

[edit] Engineered wood product examples

• Cross-laminated timber.
• Engineered bamboo.
• Glulam.
• Laminated strand lumber LSL.
• Laminated veneer lumber LVL.
• Oriented strand board.

[edit] Other terms

• Green timber.
• Modified wood.
• Softwood.
• Hardwood.
• Unwrot timber / sawn timber.
• Wood ash.
• Wrot timber (wrought timber / dressed timber / finished timber / planed timber)

[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings

• 11 things you didn't know about wood.
• A guide to the use of urban timber FB 50.
• Carpentry.
• Chip carving.
• Definition of tree for planning purposes.
• Physical Properties of Wood.
• Sapwood.
• Testing timber.
• The Art of Pyrography.
• The best woods for carving.
• The differences between hardwood and softwood.
• Timber.
• Timber species.
• Timber preservation.
• Timber vs wood.

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