Directory Profile for A W Champion Ltd - Bromley

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Importer, Merchant

Hardwood, Panel, Softwood

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Ash, American
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 675 Kg/m3
Colour: Grey Brown
Durability: Not Durable
Permeability: Good
Origin: North America
Species Name: Fraxinus sp

Baltic States Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

Beech, European
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 720 Kg/m3
Colour: Pale Brown
Durability: Not Durable
Permeability: Good
Origin: Europe
Species Name: Fagus sylvatica
Notes: Generally prefixed by country of origin e.g.. English, French, Rumanian. Beech is sometimes Steamed to enhance the colour to a pink or light red

Blockboard
Product Type: Panel Product

Canadian Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

Cherry, American
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 580 Kg/m3
Colour: Red/Brown
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: North America
Species Name: Prunus serotina

Coniferous Plywood, South America
Product Type: Panel Product

Decking Supplier
Product Type: Service

Decorative Panels
Product Type: Panel Product

DIY/Timber Products
Product Type: Service
Notes: Agents are the link between Sellers, who are normally based overseas and Buyers based in the importing country.

Door Blanks
Product Type: Panel Product

Door Cills Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Douglas Fir
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 530 kg/m3
Colour: Light Red/Brown
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: North America
Species Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii
Notes: Large Sections (e.g.. 300x300mm) available. Clear material for Joinery purposes is also available

Fencing Supplier
Product Type: Service

Fibreboard
Product Type: Panel Product

Fire Resistant Boards
Product Type: Panel Product

Flexible Panel Products
Product Type: Panel Product

Garden Sleepers, Softwood
Product Type: Softwood
Notes: In some cases these may be recycled railway sleepers, but in most cases will be large sections of new timber suitable for use in Garden projects. Often such timbers may already have a preservative treatment applied in order to extend their useful life.

Gates, Softwood
Product Type: Service

Hardboard
Product Type: Panel Product

Hardwood
Decorative and Structural Woods from around the world

Hemlock, Western
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 490 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Brown
Durability: Non-durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: North America
Species Name: Tsuga heterophylla
Notes: Large Sections (e.g.. 300x300mm) available. Clear material for Joinery purposes is also available. Parcels frequently contain a percentage of fir (Abies Sp.)

Importer
Importers are the first Buyer in the UK selling wholesale quantities

Insulation Boards
Product Type: Panel Product

Ipe
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 1050 kg/m3
Colour: Dark Brown/Olive
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Impermeable
Origin: Brazil
Species Name: Tabebuia spp.

Iroko
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 660 Kg/m3
Colour: Yellow/Brown
Durability: Very Durable
Permeability: Very Resistant
Origin: Africa, West
Species Name: Milicia excelsa

Jelutong
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 470 Kg/m3
Colour: Yellow/White
Durability: Non-Durable
Permeability: Good
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Dyera costulata

Laminated Flooring
Product Type: Panel Product

Laminates
Product Type: Panel Product

Maple, Hard or Rock
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 740 Kg/m3
Colour: White/Cream
Durability: Non-Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: North America
Species Name: Acer saccharum
Notes: Also called Hard Maple/Sugar Maple/White Maple

Marine plywood BS.1088
Product Type: Panel Product

Massaranduba
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 1000kg/m3
Colour: Dark/Pale Red
Texture: Fine
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Very Resistant
Origin: South America
Species Name: Manilkara bidentata
Notes: Also called Bullet Wood, Macarandu

MDF, Lightweight
Product Type: Panel Product

MDF, Medium Density Fibreboard
Product Type: Panel Product

MDF, Profiled and Perforated
Product Type: Panel Product

Melamine Faced Panel Products
Product Type: Panel Product

Meranti, Dark Red
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 670 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Medium to Dark Red Brown
Texture: Rather coarse
Durability: Moderately durable to Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species principally S. pauciflora

Moisture Resistant Panels
Product Type: Panel Product

Mouldings Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Mouldings MDF
Product Type: Panel Product

Mouldings Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

Oak, American Red
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 640 kg/m3 average
Colour: Red/Brown but can vary greatly in colour
Texture: Generally more Coarse than other Oaks
Durability: Non Durable
Permeability: Moderately Resistant
Origin: North America
Species Name: Principally Quercus rubra and Quercus falcata
Notes: Unsuitable for exterior works because it lacks durability

Oak, American White
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 640 kg/m3 average
Colour: Pale Yellow to mid Brown
Texture: Medium to Fine
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Extremely Resistant
Origin: North America
Species Name: Principally Quercus alba and Quercus prinus
Notes: Liable to stain when in contact with iron in damp conditions, and may corrode unprotected metals under these circumstances

Oak, European
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 670 kg/m3
Colour: Yellow/Brown
Texture: Medium to Fine
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Extremely Resistant
Origin: Europe south of 63* N
Species Name: Principally Quercus robur and Quercus petraea
Notes: Oak is widely used throughout Europe with good quality material being used for furniture and joinery and lower grades used for fencing and gates. Liable to stain when in contact with iron in damp conditions

OSB, Oriented Strand Board
Product Type: Panel Product

Panel Cutting Services
Product Type: Panel Product

Panel Edging Products
Product Type: Panel Product

Panel Product
Engineered Wood Products
such as MDF, OSB, Plywood

Particle Board, Chipboard
Product Type: Panel Product

Pine
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 510 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Reddish Brown Light Sapwood
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Sapwood Permeable
Origin: Northern Europe
Species Name: Pinus sylvestris
Environmental: In Scandinavia, two trees are planted for each tree which is felled.
Notes: In the UK, the general term Pine refers to wood from the Scots Pine tree also known as Redwood

Pine, Parana
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 480 kg/m3
Colour: Brown/Bright Red Streaks
Durability: Non-durable
Permeability: Moderately Resistant Sapwood Permeable
Origin: Brazil
Species Name: Araucaria angustifolia A. brasiliana
Notes: Straight grained material suitable for high quality Joinery. Available in wide sections

Pine, Scots
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 510 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Reddish Brown Light Sapwood
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Sapwood Permeable
Origin: Northern Europe
Species Name: Pinus sylvestris
Environmental: In Scandinavia, two trees are planted for each tree which is felled.
Notes: In the UK, the general term Pine refers to wood from the Scots Pine tree also known as Redwood

Pine, Southern Yellow
Product Type: Softwood
Origin: USA

Planing and Moulding
Product Type: Service

Plywood Birch
Product Type: Panel Product

Plywood Cut Size
Product Type: Panel Product

Plywood Veneered
Product Type: Panel Product

Poplar
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 380 - 530kg/m3
Colour: Pale/White/Grey/Brown
Texture: Even & Fine
Durability: Perishable
Permeability: Permeable/Moderately Resistant
Origin: Europe
Species Name: Populus spp.
Notes: Generally not separated by species and so timber purchased may include Black Italian poplar (P. Canadensis), Black poplar (P.nigra), European Aspen (P. tremula) depending upon country of origin.

Redwood, Baltic States
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 510 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Reddish Brown Light Sapwood
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Sapwood Permeable
Origin: Northern Europe
Species Name: Pinus sylvestris
Notes: In the UK, the general term Pine refers to wood from the Scots Pine tree also known as Redwood

Redwood, European
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 510 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Reddish Brown Light Sapwood
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Sapwood Permeable
Origin: Northern Europe
Species Name: Pinus sylvestris
Environmental: In Scandinavia, two trees are planted for each tree which is felled.
Notes: In the UK, the general term Pine refers to wood from the Scots Pine tree also known as Redwood

Redwood, Scandinavian
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 510 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Reddish Brown Light Sapwood
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Sapwood Permeable
Origin: Northern Europe
Species Name: Pinus sylvestris
Environmental: In Scandinavia, two trees are planted for each tree which is felled.
Notes: In the UK, the general term Pine refers to wood from the Scots Pine tree also known as Redwood

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Sapele
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 620 kg/m3
Colour: Dark Reddish Brown
Texture: Moderatly Fine
Durability: Moderatly Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: Africa, West
Species Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum

Sawmilling
Product Type: Service

Scaffold Boards
Product Type: Softwood
Notes: BS 2482 : 1981 Specification for Timber Scaffold Boards provides information about appropriate species and grading methods

Scandinavian Softwood
Product Type: Softwood
Environmental: In Scandinavia, two trees are planted for each tree which is felled.

Sheet Materials
Product Type: Panel Product

Softwood
Main type of construction wood
includes Pines and Spruces

Tatajuba
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 785 kg/m3
Colour: Golden Yellow/Yellow
Durability: Durable
Origin: Central/South America
Species Name: Bagassa guianensis

Teak, Plantation
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 640 kg/m3 average
Colour: Golden Brown
Durability: Very Durable Heartwood
Permeability: Extremely Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Tectona grandis

Temperate Hardwood Plywood, Europe
Product Type: Panel Product

Timber Merchants
Timber Merchants purchase stock from Importers and sell in wholesale or retail quantities

Tropical Hardwood Plywood, America South
Product Type: Panel Product

Tropical Hardwood Plywood, Asia South East
Product Type: Panel Product

Tropical Hardwood Plywood, China
Product Type: Panel Product

Tulipwood
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 475kg/m3
Colour: Heartwood Yellow Brown/Pale Olive Sapwood White
Texture: Fine and Even
Durability: Non-Durable
Origin: North America
Species Name: Liriodendron tulipifera
Notes: Also called American Whitewood, Yellow Poplar

UK and Ireland Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

USA Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

Utile
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 660 kgm3 average
Colour: Light Brown
Texture: Medium
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Extremely Resistant
Origin: Africa, West and Central
Species Name: Entandrophragma utile
Notes: Also called Sipo (Ivory Coast) or Assie (Cameroon)

Veneer Flexible
Product Type: Panel Product

Veneered Panel Products
Product Type: Panel Product

Walnut, American
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 579 kg/m3
Colour: Light Grey Brown to Chocolate Brown
Texture: Texture Medium to Coarse
Durability: Very Durable
Permeability: Unknown
Origin: Eastern USA and Canada
Species Name: Juglans nigra
Notes: Also known as Black Walnut

Western Red Cedar
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 370 kg/m3
Colour: Reddish Brown
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: North America
Species Name: Thuja plicata
Notes: Suitable for external and cladding uses, Liable to stain when in contact with iron in damp conditions.

Whitewood
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 470 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Yellow Brown
Durability: Non-durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: Northern Europe
Species Name: Picea abies P.excelsa
Environmental: In Scandinavia, two trees are planted for each tree which is felled.
Notes: In the UK, the commercial term Whitewood generally refers to wood from the European Spruce tree

Whitewood, Baltic States
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 470 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Yellow Brown
Durability: Non-durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: Northern Europe
Species Name: Picea abies P.excelsa
Notes: In the UK, the commercial term Whitewood generally refers to wood from the European Spruce tree

Whitewood, Scandinavian
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 470 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Yellow Brown
Durability: Non-durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: Northern Europe
Species Name: Picea abies P.excelsa
Environmental: In Scandinavia, two trees are planted for each tree which is felled.
Notes: In the UK, the commercial term Whitewood generally refers to wood from the European Spruce tree

Worktops
Product Type: Panel Product

Worktops, Solid Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood