Directory Profile for M H Southern & Co Ltd - Berwick upon Tweed

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FSC Chain of Custody TT-COC-1974
PEFC Chain of Custody BMT-PEFC-0116

TTF Responsible Purchaser
Importer, Merchant, Sawmiller
Hardwood, Panel, Softwood

Related Category

Baltic States Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

Canadian Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

CLS dimensioned timber
Product Type: Softwood

Decking Supplier
Product Type: Service

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

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

Dowels Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Ekki
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 1070 Kg/m3
Colour: Red/Brown
Durability: Very Durable
Permeability: Very Resistant
Origin: Africa, West
Species Name: Lophira alata
Notes: Also known as Azobe

Fencing Supplier
Product Type: Service

Fire Resistant Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

Flooring Specialist
Product Type: Service

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

Greenheart
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 1040 Kg/m3
Colour: Olive Green/Yellow
Durability: Very Durable
Permeability: Very Resistant
Origin: Guyana
Species Name: Ocotea rodiaei

Hardboard
Product Type: Panel Product

Hardwood
Decorative and Structural Woods from around the world

I-Joists
Product Type: Service
Notes: Structural Composite Beam

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

Keruing
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 750 Kg/m3
Colour: Pink/Brown
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Dipterocarpus
Notes: There are many commercial names for timber from Dipterocarpus species. Generally split by country of origin with the most important being:
Keruing - Indonesia/Malaya/Sarawak/Sabah
Gurjun - India/Burma
Yang - Thailand
Apitong - Philippines

Laminated Flooring
Product Type: Panel Product

Marine plywood BS.1088
Product Type: Panel Product

MDF, Medium Density Fibreboard
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

Meranti, Light Red
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 510 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Very Pale Pink to mid Red
Texture: Coarse but even
Durability: Non-Durable to Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species

Mouldings Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Mouldings MDF
Product Type: Panel Product

Mouldings Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

Nationwide Delivery Service
Product Type: Service

Opepe
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 740 kg/m3 average
Colour: Yellow or Orange Yellow
Texture: Fairly Coarse
Durability: Heartwood Very Durable
Permeability: Moderately Resistant
Origin: Africa, West
Species Name: Nauclea diderrichii (formerly Sarcocephalus)
Notes: Also called kusiaba (Ghana), badi (Ivory Coast), bilinga (Cameroon). A strong stable and durable timber

OSB, Oriented Strand Board
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, Caribbean Pitch
Product Type: Softwood
Density: 710 kg/m3
Colour: Heartwood Yellow/Brown Sapwood Pale
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Moderately Resistant
Origin: British Honduras
Species Name: Pinus caribaea

Pine, Eastern White
Product Type: Softwood
Origin: USA

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, Yellow
Product Type: Softwood

Planing and Moulding
Product Type: Service

Preservative Treatment Services
Product Type: Service

Preservative Treatment, Pressure Impregnation
Product Type: Service

Railway Sleepers and Crossing Timbers, Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Railway Sleepers and Crossing Timbers, Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

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, Russian
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, 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

Russian Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

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

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

Sea Defence Timber Specialist
Product Type: Service

Sheet Materials
Product Type: Panel Product

Softwood
Main type of construction wood
includes Pines and Spruces

Spruce
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

Spruce, European
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

Strength Grading
Product Type: Service

Strength Grading, Visual
Product Type: Service

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

UK and Ireland Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

USA Softwood
Product Type: Softwood

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, European
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, Russian
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