Wood Species Available

Precision cut timber offering strength, stability, and consistency for structural and interior applications.

Teak Wood

Teak wood is a dense, close-grained type of hardwood that is sourced from the Tectona grandis tree, native to south and southeast Asia. Teak is originally golden in colour and has a smooth grain and texture. It’s high in natural oils and rubber, meaning it’s strong, durable, and virtually impervious to extreme weather conditions and rotting, even if left untreated. Natural teak wood’s incredible beauty and unique properties have earned it the royal title ‘King of Woods’. High in silica content, teak has excellent traction for decks even in wet condition. It polishes to a beautiful shine loved by master sculptors and craftsmen.

Padouk

Padouk wood is a tropical hardwood prized for its vibrant color, exceptional durability, and versatility. It primarily comes from trees of the genus Pterocarpus, native to tropical and equatorial Africa, though some species are also found in Asia. Freshly cut padouk is known for its striking reddish-orange to deep brownish-red heartwood. It is rated as very durable, naturally resistant to decay, rot, moisture, termites, and insects, and does not require preservative treatments. Its heartwood is especially for exterior applications.

Merbau

This wood has excellent strength characteristics, along with excellent stability, making it ideally suited for use as wood flooring and other applications where strength is important. Merbau is quite resistant to termites and seasons well with kiln or air-drying, exhibiting only a low degrade and very little shrinkage or movement. The grain of merbau can vary but it is usually interlocked or wavy, with a coarse but even texture, often prized for its attractiveness on backsawn material.

Sal Wood

Sal wood (commonly grouped under the trade name “balau” in some contexts, especially for related species in the genus Shorea) is a hardwood from Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, with Shorea robusta being the most prominent species associated with the name “sal” in India and Nepal. Sal (balau) wood is valued for its strength, durability, and resistance to harsh conditions, making it a top choice for heavy-duty and outdoor applications, though its workability and sustainability require careful consideration.

Sawn Red Meranti

Red Meranti grows in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. The timber is suitable for joinery, furniture, high class interior finishing, flooring, decking, panelling, partitioning, mouldings, skirtings, fancy doors, door and window frames and sills, staircase (angle blocks, rough bracket and tread), plywood, railway sleepers, posts, beams, joists, rafters, pallets (expendable type), vehicle bodies (framework, floor boards and planking), ship and boat building (keels, keelsons, framework and general planking), cooling tower (nonstructural members) and other light constructional works

Kapur

An imported timber with a reputation for durability, in Malaysia and Indonesia kapur is a large hardwood used for general construction and as an internal and external finishing material. Kapur wood exhibits a class 2 durability, making it ideal for use in general construction. It makes an attractive material for flooring and staircases. The timber is also highly prized for external joinery, in particular for door and window sills, as it is resistant to decay when fully exposed to the weather. Kapur wood requires no finishing and will not rot when left outdoors where rain and sun will damage other lesser quality woods.

Keruing

Keruing timber is low maintenance, hardwearing and ideal for outdoor furniture use. The wood is strong and classified as durable, making it useful for construction purposes. Other common uses include internal flooring, protected framing and boards, internal joinery and mouldings, lining, paneling and framework. Preservative-treated material is used for poles, piles, sleepers and cross-arms. It is often used as a cheaper alternative to oak for heavy construction, decking, vehicle building and sleepers, and it is also in plywood.

Iroko

Iroko is very durable and is resistant to both rot and insect attack; it’s sometimes used as a substitute for Genuine Teak wood, the wood is tough, dense, and very durable. It is often used in cabinetmaking and paneling as a substitute for teak, which it resembles both in colour (light brown to deep golden-brown) and in grain

Mixed Hard Wood

All types of Mixed Hardwood come under this category which has various applications in fields where the strength of material is not an important factor, mixed Hardwood consists of a mix of residual wood with colors schemes of medium brown, orange-yellow or red. It includes timber from all three categories viz soft, medium and hard based on densities and those that cannot be clubbed under common species. Often called as MLH, mixed hardwood timber are cost effective and used widely.

Soft Wood

All types of Softwood such as Pine, Douglas Fir, Spruce, Southern Yellow Pine etc come under this category.

Wood Specifications

Species	Janka Hardness (lbf)	Density (kg/m³)	Durability Rating	Workability	Key Characteristics
Teak	1000-1155	655	Very Durable (Class 1)	Easy to Medium	Natural oils, weather resistant, golden-brown colour
Merbau	1925	830	Durable (Class 2)	Medium to Difficult	Extremely hard, water resistant, reddish-brown
Padauk	1710-1970	745	Very Durable (Class 1)	Easy to Medium	Vibrant reddish-orange, excellent decay resistance
Sal	1200-1400 (est)	700-800 (est)	Durable (Class 2)	Medium	Tough grain, termite resistant, construction grade
Meranti (Dark Red)	1000-1200 (est)	670	Moderately Durable (Class 2-3)	Easy	Medium hardness, resin canals, interlocked grain
Meranti (Light Red)	800-1000 (est)	560	Moderately Durable (Class 3)	Easy	Light colored, lower density, interior applications
Kapur	1200-1400 (est)	800	Durable (Class 2)	Medium	Camphor odor, good strength, rose-red to dark brown
Keruing	1200-1400 (est)	740	Durable (Class 2)	Medium to Difficult	Resin ducts, strong as teak, reddish-brown
Iroko	1190	660	Very Durable (Class 1)	Medium to Difficult	African teak substitute, golden to brown, stable
Mixed Hardwood	800-1500 (VAR)	500-800 (var)	Variable (Class 2-4)	Variable	Mix of various hardwood species, properties vary
Pine	380-870	400-560	Moderate (Class 4)	Excellent	Straight grain, resinous, easy to work
Spruce	480-520	425-480	Low (Class 4-5)	Excellent	Fine texture, lightweight, straight grain
Fir (Douglas)	620	510	Moderate (Class 3-4)	Good	Strong for weight, pronounced grain, construction
Softwoods (General)	350-650	350-550	Low to Moderate (Class 4-5)	Excellent to Good	Fast growth, lightweight, affordable, versatile

Performance Analysis

Durability Class (EN 350-2)

Class 1: Very Durable (over 25 years exposed)
Class 2: Durable (15–25 years exposed)
Class 3: Moderately Durable (8–15 years exposed)
Class 4: Less Durable (<5 years exposed)
Class 5: Not Durable

Hardness Leaders

Merbau dominates (1925 lbf)
Padauk follows (1710-1970 lbf)
Sal, Kapur, Keruing (1200-1400 lbf)

Density Champions

Merbau leads at 830 kg/m³
Kapur at 800 kg/m³
Sal ranges 700-800 kg/m³

Durability Excellence

Class 1: Teak, Padauk, Iroko
Class 2: Merbau, Sal, Kapur, Keruing
Softwoods: Require treatment

Workability Assessment

Excellent: Pine, Spruce
Medium-Difficult: Merbau, Keruing
Easy-Medium: Teak, Padauk