TIMBER
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There are many different qualities of timber to suit your budget, application and local conditions. In recent years a variety of timbers have been introduced to the WA market as Jarrah has become more expensive and harder to source. Introduced timbers have different qualities to locally grown timber and hence you can expect the quality and durability to vary. Typically the cost of the timber will reflect this. Different fixing and coating applications are used to counter the variation in quality.
Pine and cedar are becoming more prevalent as boundary and frontage fencing and gates. We use CCA or tanolithe treated pine for 100% white ant protection both for dressed and rough sawn pine applications. When protected with a good quality paint and maintained well, dressed pine and cedar will last as well as jarrah. However, the innate strength of the timber will not vary with the coatings applied to it. Jarrah is a more dense and therefore weighty timber than pine. You may need to consider the application when deciding which timber will suit your environment. For example jarrah will withstand impact better than pine.
Our gates are manufactured with pre-galvanised steel framework for greater strength and less movement in the shape of the gate over time. The framework will be greater guage or thickness for wider gates and may have internal bracing in order to support the weight of the gate.
