Species | to ensure you use the correct timber in the correct location |
Environment | water and sun can live compatibly with timber |
Locality | timber can live anywhere inside/outside as long as the correct technique is used |
Economical | quality affordable timber |
Colour | understanding the variations and ranges of colour in timber is your first step of decision-making |
Timing | timber lives, so it needs a time frame allowing the raw product to be transformed to your desired finish |
Nash Timbers specialises in giving all our clients personalised service. We ensure that we walk our clients through the selection process, so that they gain sufficient knowledge to make an educated decision.
We have full range of timber to choose from varying colours and varying widths in Solid and Engineered Flooring. A solution for every application. Nash Timbers also stocks Recycled Timber and certain specialized species such as Merbau Reeded Decking, European Oak and Canadian Rock Maple, Please call for more information on these exclusive specialized
lines if you are looking for timber that is “extraordinary”.
General product categorisations | |||||
Solvent based (Sit on top of timber) | Water Based Polyurethane | Natural Oils | |||
Polyurethane | Tung Oils | Acid Catalysed Coating | Oil Modified Finishes | ||
Single pack | 20%-25% Solids | Synteko Classic | Feast Watson Alkathane | Some more natural than others | |
2 Pack | Synteko Urethane | Synteko solids | |||
Feast Watson China Oil | |||||
Clean-up Thinners | Clean-up Turps | Clean-up white spirit | Clean-up Turps | Clean-up water | Clean-up Turps |
Durability of floor finishes* | ||
Hardest Wearing | 1. Penetrating oils – low sheen: libraries, public facilities and airports | |
2. Polyurethane Gloss: a household situation 8 years | ||
3. Feast Watson alkathane synteko Urethane and Synteko classic | ||
4. Polyurethane Satin | ||
5. Polyurethane Matt: a household situation 5 years | ||
Least durable | 6. Tung Oil: a household situation 3months regular waxing and 3 years before recoating |
*These situations described above are of a general nature and subject to the specific environment
‘Sustainable timber’ (Natural timber sustainably managed Australian forests)
It is better to ‘work the forest’ than ‘lock it away’
‘ Carbon dioxide’ absorbed by growing forest
‘ Carbon dioxide’ omitted by decaying forest
– Eco System
The timber species considered in Warrington Fire Research Report (For national timber development Council 2001) | ||
Timbers satisfying the definition of Fire-Retardant-Treated Timber SPECIFIED IN AS 3959-1999 | Timbers which do not satisfy the current AS 3959-1999 definition of fire-Retardant-Treated Timber but satisfy the proposed performance criteria | Timbers which do not satisfy the definition of Fire-Retardant-Treated timber nor the proposed performance criteria |
Blackbutt | Balau (Selangan Batu) | Hoop Pine |
Kwila (Merbau) | Forest red Gum | Mountain Ash |
Red ironbark | Jarrah | Messmate |
River red Gum | Tallowwood | Radiata Pine |
Silver Top Ash | Yellow Stringybark | Weathered Hoop Pine |
Spotted Gum | Weathered Messmate | |
Turpentine | Weathered Radiata Pine |
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![]() | Timber: new, recycled, solid, engineered, |
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![]() | Species: colour types grades dimensions hardness |
![]() | Applications: flooring decking cladding lining stairs posts beams |
![]() | Sub floor products: recommendations acoustic underlay ply moisture barrier adhesives |
![]() | Installation: site inspection checklist sub floor ventilation install guidelines restraining methods |
![]() | Timber coatings: checklist coating products summary coating products |
![]() | Sustainability |
![]() | Fire resistance |
![]() | Timber treatment |
A must for any architect, designer, engineer or builder who specifies or uses timber in designing a project. |