If
you're planning to make a beautiful house, one way of making it stand out is to
use wood. Using timber
in your house like decking boards
makes the parts of your house glow with beauty. It can also appear in many
different colours and can look good with or without paint. It doesn't only look
good, it also has a lot of advantages. Here are some trivia that you have to
know before you choose your timber:
1. There
are maybe more than 5,000 species of wood in the market, but there are only two
types of wood: first, is hardwood and the second one is softwood. Hardwood is a
type of wood that can be found in deciduous trees or the type of tree which
loses leaves every year and has covers wrapped in its seeds. There are
different types of hardwood like mahogany, holly, maple, birch, oaks and a
whole lot more. Meanwhile, softwood are conifers or gymnosperms. Their seeds
don't have shells like cedar, redwood, pine, hemlock, maple and many more.
2. Majority of hardwoods
all over the world contain valuable tannins, oils and resins. While these
materials are of use when extracted, keeping them in your timber will shorten
its lifespan. Clean them with methylated spirits and mineral turpentine before
drying them.
3.
If you're looking for a fine flooring material and fine wood furniture, the no.
1 timber for that is none other than maple. Maple has exquisite texture, tough
and long lasting.
4.
When it comes to fighting wood decay, fir is the first choice. It may not look
as comely as maple but the tiny packets of wood inside are so tight and it is
built to have minimal oil inside which makes it last longer. It's perfect for
wooden boards, panel windows and doors.
5.
If you're not planning to make a house but planning to construct a boat for
your fishing expeditions, you just have to choose mahogany. It is used in
making boats because of its capability to keep its shape for a long time without
bending, warping, swelling or shrinking. It's an excellent choice for a
condition of constant wetness.
6.
The two most common killers of wood are insects and fungi. Insects burrow into
wood where they make houses for their families, and sometimes create colonies
inside, escalating a short term squatting into a full-fledged home invasion.
Fungi are slower before it causes damage, but when it attacks, the magnitude of
the destruction is as the same as with the insects.
Finding
wood is a journey. For some people it can be a frustrating ride, for some, it
can be a destination. Keeping your wood safe is not that hard as long as you
learn a thing or two about timber and its uses.
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