COVER STORY
product range interesting and appealing to a wide range of customers Eco carries a fair amount of rare , lesser-known species of wood as follows :
• Natural live edged slabs in Walnut , French Oak , Matumi , Leadwood and Australian Blackwood
• French Oak weathered cants in assorted sizes ranging from 150m 2 x 150m 2 up to 350m 2 x 350m 2
• Sapelli Mahogany ( planks and boules )
• Export quality turning blocks – Ebony , Olive wood , Chacate and Red Ivory
• Hardwood decking – Balau and Massaranduba
• Siberian Larch
• Camphor
• Syringa
• Jacaranda
• Hickory
• Curly Maple
• Wormy Maple
• Wild Olive
• Aromatic , Himalayan and Japanese Cedars
• Birch plywood - this can be used for many different applications from furniture to kitchen cabinets to shopfitting display units
BIRCH PLYWOOD
Birch plywood is another of Eco ' s distinctive products that needs a special mention due to its beauty , strength and versatility . Birch plywood comes with the outside ply on both faces being long grain ( the grain runs the length of the plywood as opposed to running along the width ) and has a guaranteed solid birch core .
The size of the sheets is standard at 2.440m x 1.220m and the thicknesses range from 4mm right up to 30mm . The plys are glued with exterior grade glues and are glued perpendicular to one another for strength and stability . There are also different grades at different prices depending on the relevant requirements . This product has an attractive light coloured grain patterning and can be used in the construction of a wide range of products .
Eco Timber Traders offers different grades at different prices depending on the relevant requirements .
GERMAN BEECH
While Beech has been the ‘ bread and butter ’ of hardwood users for years it is an art to cut and dry Beech properly to ensure stable wood and to avoid sticker stain . Eco sources its Beech from the world ’ s best German and Austrian sawmills where only the best logs are used and where sustainability is guaranteed .
Eco also stocks six different grades of steamed Beech . All these grades have different uses depending on the end user . Some of the grades have incredible red heartwood colour , other grades are selected for their rustic nature . They sell narrow board bundles for mouldings and XXL wide boards where every plank in the bundle is guaranteed to be 300mm and wider .
The Eco team is focused on sourcing , stocking and distributing quality timber , decking and plywood and look forward to seeing you when you visit their branches in Durban or Johannesburg and will help you find that special piece of timber or plywood for that amazing piece of furniture you want to make .
The Durban office .
Rob Chubb , managing director of Eco Timber Traders in Johannesburg .
Hans Schneemann , managing director of Eco Timber Traders in KwaZulu-Natal .
14 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2017 //