E X P E R I E N C E
Irish wooden
flooring specialist
tackles recession
by sawing his timber
Ireland's only fine wood flooring
producer who saws his own timber
reports reduced costs, improved
income and more flexibility in sawn
boards since installing a small narrow
blade sawmill.
Sean Tiernan of Woodhill Timber
Flooring, Dromore West, County Sligo
has had a band sawmill for three years,
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WOOD-MIZER TODAY SUMMER 2011
converting almost 2,000 cubic metres
(approximately 650m3 p.a.) of
softwoods and hardwoods into quality
flooring and other interior furniture. The
new arrangement has proved an
improvement over buying-in ready sawn
boards.
T h e m i l l , f r o m W o o d - M i z e r,
incorporates its own thin 'kerf'