Timber Vs Hardwood

Softwood comes from conifer which usually remains evergreen.

Timber vs hardwood.

Choosing the right timber for the right landscape use is unbelievably confusing. Rubberwood is a low cost light tropical hardwood timber. We explore the differences between the two woods and alternatives allowing you to understand the differences and choose the right timber. Due to modern advanced treatment techniques the durability of timber in construction is now far superior.

Examples of hardwood trees include alder balsa beech hickory mahogany maple oak teak and walnut. In general hardwood comes from deciduous tree s which lose their leaves annually. Rubberwood is a whitish lumber that gradually fades to a light brown. Did you know only sapwood can be treated correctly to withstand outdoor use but still much of the timber that is treated is.

Rubberwood is derived from the rubber tree. Timber was one of the first building materials used by man. This latex is used to make rubber. Timber in the landscape.

The wrong timber choice can lead to a failed landscape in less than 10 years by todd layt. In many aspects it is comparable to teak. The main difference between timber and wood is that the timber is a wood that has been processed into beams and planks and wood is a fibrous material from trees of other plants. The rubber tree gets its name from the commercially harvested milky latex it exudes when cut.