Chestnut for Joinery

Using Chestnut in joinery

joinery chestnut

Chestnut in general is becoming more and more popular as a joinery timber, and homegrown Chestnut even more so. As natural finish hardwoods become more desirable in large and small construction projects, Chestnut is being utilised as a feasible alternative to Oak. It shares many properties with Oak and in the past was known as 'poor man's Oak'

Chestnut is durable and tough and is fairly straight, though coarse, grained. It's golden yellow brown colouring is very similar to that of Oak but Chestnut's slightly wider grain pattern, and possibly less colour or grain variations, make it a great prospect for external or internal joinery work.

Externally Chestnut behaves like Oak, and will silver down if not finished, although it can have more moisture movement than Oak. It also has the same issues with Tannin leaching and staining. Chestnut will not take treatments but it can be glued or stained and it will take interior or exterior finishes.

Available in Air Dried or Kiln Dried T&T boards, dimensions are relative to the size of logs which make up the raw materials. This can mean lengths up to 4.0 or 5.0m and widths up to 300 or 350mm and 500mm across the heart.

Chestnut for Joinery

Using Chestnut in joinery

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