Hard and Soft woods

Natural Timbers
Lumber : When the wood is in natural log form
Timber: is processed material in the form of woods you would purchase from BNQ
Wood: is the material

Hardwoods - deciduous tree (looses leaves in the autumn)
Walnut
Teak
Ash
Oak
Hardwoods are slow growing and therefore aremore expensive

Softwoods: coniferous tree (trees with needles or pine cones)
Doglas Fir
Spruce
Pine
Larch
Softwoods are cheaper because they grow more quickly than hardwoods. They are also not as dense and strong.

The annual rings - show how old the tree is
Light rings on the grain of the wood show that it was summer when the tree was growing
Dark rings show that it was winter when the tree was growing.
You can tell how old a tree is by measuring the distance between the dark rings.

FSC
By seeing the FSC logo marked on products it shows that the wood came from a sustainable maintained source.