URBAN WOOD

CUT TO ORDER LUMBER - from our freshly salvaged logs. Sizes: We can cut 2 in. thick to 2 ft. thick and 5 ft. 6 in. wide and 40 ft. long. Or, 1/8 in. to 8 in. thick and 24 in. wide and 32 ft. long.  We can joint and thickness plane wood 36 in. wide

PURCHASE Planks and Timbers recently cut and now in stock.

MILL YOUR TREES - Recycle and reuse your fallen trees by delivering your logs to us to be cut to order to your specifications.  

VENEERED ENGINEERED TIMBERS up to 24 in. wide and 30 ft. long with ½ in. thick sawn veneers of salvaged or recycled wood.  After the veneers are applied they can be planed or re-sawn to dimension.

SHINGLES made from salvaged and recycled wood, Redwood and Monterey Cypress, both 16 in. and 12 in. available.

FURNITURE - Fabricated by us from dry, recycled wood including Black Acacia and Elm.  Tables also available.

Contact us for more information about our prefab structures, current lumber prices and milling rates.

Origins Affects Use
Each individual tree has a personality reflecting its particular life circumstances.  For example, a tree growing in a shaded grove will have different characteristics than that same species growing in a sunlit yard.  A tree planted in a location receiving high annual rainfall will grow differently than the same species living with a limited water supply.  These circumstantial and personality differences make one species of tree, or even one particular log, more or less appropriate for certain uses in a building.

Species of Trees a & Their Uses
Each type of tree has a set of family traits, which make different species more appropriate for specific uses within a building.  Port Orford cedar (similar to the Japanese Hinoki cedar) is strong, supple and light. It makes good posts because it can take compression and is flexible enough to bend rather than break in the wind.  Fir and pine make good spanning members because they can carry more weight over a longer distance without bending.  In general, softer woods such as redwood and cedar are used as planks in ceilings or as exterior wood for their stability in all types of weather.  Harder woods wear well and are often used as flooring.  They also present a crisp finish and can be used for more formal purposes like a front entry area or an altar.