GRADE "BROWN"

FRENCH OAK
Selected boules and boards "Brown" Grade

  • Logs sawn into un-edged boards
  • Grade attesting the partial coloration of the wood

Product presentation

  • Oak logs from French mostly PEFC certified forests
  • Boules debarked and cleanly trimmed 
  • Logs sawn into boards then reassembled into boules or bundled
  • Fresh timber, air dried in a warehouse to prevent checks or kiln dried
  • Stored on dry profiled wooden sticks to control stains
  • Boules and boards strapped and identified with barcode label

Dimensions and quality

2 to 4,5 m

mainly 40 cm
and over

27 to 54 mm

  • The accuracy of the sawing is checked on a daily basis with an overmeasure
  • Grade Q-B 1 and Q-B 1b selected for their brown colour (cf. other product information sheets and European grading standard)
  • Coloration in patches or streaks, with various shades, from white-brown to red-brown.

Use

Really original grade, useable in joinery, furniture, parquet, flooring:

  • either in its natural state where its unusual colour is really brought to the fore
  • or painted to bring out the specific texture of the oak.

 

Measurement and grading carried out on green tally. Minimum volume: 5 m3 per thickness

Selected boules and boards "Brown" Grade Application Selected boules and boards "Brown" Grade Application Selected boules and boards "Brown" Grade

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