WOOD TYPES

Wood Types – Wood types we keep in stock: Knotty Alder (Interior Use), Mixed Grain Douglas Fir, Eastern Red Oak, Mahogany, and Western Red Cedar. Other woods are available upon request. Please call or email us.

Douglas Fir (GOOD)	Red Oak (READ)	Knotty Alder (READ)

Doug Fir - Mixed Grain Doug Fir is a good out door wood for light to moderate weather exposure. It is a durable wood and can be stained or painted.	Eastern Red Oak - A beautiful hard, heavy wood. It does best when protected from the weather. Should not be used in direct weather exposure. It can be stained or painted.	Knotty Alder ( Mainly Interior Use ) Light tan to reddish brown contains open & closed knots, bark pockets and checking providing a rustic look.

Western Red Cedar (GREAT)	Wood Details	Honduran Mahogany (BEST)
	We currently have 1-1/8" Thick California Sugar Pine and 1-1/8" Thick Knotty Alder. Please contact us! If you want something different let us know we sometimes can supply different wood types.
Western Red Cedar - Cedar is a great out door wood and is suitable for harsher weather climates. It is a very soft and light wood. It can be stained or painted.		Honduran Mahogany - Honduran Mahogany is the best out door wood. It is a very hard, heavy, durable wood. It is a stain grade wood, but it can be painted.