What is timber and what are its advantages?

 What is timber and what are its advantages?

Timber is a term used to describe either uncut trees or trees that have been harvested but still have their bark or other aesthetic features present. Timber is a flexible raw material with several benefits that enables it to be used for a variety of applications. These benefits include the following:

Timber grows quickly, with softwood variations being able to refill more quickly than hardwood variants.

Compared to other materials like steel, which must be made using furnaces that operate at high temperatures, timber does not require a lot of energy to be formed into a usable form.

All around the world, timber is grown as a renewable resource. Due to the material's widespread accessibility, less transportation is required, enabling usage of the material near its place of production.

For the course of its existence, timber keeps the extra carbon that is extracted from the environment in storage.

Timber is a natural product that is safe to handle, non-toxic, and does not release dangerous gases when it is chopped or machined.

A specific cut of timber can have little to no wasted material since its waste or scrap products can be reused.

It has a nice look and can be colored, repainted, or coated to get a lot of different finishes.

Softwood timber is appropriate for widespread use as a construction and building material due to its low cost. Jordan Got Wood Ltd - South Yorkshire in  Adwick upon Dearne has a collection of different variety of timbers such as Sheet Materials, Carcassing Timber, Structural Joists, Decking Timber, Fencing Materials, etc.

When used for doors and windows, timber has strong thermal insulation qualities and can lower the energy consumption of homes.

Timber that has been adequately dried during the processing of harvested wood is not susceptible to microbial deterioration, and the removal of excess moisture lightens the material's weight, allowing it easier to handle and less costly to transport.