ramsey timber

"An extensive range of quality timbers from around the world"

We stock a wide range of soft and hardwoods from around the world, click the image to find out more about each of the woods we stock.

Unless stated the following thickness sizes are available across our whole stock:
1", 1 1/2", 2", 2 1/2", 3"

american ash
American Ash
  european beech
European Beech
  american ash
American Cherry
  american ash
Douglas Fir
american ash
Canadian Hemlock
  american ash
Idigbo
  american ash
Iroko
  american ash
European Maple
american ash
Meranti
  american ash
American White Oak
  american ash
European Oak
  american ash
Pine Western White
american ash
Poplar
  american ash
Sapele
  american ash
Utile
  american ash
Western Red Cedar
American Ash
American Ash Fraxinus americana
Uses:
all types of sports equipment, oars, cues, bats etc and striking handles such as spades forks and hoes.
Cabinet work and interior joinery decorative veneers for furniture and cabinet making.
European Beech
European Beech Fagus sylvatica
Uses:
Cabinetmaking, high-class joinery, solid and laminate furniture, work benches, musical instruments, domestic flooring, plywood's.
More European Beech is consumed in the UK than any other hardwood.
American Cherry
American Cherry Prunus serotina
Uses:
Pattern making, musical instruments, furniture and cabinetmaking, high class joinery. It is an excellent turnery and carving wood.
Douglas Fir
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
Uses:
More veneer and plywood are produced from this species than any other timber. It is also used for heavy construction work, roof trusses, interior and exterior joinery.
Canadian Hemlock
Canadian Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla
Uses:
General construction, carpentry and joinery, also broom handles, vehicle bodies and railway sleepers.
Idigbo
Idigbo Terminalia ivorensis
Uses:
Furniture and high-class joinery for interior and exterior work. Also used for general carpentry, joinery and construction work It should not be used in damp conditions due to natural staining properties if in contact with iron compounds.
Iroko
Iroko Chlorophora excelsa
Uses:
Interior and exterior joinery, furniture making and carving. It is a structural timber suitable for domestic flooring, flush doors and decorative veneering.
European Maple
European Maple Acer capmestre
Uses:
Maple is an excellent turnery wood also used for furniture and joinery work. Selected stocks are sliced for highly decorative veneers for panelling.
Meranti
Meranti Shorea spp
Uses:
Exterior and interior joinery, shopfitting, boat building and flooring. Rotary cut for plywood manufacture and decorative veneers.
American White Oak
American White Oak Quercus spp
Uses:
Suitable for furniture and cabinetmaking, joinery, heavy construction, parquet and strip flooring, pews ad pulpits, coffins.
European Oak
European Oak Quercus petraea
Uses:
Furniture and cabinetmaking, high-class joinery, coffins, ecclesiastical work, pews screens, pulpits and carving.
Pine Western White
Pine Western White Pinus monticola
Uses:
Joinery, doors and windows, interior trims, shelving, light and medium construction, pattern making, furniture making and plywood manufacture.
Poplar
Poplar Populus
Uses:
Tough non-splintering wood used for rough usage such as truck floors, also suitable for furniture frames, drawers, interior joinery, toys and flooring.
Sapele
Sapele Entandrophragma cylindricum
Uses:
Quality furniture and cabinetmaking, joinery, shopfitting, solid doors, boat building, musical instruments, sports good and flooring. Extensively used for a constructional veneer for plywood and decorative face veneers for cabinets and marquetry.
Utile
Utile Entandrophragma utile
Uses:
Furniture and cabinetmaking, high class exterior and interior joinery, flooring , boat building, musical instruments, sports good and general construction.
Western Red Cedar
Western Red Cedar Thuja plicata
Uses:
Greenhouse and shed construction, shingles, exterior finishing, exterior boarding and cladding, beehive construction and posts, poles and fences.
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Ramsay Timber
Skull House Lane
Appley Bridge
Wigan
Lancashire
WN6 9DR

Tel: 01257 255701
Fax: 01257 255811
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