PREMIUM Timber range
A range of traditional timber benchtops that are the perfect addition to any Australian home!
Our Premium Range of mid-priced timbers is the perfect place to choose a new timber benchtop for your new home or renovation.
Our Premium Range of timbers are also readily available, but are of a higher price point than our Standard range.
These species can be used for kitchen benchtops, islands, bathroom benchtops, coffee tables, and a host of other applications.
Tasmanian Blackwood
LOCATION:
Tasmanian Blackwood is an Australian Hardwood.
GRAIN TEXTURE:
The grain is usually straight. Sometimes it is interlocking producing mild to high fiddleback.
COLOUR:
The heartwood is generally golden brown – darker brown, sometimes with a reddish tint and streaks of red. Sapwood is paler.
Blackbutt
LOCATION:
Blackbutt is an Australian Hardwood.
GRAIN TEXTURE:
Blackbutt has straight to wavy interlocking grain that can produce figured material. The texture can vary from moderately coarse to moderately fine. Gum veins are common.
COLOUR:
The heartwood is pale brown with a faint tinge of pink when freshly cut. Sometimes the sapwood is indistinguishable from the heartwood but usually it is slightly paler in colour.
Spotted Gum
LOCATION:
Spotted Gum is an Australian Hardwood.
GRAIN TEXTURE:
The texture is moderately coarse and variable with gum veins common. The presence of wavy grain can produce an attractive fiddleback figure.
COLOUR:
The heartwood ranges from light brown through to dark red-brown. Sapwood is usually white and up to 50 mm wide.
American Oak
LOCATION:
American Oak is an American Hardwood.
GRAIN TEXTURE:
The grain is usually straight with large ray characteristics of the oaks giving it a silver-grained appearance, especially on the quarter cut surface, while the texture is typically coarse.
COLOUR:
The heartwood colour is variable from pale yellow-brown to mid brown, sometimes with a pinkish tint; the sapwood is almost white and usually distinct from the heartwood.
