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African Idigbo

African Idigbo Use: Flooring, interior & exterior joinery, high class joinery.

Colour
Yellowish or light yellowish brown, more rarely light pinkish brown. Sapwood 25-50mm wide, not usually easily distinguishable for the heartwood, but may be somewhat paler in colour.

Grain
Fairly straight with local irregularities, sometimes slightly interlocked, producing an irregular stripe figure when quarter sawn. Growth rings unusually distinct and marked by comparatively dense zones which give the flat sawn timber a characteristic appearance suggesting plain oak.

Texture
Medium to fairly coarse

Weight
Very variable due to prevalence of lightweight brittleheart.

Range 370-740 kg/m3 at 12% moisture content.

Corrosive Properties
Has slightly acidic properties and is liable to stain if in contact with iron or steel under damp conditions. Contains yellow colouring matter which may stain most fabrics in contact with the wood.

Strength
About half way between European Beech and Obeche. Material with brittleheart is appreciablY weaker and unsuitable where strength is important

Ease Of Drying
Dries rapidly and well with little checking or distortion and knots split only slightly.

Movement In Service
Small

Natural Durability
Sapwood liable to attack by Powder Post Beetles
Heartwood – Durable

Preservative Treatment
Extremely Resistant. Sapwood moderately resistant.

Sawing
Cross cutting and narrow bandsawing, Wide band sawing, Rip Sawing – satisfactory.

Blunting Effect On Cutters
Slight

Moulding Properties
Slightly interlocked grain affects machining properties.

Gluing
Good

Nailing
Satisfactory with care

Planing
A 20 degree angle advisable

Staining and Polishing
Satisfactory when filled

Steam Bending
Generally unsuitable

Uses: An attractive wood of medium weight combining ease of working, durability and outstanding stability. Used in furniture and high class joinery for both interior and exterior work. As flooring it has a good appearance and moderate resistance to wear and is suitable for domestic buildings, but is too soft for industrial uses.

 

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HARDWOOD TIMBERS

- American white Oak
- American Cherry
- American Black Walnut
- American hard Maple
- American Poplar / tulipwood
- American White Ash

- African Utile
- African Idigbo

- African Sapele
- African Iroko
- European steamed Beech
- Prime A Grade European Oak
- Meranti - dark red
- american red oak



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Trafford Timber Centre
1298 Chester Road, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire.
M32 9AU
sales.stretford@iitimber.co.uk

0161 866 9882 click for your local timber merchants details address manchester trafford

 
 

Portwood Timber
Portwood Ind Est,
1 Mersey St, Stockport,
SK1 2HX
sales.stockport@iitimber.co.uk

0161 477 9600 click for your local timber merchants details stockport

 
 

Illingworth Ingham
Joinery & Timber
Clark Way, Hyde, Cheshire,
SK14 2AU
sales.hyde@iitimber.co.uk

0161 368 3831 click for your local timber merchants details address hyde

 
 

Illingworth Ingham Timber Supplies, 211 Crompton Rd,
Macclesfield,
SK11 8EZ
sales.macclesfield@iitimber.co.uk

01625 422824 click for your local timber merchants details address macclesfield

 

HEAD OFFICE & TIMBER PRODUCTION MILL,
Village Way, Trafford Park,
Manchester, M17 1AD, UK
0161 872 1841 Fax: 0161 872 2501timber production mill

 

Hurdsfield Timber
Derwent House, Hulley Rd, Macclesfield,
SK10 2LP
sales.macclesfield@iitimber.co.uk

01625 432 234 click for your local timber merchants details address hurdsfield macclesfield

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We stock a wide range of hardwoods including American Black Walnut, American White Ash, American White Oak, American Red Oak, American Cherry, Prime A Grade European Oak, African Idigbo, African Iroko, American Hard Maple, Dark Red Meranti, American Poplar/Tulipwood, African Sapele, European Steamed Beech and African Utile.

Softwood Timber Merchants

Our extensive range of Softwoods include Unsorted Redwood, V Redwood and Sawfalling Whitewood. Our newly expanded clear softwood range includes Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, Cedar Shingles, Kiln Dried Southern Yellow Pine, Vertical Grain Hemlock, Thermowood and Siberian Larch. All of which can be profiled to produce top quality cladding. Laminated Timbers Available too.

Illigworth Ingham stock bespoke machined timber profiles include Architrave, Cornice, Cover Moulds, Dado, Drips and Beads, Feature Cladding/ T&G, Furniture Mouldings, Hand and Base Rails, Kitchen Craft, Nosing & Edging/Panel Mouldings, Picture Frames and Picture Rails, Skirting and Window Sections.

Our branches in trade & retail timber merchants, trafford, hyde, stockport and macclesfield carry wide stocks of Sawn Carcassing, Joinery Redwood, Whitewood, Tanalised Timber, MDF Mouldings, Window Board, Plywood, Melamine Chipboard, MDF Sheets, Veneered MDF, Hardwood External Doors, Hardwood & Softwood Internal Doors, Fire Doors, Stairparts including Handrails, Newels and Spindles; Worktops, Radiators, Flooring, Beading, Powertools, Hand tools, Door Furniture and Fixings, Ironmongery and Insulation. Our heavyside stocks include sand, cement, stone and plaster.

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