Just as the diamond is the king among the gems, gold the queen among the metals, so is teak among all wood types: superior. Undoubtedly, teak wood is one of the most valuable and most interesting forestry raw materials of the 21st century.

 

Teak guarantees cosy ambiance in all its applications. Be that boat building, terracing or facade design: teak meets highest expectations.

 

Teak has a soft face and is both beautiful and durable. It contains a high level of natural oils and is thus particularly long-lasting and inherently stable. Besides, teak neither splinters nor secretes resin.

PANAMA TEAK

IPE

CUMARU

PURPLE HEART

GREEN HEART

RED CEDAR

MORA

WALABA

WAMARA

AMESCALO

Teak is a type of buttressed, deciduous tree with apertures from 40 to 80 cm (sometimes even 1,5 meters) and heights of up to 30 meters. Knot free log sections vary depending on the location. Often, trunks have supporting roots.

 

Teak consists of heartwood and sapwood. The narrow, yellow-white to Grey sapwood is clearly separate from the dark brown heart, and darkens while drying.

 

Heartwood and sapwood are homogenous concerning mechanical traits and have an almost identical swelling and shrinking ratio. Seasonal growth rhythms, depending on rainy and dry seasons, lead to half-ring-porous vessel distributions.

 

The larger early pores are mostly single-rowed and thus clearly distinct from the late wood. Bandlike, bright parenchyma cells limit the increment rates and connect the larger early wood zones. Flat sawing shows the highest amount of inclusions and yields quilted figures.

 

The smell is evocative of leather. Because of the high rubber level teak feels greasy and waxy. It is extremely durable and highly fire-resistant. Teak is hardly ever attacked by animal or herbal pests. Air drying weights vary; the average being around 700kg/m³. Teak has an average ability to stay of 2.8% radial and 5.2% tangential shrinkage ratio.