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July 14, 2011

The Benefits of Raised Beds

Raised Beds Table Beds — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 10:25 am

We are a leading timber merchant that can provide sheet cutting services, CNC routing and assembled or kit form raised beds.

Do you want vegetables free from pesticides? Here at Booker Timber we can offer raised beds which have been quality treated by tannalisation – a wood preservative that can preserve wood or timber for numerous years. Therefore, our premium Scandinavian timber is extremely durable so it will not be susceptible to fungus or insects, and it can also fight against the elements. The tannalisation will also give the timber an aesthetically pleasing green colour which blends in with a garden area.

Is the Treatment Safe for Children?

You can rest assured that when you buy our raised beds they will perform effectively and will not cause any harm to your children or animals, so they are ideal for city gardens, country gardens and roof top gardens. Our raised beds are also ideal for disabled or elderly people as they are extremely easy to use.

Does the Wood Have to be Treated?

Many people have often opted to purchase raised beds without tannalisation due to the sheer strength and durability of our timber. Also, untreated raised beds can also be painted or varnished, so you can customise your raised bed to complement your garden area.

Raised beds ultimately allow you to enjoy growing your own food and it can become a valuable pass time. Using raised beds in gardening can also help you teach children about the sources of vegetables and help them to understand the importance of high quality ingredients.

If you are interested in our raised beds from us here at Booker Timber, we can provide you with kit form or assembled beds.

If you would like to know more about our raised beds or CNC cutting services, you should contact us today and speak to a friendly and helpful member of staff.

July 4, 2011

What Makes Booker Timber a Leading Machine Cutting Specialist

CNC Cutting — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 10:25 am

Here at Booker Timber we are delighted to be one of the UK’s leading machine sheet cutting specialists, and are extremely proud of the services we offer to our clients.

What Makes Booker Timber Better than their Competitors?

We have invested a significant sum of money in the most state-of-the-art machinery to provide our customers with an unrivalled service. Our innovative and powerful computer software has allowed us to provide accurate, fast and efficient sheet cuttings which can be catered to any panel requirements.

We also own one the largest CNC beams in the UK; therefore, we can handle and cut shapes from up to 6 metres long and up to 4 metres wide from a board thickness of 90 millimetres. Whether you require cut or routed MDF, chipboard, OSB, plywood sheets, MFC or hardboard, we can provide you with the panel boards you require.

As we are dedicated to quality control, you can rest assured that your bespoke product will be chip free. We continually strive to reduce our material waste by using our excellent computer software, so you won’t have to pay out large amounts of money for excess materials.

We can also cater our services to your needs, so if you require us to pack, label, and plastic wrap and strap your product to your specification, then we can do that for you without hassle.

These are just a few of the reasons that make us here at Booker Timber stand out from our competitors. If you would like to know more, please feel free to browse our website or contact us today – we are happy to help.

June 25, 2011

Economical and Ecological Sheet Cutting

Sheets — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 3:16 pm

Finding suppliers which are enthusiastic and dedicated to the products they deliver is integral to delivering the best end product possible. Whether this end product is a series of fitted kitchens or a small decked area for one back garden; sourcing from a timber merchant as devoted as Booker Timber allows you to ensure better results, with high quality, accurately cut and ethically sourced timber.

We take pride in providing excellent timber and cutting services, whether you need some modest cut to size MDF or a trickier to work hardwood. By using our CNC beam saws, which are amongst some of the nation’s largest, we can offer our clients efficient cutting to within 0.1mm accuracy, even when sheet cutting substantial volumes of timber.

Our wood is Chain of Custody certified, and by coupling our CNC saws and the knowledge of our staff with the latest design software, we maintain a low-waste policy, even where seemingly complicated shapes are being processed. By keeping waste to a minimum and using responsible sources for our timber, we reduce the carbon footprint of our trade, providing our clients with materials they can be proud to have in their homes and businesses. Reducing the amount of waste also has a direct effect on the cost, making it cheaper for the client.

We welcome enquiries, with a team of knowledgeable staff members available to discuss our processes and potential projects with you, even helping you to make choices between melamine faced chipboard or another material for your kitchen.

June 15, 2011

Environmentally Conscious Timber CNC Cutting

CNC Cutting — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 3:07 pm

It is a fundamental rule of business that success comes from respecting and maximising the resources at your disposal. Finding the perfect source for one of your services and exploiting it into exhaustion is not good business sense, although this is akin to the way that some timber trades have operated in the past. At Booker Timber, we are proud to be ethical, taking several important steps, with the assistance of the latest technology, to ensure that our services do not cause extensive damage to the planet.

By making careful use of CNC cutting machines and intelligent design software, we can make certain that the waste we produce is kept to an absolute minimum. Our CNC beam saws are some of the largest in the country, allowing us to process even bulk orders efficiently and precisely, within a 0.1mm accuracy tolerance. In addition to this, all of our timber is Chain of Custody certified, allowing us peace of mind regarding the carbon footprint of our trade and the sustainability of our resources.

This means that whether you need cut to size chipboard or MDF sheets as a tradesman, a corporation or a DIY-enthusiast, we can help you to source ecologically-friendly, precision-cut materials for the job. If you’re not sure what kind of timber you might need for a particular job, we can offer our assistance and advice which stems from years of experience. We are also happy to cut free issue timber, and offer competitive prices on timber delivery, too.

June 5, 2011

Environmentally Friendly Timber Merchant

Timber — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 2:56 pm

The summer months are often productive ones in terms of construction projects, with fewer days on site called off or slowed down due to bad weather. Whether the site is a large professional one, or your own back garden, you may be investigating the best places to source the materials you need. Ensuring that you have a dependable timber merchant which can provide you with high quality wood in the size and volume you require is important to smooth operation.

Booker Timber is just such a merchant, specialists in cut to size chipboard, MDF, plywood, and more, able to provide hardwoods, softwoods and real wood veneers. By using the latest available technology, we can make sure that your wood fits perfectly, whatever its intended function. By ensuring that there is minimal wastage, this precise approach is also environmentally friendly, an important consideration for us as a company. Another mark of our dedication to the planet is that all of our timber is Chain of Custody certified, coming from responsible resources only.

Whether you are building a small decked area in your back garden or setting up a company which provides this service for others, we can process your orders. We welcome enquiries, happy to cater for bulk orders and smaller one-offs alike. Experts in our field, we can advise you on whether you need melamine faced chipboard for your new cabinets or anti slip boards for your outdoor spaces. We are honest and environmentally aware, able to cater for all kinds of timber requests.

May 25, 2011

The Value of Chipboard

CNC Cutting — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 11:53 am

Chipboard is one of those materials that gets a bad name for being weaker than solid timber, but what most people miss is just how revolutionary the idea is. When used for the right applications, it’s just perfect and lasts well, and what’s more, the manufacture of chipboard uses up scraps and cuttings that would otherwise be thrown out. It reduces waste and in these environmentally conscious times surely we should give it a round of applause for that reason alone.

It’s true that a cut to size chipboard section may not be as strong as a single solid plank of hardwood but then, it often doesn’t have to be. The shelving in most kitchen cupboards doesn’t need to support a huge weight and in many cases Melamine Faced Chipboard (MFC) does the job perfectly well.

The melamine is a plastic coating that seals out moisture. This is quite important as the inner material can weaken when it gets damp, but there are other advantages. The smooth, waterproof melamine surface wipes clean, unlike raw timber, and it’s quite resistant to stains. MFC is cheap and easy to produce in a rainbow of different colours.

It isn’t suitable for every project but no single material is ideal for everything. In the right place it is an eco friendly, low cost option that performs well. We can provide chipboard or MFC precision shaped with computerised CNC cutting tools. If you’ve got a task and think chipboard is the way forward, we can create just what you want.

May 15, 2011

When Plywood is Better than Solid Wood

Timber — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 11:42 am

As any timber merchant will tell you, selecting the right timber is half the battle. Different timbers and timber materials have different properties and they’ll behave differently under almost any given set of circumstances. Some materials are more resistant to damp and insect pests, some are stronger, heavier, or can handle extreme heat better than others.

Plywood sheets have several features worth noting. The first is that they are cheap and easy to produce. When price is the first concern, many builders and carpenters look to plywood first of all. It’s also very light in weight. It may seem strange to say it now, when so many of us travel in huge metal aeroplanes, but many World War II fighter planes were made with plywood.

Flexibility is also key. The layers in a piece of plywood are glued together, and the end result tends to flex rather than snap or crack under pressure. Because different woods are often used to make a single sheet, characteristics like strength, flexibility, and weight can be engineered quite precisely. Not all plywoods were created equal, or to do the same job.

Solid timber can crack, shrink, or warp over time, especially in hot or damp conditions. Plywood is resistant to warping and there are varieties that are constructed especially for use in wet environments. We can supply a wide range of plywoods and associated products, and our plywood cutting technology is second to none. Booker Timber can provide the ready-shaped materials for roofing, furniture, and much more.

May 4, 2011

Cut to Size MDF

CNC Cutting — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 11:32 am

MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) is created by breaking small wood pieces down to the component fibres and remaking into a solid material. The components are usually sawdust and other by-products of the timber industry, so MDF sheets are an environmentally friendly option. When we need to cut down a tree, products like this let us use the whole thing with very little waste.

Because MDF is reworked from small particles it doesn’t contain knots. No piece of solid timber is uniform. They all contain knots (areas of high density), rings, or points of weakness. The finished fibreboard doesn’t, so it can be cut and shaped easily and precisely. Our computerised CNC routing machines can produce exact shapes with no chips or splinters.

Getting your fibreboard pre-cut is a good idea. It’s a great material, but because of the nature of the manufacturing process, cutting it releases considerable quantities of fine wood dust and airborne resins that can be dangerous if accidentally inhaled. All our workshops are very well ventilated and we follow best practice safety guidelines at all times. It pays to be careful when dealing with MDF.

We offer cut to size MDF to almost any specifications. Whether you only need a few pieces or want to place a massive bulk order, Booker Timber should be your first port of call. Our machinery represents the latest and best technology and our staff have the experience to use it well. We know MDF inside and out and can provide whatever you need at reasonable rates.

April 25, 2011

Cut to Size MDF MFC and More

Timber — Tags: , , , , — Booker Timber @ 12:03 pm

The best way to ensure that your upcoming DIY or building projects are the best they can be is by finding respectable and enthusiastic merchants for the basic materials, such as timber. At Booker Timber, we aim to provide beautiful quality timber and an efficient timber cutting service to all of our customers.

Whether you need cut to size MDF or something more substantial, we can provide Chain of Custody certified timber for the job; high quality and sourced in an environmentally-friendly manner. We make a conscious effort to be an ecologically responsible company, minimising waste by implementing careful design and planning. This planning can save you money too, keeping the amount of chipboard that you might need, for example, as low as possible.

We are able to achieve this thanks to our CNC beam saws, which are amongst the UK’s largest of their kind. They have the capacity to process large volumes of timber at one time, cutting to within 0.1mm accuracy. Operated by our experienced staff and programmed using clever software, these precise saws allow us to make the most out of each sheet cutting, even when producing seemingly awkward shapes.

Our services are priced competitively and we pride ourselves on our efficient, accurate, environmentally-friendly timber cutting and packaging. We can also cut free issue timber and are happy to offer advice upon the benefits of different varieties of wood for those embarking on a DIY or construction project which is outside their usual realm of knowledge.

April 14, 2011

Efficient CNC Cutting

Chain of Custody — Tags: , , , — Booker Timber @ 11:57 am

Whatever your industry, making the most of your resources is important, whether you are part of a large business or undertaking an independent project. With supplies such as timber, the use of which has an impact on the environment, minimising waste is important for financial reasons as well as ecological ones.

At Booker Timber, we are devoted to providing ethically-sourced timber and ensuring – using the latest CNC cutting technology – that waste really is kept to a minimum. We have some of the UK’s largest CNC beam saws and couple this technology with some of the best software available to ensure a precise and efficient cutting system, operating to within 0.1mm accuracy.

Whether the job you have in mind is small or large, involving MDF sheets or MFC, we can process your order in a highly professional manner, providing you with perfectly-cut, carefully-packaged timber as the end result. All of our timber is Chain of Custody certified, making your job environmentally friendly, should you choose to select our timber. We will also happily cut free issue timber.

Whether you need cut to size chipboard – melamine faced or otherwise – or treated woods for outdoor use, our experts can provide. If you are not sure on what your requirements are, we welcome enquiries and can offer advice which is rooted in years of experience. By providing quality, ethical timber, cut using precise manufacturing technology within an efficient time frame, we aim to provide an excellent, reliable service which is environmentally conscious and competitively priced.

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