| General |
- Sometimes irregular grain, moderately coarse texture
- Yellowish-grey to brownish-grey heartwood
- Yellowish-white sapwood
- Durability low
- Suitable for various interior joinery, supporting structures, furniture, plywood and veneer
- Easy to work
- Sometimes marketed together as Hem-Fir.
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| Origin |
Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.) belongs to the Pinaceae family and comes from the west of the United States and Canada.
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Durability |
The heartwood is not very durable (natural durability class IV). The sapwood is not durable (natural durability class V). |
Wood-working and drying |
Western Hemlock dries easily and is easy to work. It has no resin pockets. |
Finishing |
Finishing Western Hemlock poses no problems. For supporting interior structures, preservation in accordance with procedure A2.1 is needed. |
| Applications |
- Supporting interior structures
- Various interior joinery
- Furniture
- Plywood
- Veneer
- Saunas
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Professional information |
Average density* |
450 kg/m³ |
Radial shrinkage |
60 to 30% r.v.** |
1,1% |
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90 to 60% r.v.** |
1,0% |
Tangential shrinkage |
60 to 30% r.v.** |
1,6% |
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90 to 60% r.v.** |
1,6% |
Wood-working |
60 to 30% r.v.** |
2,7% |
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90 to 60% r.v.** |
2,6% |
Modulus of elasticity |
9000 N/mm² |
* at a wood moisture content of 15 per cent / ** relative atmospheric humidity |
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