What wood is best for Stair Components:

American Red OakThe Red Oak heartwood is a light to medium brown, commonly with a reddish look. When quartersawn the sections display prominent ray fleck patterns. Whereas its...

Durability: Moderately Durable - Workability: Moderately Workable - Availability: Readily available

American White AshAsh is normally straight-grained and coarse. The narrow heartwood is almost white. The contrast between heartwood and sapwood makes for a unique attractive...

Durability: Non Durable - Workability: Moderately Workable - Availability: Readily available

BalauThe colour of Balau can be variable depending upon the species: ranging from a pale brown colour, to a darker red-brown. I has a coarse texture with medium to large pores....

Durability: Very Durable - Workability: Not Workable - Availability: Readily available

European BeechOurs is kiln dried Beech.  The sapwood is hard to differentiate from the heartwood. The colour varies from whitish to very pale brown, and may darken to a pale...

Durability: Non Durable - Workability: Workable - Availability: Readily available

American Black WalnutThe heartwood of American Walnut can be light greyish-brown, dark brown or purplish-black. The sapwood can be almost white to a yellow, creamy-brown. The...

Durability: Non Durable - Workability: Workable - Availability: Readily available

American CherryThe heartwood of Cherry can vary in colour from red-brown to either deep red or a lighter red-brown. It normally has brown or darker flecks. There can be...

Durability: Somewhat Durable - Workability: Workable - Availability: Readily available

Douglas FirThe sapwood of Douglas Fir can be whitish to pale yellow or red-pink, and varies in thickness. The heartwood is variable in colour, with a vast contrast between early...

Durability: Moderately Durable - Workability: Workable - Availability: Readily available

Green, fresh OakDepending on origin, the heartwood varies from light tan to deep brown, with distinct bands of early wood and latewood. The grain is usually straight, but irregular...

Durability: Durable (external use) - Workability: Moderately Workable - Availability: Readily available

Hemlock | Alaska Pine | Tsuga heterophylla Western Hemlock wood - The Hemlock Western sapwood is typically 75-125mm thick and challenging to differentiate from the heartwood,...

Durability: Moderately Durable - Workability: Very Workable - Availability: Readily available

Kiln dried IrokoThe yellowish-white sapwood in Iroko Wood is clearly differentiated from the heartwood, which is golden-orange to brown. Deposits of calcium carbonate with darker...

Durability: Very Durable - Workability: Slightly Workable - Availability: Readily available

LarchThe heartwood of European Larch is pale red to brick-red and has clearly marked growth rings, with distinction between early wood and late wood. It usually contains hard knots...

Durability: Somewhat Durable - Workability: Workable - Availability: Readily available

American MapleThe heartwood of Maple is a uniform pale reddish-brown or light tan, the sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. It has a typically straight grain, which can sometimes...

Durability: Moderately Durable - Workability: Workable - Availability: Readily available