Conifers of United States: a sustainable and quality to build option

Although in recent years many species of hardwoods and tropical have been fashion both interior and exterior joinery, Spanish market knows and benefits of the conifers Americans; such as the yellow pine, Oregon or the Red Cedar, pine to name only the most commercial to perform with a guarantee of high quality and design work.

The difficult situation currently facing the construction sector is a brake on the recovery of these woods in Spanish industrialized carpentry. "In spite of this, Spain is still to United States a priority market for export their coniferous - says Ignacio Martínez, Director of American Softwoods in the Mediterranean area-, are very appreciated by the manufacturers of mouldings and solid flooring (yellow pine)""doors and Windows (Oregon pine) and also for professionals in the rehabilitation in general".

As always, industrialists and manufacturers can count on a supply inexhaustible and constant, able to offer quality, volume and a wide range of escuadrías. Also, in recent years, the exchange rate significantly increases the competitiveness of the coniferous Americans.

These timbers are characterized by its beautiful aesthetic appearance and cleanliness - explains Ignacio Martinez-. "In addition, origin is selected carefully the wood that is sent to Spain."Yellow Pine shows a very marked vein, due to the contrast of the wood of spring and summer, which the designer offers a natural option to achieve this effect. The Oregon pine stands out for its warm asalmonado color, with a very tight fiber; so it makes him ideal for very fine work of carpentry. The Red Cedar is a wood naturally durable, lightweight and stable, easy-to-machine and ideal for application to the outside (pergolas, fences, tarimas…).

For application in exterior carpentry, the conifers Americans reach Spain with an appropriate degree of humidity. The wood of sapwood required a protective treatment of the action of the abiotic elements (insolation, rain) and biotic (fungi and insects), for which does not deteriorate its aesthetic and functional values.

For use in interior, enough simply a short drying prior to their use. All American wood joins the European Union after the plant health requirements required by the regulations in force (drying in Chamber to 20 per cent of humidity).

American Softwoods attends the most representative of the sector fairs in Spain: Maderalia and Construmat in odd-numbered years and Veteco Construtec in pairs. "All of them are scenarios where the benefits of the conifers Americans among the collective of architects, builders, industrial and interior designers and interior designers - we disclose concludes Ignacio Martinez-."

The commercial conifers main of United States

Yellow Pine

During recent years the demand for pine Melis, also known as yellow pine and mobile, has grown progressively in trade. Real question of the trade name for a mixture of species of pine features very similar, from the States of South-East of North America: pinus palustris (longleaf pine, or long leaf), pinus taeda (loblolly pine or pine tea), pinus elliottii (slah pine) and pinus echinata (shortleaf pine, or short leaf). These species have a relatively small glass, which provides a great length in the trunk of clean wood.
Currently, and due to the intensification of production and to a better forestry, production of quality wood is obtained in cycles shorter (25 years), extracting therefore more wood of sapwood, while maintaining the cleaning that characterizes this wood.
Yellow Pine is one of the preferred species when use the treatment pressure with preserving or protectors of wood, because of the ease with which it can be treated. 85 Per cent of all pressure treated wood are yellow pine. And it is one of the few species that do not need incisions or perforations along the grain.

Incense cedar

Cedar incense (Incense Cedar) is a warm and pleasant sweet odour that stands out for its resistance to degradation (is recommended for the preparation of urban furniture, bridges, elements of decoration in gardens, flower pots, beams and crossbeams; dyed or unfinished). Properly dried, is guaranteed stability dimensional this wood, usually from superb trees. Also known as Cedar from the West, its availability guarantees the satisfaction of growing demand.

Ponderosa pine

The Ponderosa pine is one of the conifers of the American West more commonly used, probably due to its excellent workability and texture, which makes it suitable for wide variety of applications; most notably, the linked to interior decoration.

Sugar Pine is lighter and more soft than the Ponderosa, when it comes to their mechanization, although the latter dry more quickly. Sugar Pine high quality is scarce (there are only five factories who process it in Oregon).

Douglas fir

The Douglas fir (Douglas Fir) is one of the strongest conifers in the American West. Worthy of trust, it is also found among the species most used to manufacture elements of carpentry.
The treated wood to pressure from the West of the United States.UU. It is ideal to build many types of aquatic, residential, recreational, industrial and commercial structures.

Cedar Port Oxford

The Cedar Oxford Port (Port Oxford Cedar) has a fascinating beauty and captivating fragrance. Its robustness, reliability and durability make this species an excellent choice for use in interior and exterior carpentry. Considered the strongest of the Cedars, it rivals in performance and capacity of years of service with the Douglas fir.