Red Meranti Sawn Timber - RM

Red Meranti Sawn Timber - details see: https://www.buildingsupplieshub.com/red-meranti-sawn-timber-10097855

Type: Other Timber	Place of Origin: Malaysia	Brand Name: Red Meranti	Model Number: RM
Hardness: Light Hardwood	Density: 300 - 860 kg/m3	Color: Heartwood light red to dark red. Sapwood lighter color	Texture: Interlocked / wavy, texture usually coarse but even

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Species: Red Meranti
Grade: Select & Better, Sound & Better, Merchantable
Seasoning: Kiln-Dried / Shipping-Dry
Size: Cut to order

General description

Heartwood varies from pale pinkish / light red-brown to pinkish-red / dark red, weathering to dark red-brown. Sapwood lighter color, often with grey tinge.

Non-silicanous - generally easy to work.

Not durable to moderately durable - fungi & insect, dry-wood termites, marine borer.

Rate of shrinkage variable. Dries fairly rapid without defects / degrade.

Easy to saw, crosscut, plane, bore & turn.

Produce smooth surface.

Quarter sawn - pick-up grain.

Resin deposits - cause saw problems.

Uses

Economically the most important timber genus in humid Asian tropics.

The most common general utility timber. Light constructional work. Plywood & veneer. Not suitable for pulp.

Light duty flooring, fittings, panelling, ceiling, shelving, interior partitions, joinery, low-grade decking & boat planking, concrete shuttering, musical instruments (organ pipes), coffins, boxes, turnery, plywood, boards.

Heavier grades suitable for medium & heavy construction. Door & window frames, beams, joists, rafters, utility flooring, vehicles bodies, weatherboarding, boat building. Carving, turnery, cabinets, panelling & flooring.