Sweet Chestnut Cladding

InWood Developments pioneered the use of sweet chestnut as both an exterior and interior cladding material over twenty years ago.

It is a unique timber species that offers similar benefits and character to Oak, but with a number of environmental and sustainability benefits. The main benefit presented in the harvest of chestnut is that once the primary tree is harvested, the root remains and enters a cycle of coppicing. This is where at 10-15 yearly intervals the regrowth from the base of the trunk can be harvested and utilised, so whereas many traditional hardwoods are harvested only once. The yield on sweet Chestnut is significantly greater and the smaller shorter coppiced pollards, suit the use of cladding, and dramatically increase the rate of carbon capture in the process.

Cladding Produced at Lengths to Suit the Site

Another benefit of sweet chestnut is that it usually needs to be finger-jointed, and so this process involves removing defect material from the parent board and using the finger-jointing process to rejoin the sections to provide continuous lengths. This reduces long term waste and also means cladding and decking can be produced at lengths to suit the site, instead of using standard lengths and creating lots of off cuts.

Finger-jointed material also benefits from a reduction of the inherent tension which is present in all timber boards, thus making the end product very stable and not prone to excessive movement. This is not to say there will be no movement, as all timber is a natural product which will move with the seasons.

InWood Developments has its own in house finger-jointing line and so our boards are processed fully in house to give you the best possible product and value. In addition to this it means every order is produced on a bespoke basis and so it lends itself to any of our standard profiles as well as a range of bespoke designs should you wish

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Try our coatings and reduce maintenance, maintain colour and extend the life of your timber cladding.

We offer a range of coating options in all our cladding products to both protect the product and also to help maintain or enhance its colour properties.

There are dozens of profiles we can produce along with bespoke profiles to create extra wide boards.

InWood Developments has a comprehensive machining capability primarily focused around CNC Framing and Mouldings. If you are a builder looking for a small run of locally sourced cladding or a developer sourcing cladding for a much larger project contact us today. We like to champion the use of Sweet Chestnut cladding due to its sustainability but have supplied claddings and profiles in Redwood, Whitewood, thermally modified timbers, Siberian Larch, Oak, Douglas Fir and Accoya® to name but a few.

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