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White Cedar lumber from Loyalist Forest
Loyalist Forest is a family owned, fully integrated value added wood products company with over 4,000 acres of sustainable timberlands under our care and management. With parts of our forestland under continual stewardship since the mid 1800's, we have been growing our own future in the form of quality forest products; simultaneously preserving the natural habitat of countless wildlife species.
From the inside of your house to the outside, Loyalist Forest has the Eastern White Cedar lumber products you need to make it a home. Extremely resistant to decay, Estern White Cedar lumber is a beautiful wood that accepts stain treatments well, or you can allow it to naturally weather to a fine gray patina.
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Our customers have enjoyed the use of Eastern White Cedar for decks, stairs, fences, pergolas, lattice, ornamental furniture, tables and chairs. This wood is perfect for fences decks, docks, outdoor furniture, gazebos, playground structures and many other applications.
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Sometimes known as Northern White Cedar and Eastern White Cedar, the sapwood of white cedar is thin and white, while the heartwood is a light brown. The wood has an aromatic spicy 'cedary or pencil-like' odor. It has an even grain, fine texture, and the lowest density of any commercial domestic wood (19 pcf). The heartwood is resistant to decay and subterranean termites
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It is easy to work with hand tools, and is average in machineability. It is dimensionally stable, glues well and holds paint well. It is soft and has low mechanical properties (bending and compressive strength, hardness, stiffness, shock and splitting resistance and nail and screw holding ability). Northern white cedar is resistant to extremely resistant to preservative treatments.
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Packaged with care and promptly shipped to locations across North America, we service the retail, commercial and industrial wood industry. From 2 to 200,000 board feet, we can provide you with a lumber supply solution.
Loyalist Forest manufactures and markets Eastern White Cedar lumber that is far superior to that which you purchase from the “big box” stores; for example our actual dimension of a 1x4 is 3/4" x 3 ½". Our white cedar lumber can be purchased either planed (smooth) or rough sawn (a textured feel). Special ordered lumber is available in custom sizes that you can’t find from the conventional lumber retailers, such as 4x6 and 5x5.
Our quality standards require sound, tight knots, straight boards, uniform thicknesses, and a maximum wane allowance of 5% of the length of one side. Lumber is machine planed to a smooth surface, precision trimmed to length, and eased edge (rounded corners).
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