timber slabs
Most slabs are air dried first, then kiln dried to the finished moisture content. At The Fine Timber Company, we kiln dry our slabs to help ensure that our customers don’t experience issues like twisting and cracking, after their project has been completed. Some slabs are air dried only. In this case they are air dried for several years. Air drying of slabs only occurs with about 1% of our slabs.
All our machined slabs are stored at our yard in Donnybrook and can be viewed there if required. Please call first.
In addition to the slabs on the website, we have rough sawn slabs that have not yet been machined and are not on the website. Once they get machined, they will be catalogued and put on the website.
Sloping edge means that the slab is narrower at one end than the other (specifically if searching on the catalogue)
Delivery to your door in Perth is usually about $110.
We can deliver our slabs Australia wide. Please call for a quote.
Unless otherwise stated all slabs are machined flat ready for sanding. We can also sand if required.
The dimensions are written on the slab in chalk. Length (m) x width (mm) x thickness (mm).
The width is that as measured where there is a chalk line drawn across the slab. It is not the widest or narrowest or average. It just gives you some idea. If there is only one line for width, that means that the slab is within about 50mm all the way along. The actual length of the slab will usually be about 50mm longer than the length written on the slab. This is to allow for the ends to be cut square. Please note that the slab will look WIDER at the end nearest the camera, then it actually is. Read the width written on the slab in chalk at each end.
The number written on the bottom of the slab is our database reference number. Refer to this number in any correspondence with me about the slab. Slabs from the same log will all have the same number followed by a letter in sequence corresponding to the slabs in sequence. i.e 1300a and 1300b and 1300c are sequential slabs from the same log. An additional letter indicates that they are from the same slab but cut shorter for some reason i.e one long slab has been cut into two shorter ones. i.e 1300aa and 1300ab are opposite ends of the same slab. In this case they could be butted up together and have a continuing grain pattern.
Book matched slabs have only one number for the two slabs.
Book matched slabs with a straight edge in the middle are photographed with a slight gap in between the two slabs so that it is obvious to you that they are two slabs. The width written on them is the width when they are pushed together i.e no gap.
Please note that if you do not collect your order within two weeks without having made alternative arrangements WE WILL CHARGE A STORAGE FEE OF $110 PER WEEK. NO EXCEPTIONS. THIS APPLIES TO ALL ORDERS NOT JUST SLABS.