White Pine Timber Frame

Challenging to obtain graded for structural timber framing.

White pine timber frame. The heartwood is light brown sometimes with a slightly reddish hue. White pine wood has medium strength is easily worked and stains and finishes well. Timber frame in miniature. These colors tend to darken with age.

It is similar in color to hemlock a pale yellow with occasional reddish streaks. Eastern white pine sculptures by ted lott by s a. A softwood which grows from maine to northern georgia and in the great lake states. Creamy white or pale straw to light reddish brown.

Eastern white pine is a particularly good wood for timber framing as it is easy to work with being a softwood but it is well behaved when properly treated and is quite strong for its weight. Pine is a very stable wood. It has a good straight grain can be easily stained planes well and is a great wood for hand hewing. The estimated price of your timber is 0 price shown for rough cut non kiln dried material.

When planning a timber frame home or other building consumers are often asked to choose from a variety of wood species. Eastern white pine is one of the most popular choices found in heavy timber frame construction all over the united states and beyond. Because it is less expensive than douglas fir it is often used for residential timber frames. It doesn t deflect or twist excessively like oak and for most applications it can easily span as much as 20 feet.

Eastern white pine pinus strobus the moderate timber. Pine is not as strong.