Ash Plantation Oak Hardwood
PLANTATION OAK HARDWOOD
PLANTATION OAK HARDWOOD
A plantation hardwood like no other
Plantation Oak is made from plantation grown Shining Gum (Eucalyptus Nitens) grown in Tasmania and Victoria.
Plantation Oak is a sustainably sourced hardwood timber unique to ASH. Plantation Oak is engineered to create a knot-free appearance timber with higher strength and improved appearance when compared to its knotty counterpart.
Like all species processed through our world class facility in Victoria, Plantation Oak has been straight line edged after drying for a superior straightness. The result is a unique plantation hardwood with beautiful features and a consistent blonde to light brown colour – perfect for manufacturers and specifiers alike.
Offering a close alternative to Tasmanian Oak or Victorian ash, Plantation Oak is commonly used internally for joinery, furniture, panelling, mass timber and framing.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Ash
CUTTING
Good
NAIL HOLDING
Good
STABILITY
High (quarter sawn)
JANKA
5.8 kN (seasoned)
DURABILITY
- Above ground – Class 3
- Below ground – Class 4
LYCTUS SUSCEPTIBLE
Sapwood is susceptible
COLOR
Pale blonde to light brown
USE
- Flooring
- Bulkhead
-Kitchen island
UNIT SHRINKAGE (KD)
- Measurable movement in service – Medium
- Radial: 0.22% of board dimension per 1% moisture content change.
- Tangential: 0.33% of board dimension per 1% moisture content change
MOISTURE CONTENT
600 kg/m3 at 12% moisture content
GRAIN
Moderately coarse with a straight grain
BENEFITS
-Plantation Grown -Stains Well -Low Embodied Energy -Light Coloured Finish -Sustainable Resource -Machines Well -Good Strength -Very Straight -Stored Carbon
BENDING
Satisfactory
APPLICATION
Residential
CHARACTERISTICS
- Brief
- Modest
- Functiona
- Warm timber tones
FEATURES
- Plantation grown
- Light-coloured hardwood
- Easy to work, cut & build with
- Stains well
FIRE
- Spread of flame index: 8
- Smoke development index: 4
- Average extinction area: Less than 250m2/kg
- Smoke development Rate: Less than 750% -min
- Material Group No: 3 (unless coated to meet Group 1 & 2)
- Critical Radiant Heat Flux: More than 2.2kW/m2 and less than 4.5kW/m2
- Bushfire Attack level: BAL 12.5 and 19 – Door and window joinery only
- Refer Australian Standard AS1530 Part 3 and Building Code of Australia
GLUEING
Excellent
IMPACT RESISTANCE
16 Joules