4 Wood Species for Interior Plantation Shutters

As a plantation shutter manufacturer, in addition to producing high-quality shutters, we also need to understand the needs of end users. For example, when they buy or custom wood shutters, they may first understand: Which materials are best for window shutters? What is the best material for plantation shutters? Now we come to understand the 4 kinds of wood used for shutters in interior decoration.

Radiata Pine Shutters

Radiata pine, formerly known as Monterrey pine or badge pine, is a large softwood that is widely planted in temperate regions of the south of the world, especially in New Zealand and Australia. Goodwood imports all radiata pine with FSC certificate from New Zealand. Radiata pine is a versatile and medium density softwood. It is suitable for making wood shutters with the cheapest price of most timber species. Usually they are cutting into boards directly and kiln dried in New Zealand to avoid blue stain. From the performance point of view, the texture of radiata pine is straight, easy to process. And the density is moderate and it is good for gluing. Meanwhile, our test approves that radiata pine has a strong nail gripping ability.

Advantage of Radiata Pine

• With FSC certification: radiata pine comes from New Zealand with abundant resources and convenient raw material procurement.
• The texture is straight, easy to process and easy to dry.
• Moderate density and good gluing processing performance.
• Easy coloring treatment: the surface of radiata pine is flat and smooth after shaping and planing, which is convenient for painting and staining.
• Strong nail gripping ability.
• Cheap Prices: the cheapest price of most timber species.

Disadvantage of Radiata Pine

• Short growth period, higher self-weight than poplar and paulownia; The density of radiata pine is 0.5-0.55g/m³ while poplar and paulownia is 0.4-0.45g/m³.
• Have to purchase plates directly from New Zealand due to the blueness of domestic materials.

Goodwood has been using Radiata Pine to manufacture mouldings for more than 20 years and very familiar with it. It has many advantages, fast growing, renewable, easy to work. More important, it's a natural wood and has relatively straight fine grain which made it very suitable for mouldings and plantation shutters. Radiate pine is the most competitive real wood, it is a good option among wood plantation shutters. Radiata Pine shutters can be a good replacement for paulownia and MDF shutters.

Chinese Ashtree Wood Shutters

Fraxinus mandshurica is a light-colored, smooth-grained hardwood from China. Ashtree has a typical straight grain texture and beige to light brown tones, making it an attractive choice for dyed shutters.

Ashtree is one of the hardwood types that are very hard and resilient in nature. Can be customized for various shapes and styles of shutters. Ashtree has a unique appearance, which can add more charm and charm to any home decoration. This wood is very dense, which is why it can be polished easily without any difficulties.

There are many benefits/advantages of using Ashtree shutters. The light brown and milky white of ash looks very beautiful, the surface is very simple, and very beautiful. It is smooth in nature, so it can be easily managed. Ashtree shutters require the least maintenance than other hardwoods.

Basswood Shutters

In Europe, Basswood is often called Lime or Linden, while in North America, Basswood is the most common. Light white to light brown, sapwood and heartwood section is not clear. The growth rings tend to be subtle, and the color is mostly uniform throughout the surface texture of the wood. Knots and other defects are rare. The grains are straight, fine and uniform in texture, and natural luster is moderate. Easy to work and very lightweight. Very suitable for large panel shutters, such as solid wood shutters.

Basswood shutters provide the very best in luxury and style, it can be painted or stained. What is the best wood for plantation shutters? As we know that basswood is a golden material for making shutters. But due to its high price, it can not be widely accepted. The "basswood shutters price" appears most frequently in basswood shutters review. So many shutter manufacturers will find a cheaper wood as an alternative.

Advantage of Basswood

• Highest strength-to-weight ratio: making it very light and strong.
• It can be painted or stained: Basswood timber is one of the finest varieties of wood that is used to build shutters. It has a fine texture that gives your shutters an attractive look.
• Basswood is sturdy and resistant to warping and is not easily affected by heat.
• Good stability: Basswood grows up in cold area and grows up very slowly, this kind of species are very stable.
• Strong nail gripping ability.

Disadvantage of Basswood

• High price: the price for Russian Basswood is very high due to limited resource.
• It is hard to achieve FSC certificate if the purchasing quantity is not big enough.

Poplar Wood Shutters

Poplar wood is one of the most common utility timber for shutters. Poplar typically has a straight, uniform grain, with a medium texture. Low natural luster. Very easy to work in almost all regards. Goodwood not only supply Poplar measured shutters, but also direct primed poplar shutter components to ensure you to be competitive with more options available for timber shutters.

Goodwood manufactures and supplies wooden shutters for inside/bay windows, and wooden door shutter. Natural wood shutters, in addition to natural wood color, also have white wood shutters, which are very popular among users.

If you are not so sure about the wood species suitable for your market, we are happy to introduce more details to you such as prices and characteristics of each species. Goodwood is always here for you, just an email or a phone call away.

Hardwood VS. Softwood

What we mean by "softwood" and "hardwood" here does not mean the softness or hardness of a particular wood. The main difference between hardwood and softwood is botanical. For example, hardwoods are derived from angiosperms or flowering plants, such as maples or poplars. Softwood is usually an evergreen conifer, such as radiata pine or spruce.

Generally, softwoods and hardwoods can be distinguished from the leaves( needle-like and broad leaves), timber color( invariably light and darker colored) and density( hardwoods often have higher densities than softwoods).

Generally, softwoods is cheaper and easier to process than hardwoods. Therefore, about 80% of the world's timber is softwood. Softwoods has a wide range of applications and can be found in building components. For example, windows, doors, so we use them to make wood mouldings and shutter components, furniture, Christmas trees and so on. Pine is one of the most commonly used softwoods.

Although hardwoods are usually expensive, their advantage is that they last longer than softwoods. Therefore, the timber that is often used in some high-end, high-quality furniture, decks, floors, plantation shutters and buildings is hardwood.