Western Red Cedar

Did you know that another name for Western Red Cedar was Thuja plicata. It is an evergreen coniferous tree from the cypress family, which is native to western North America. It is also British Columbia's provincial tree.

Western Red Cedar has proven dependable performance, unmatched beauty and superior environmental credentials that composites that other man-made products cannot match. It is a soft wood of moderate strength but excellent weather-resistant properties. WRC dries readily with very little shrinkage and exhibits exceptional qualities with smooth and satiny finishes.

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Application

Western Red Cedar has unique properties that can be used in a variety of different applications. The main attribute of western red cedar is its excellent durability and dimensional stability, leading to uses such as roof shingles, decking, weather boarding, greenhouses, portable buildings, bee-hives, poles, posts, fences, ship and boat building, as well as boxes and crates. Red cedar is a popular wood for outdoor furniture, playground equipment and is now being as a high end finishing to the exterior of buildings.

This wood is popular for sashes, doors and windows, ceiling and wall panelling, as well as for millwork. Due to its dimensional stability it is perfectly suited to uses such as sauna panelling, mouldings and window blinds.

Here at Leisure Lumber we can help customize with any size and shape of component for your projects and manufacturing process.

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