Building Supplies

We aim to supply the building trade and home owner, Macrocarpa timber, professionally graded and machined to the highest standard.

*  MacDirect purchases quality purpose-grown plantation Cypress trees to facilitate production of high grade Macrocarpa.

*  Experienced operators select and grade this Macrocarpa for its' specific purpose.

*  With a purpose-built sawmill with large breakdown saw, breast-bench and modern horizontal and vertical bandsaws we produce any size needed.

*  Our machinist operates a modern Weinig foursider/molder to produce all  standard profiles as well as specific requests. A speed sander and thicknesser is also available for special orders.

*  With large drying sheds for seasoning timber together with dehumidifier/kiln, we carry large stocks of roughsawn timber ready for machining and dispatch.

MacDirect produces the full range of Macrocarpa timber products for your building requirements:

 Post, Beams and Boards:

• Rough sawn  -             (R/S),   
• Bandsawn four sides -(BS4S),
• Dressed four sides -    (D4S),
• Plane and gauged -      (PG),
• Machine gauged -        (MG)
• Bandsawn face            (D3S(or TG&V) bandsawn face)

• Panelling/Sarking - Tongue and Groove with V. - (TG&V)
• Flooring/Overlay -  Tongue and Groove -             (T&G)
• Cladding/Fascia -   (all profiles available) dressed or bandsawn face 
• Decking
• Joinery -                 interior architraves and special profiles can be supplied.

Macrocarpa grading guidelines

Clears:                                          No knots

Weatherboard/Cladding grade:    Tight knot (max 50mm), heart timber

Panel Grade: (PG)                        No 1. Tight knot  (flooring, panelling, sarking, joinery etc)

Heart No1 framing grade               Structural beams, posts, framing, etc.strength rating - VSG6 H3.1 equivalent durability

Feature grade:                              Some bark-encased knots, loose knots & bark inclusion

Sleeper grade:                               Garden edging

General

1.     In general, a parcel of timber in any grade shall contain a range in quality, from the most defective piece permitted in that grade, to a piece which just fails to comply with the requirements of the next grade higher.

2.     When timber is visually graded, a reasonable difference of opinion between graders is recognized.  A maximum allowable inclusion of “Off Grade” or below grade of five percent (5%) in any parcel must be regarded as an acceptable allowable variation.

3.     It is advisable for all customers to be familiar with both the requirements of the NZ Building Code, those of the local approving authority and the terms and conditions their building consent is granted in regard to profiles, grades and fixing.

4.     It should be expected as a natural consequence of drying that knots (when present) may include seasoning checks or splits.

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