WALL SARKING AND FLOORING
Macrocarpa is highly sought after for its' light "honey" colour and natural lustre when used for decorative wall panelling and ceilings. It can be left to colour to a distinctive silver/grey naturally, oiled, painted, blonded, or polyurethaned to highlight its distinctive characteristics. Macrocarpa is increasingly being used, both internally and externally, to give a distinctive natural look with bandsawn finish.
Macrocarpa is a classified as a softwood. Although we meet requirements to have all our panel grade timbers below 16% moisture content, there will often be some shrinkage in the dry house atmosphere. (recommend butt joins 45d)
Our Macrocarpa:
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All our panelling is supplied random lengths (normally av. 4-5mtrs) If selected lengths required, a surcharge of up to 50% applies.
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We can supply pre-coated with quality wood oil
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Macrocarpa flooring while popular for it's decorative appeal will bruise to some extent.
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Available in clears, panel grade (tight knot).
Why our customers use our Sarking and Flooring
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It is a NZ grown exotic sustainably grown and logged
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It's natural durability as well as hard wearing (does not erode with time)
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Plantation macrocarpa is a stable timber
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The decorative appeal of macrocarpa whether allowed to silver/grey naturally, or oiled, stained or painted.
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Macrocarpa cladding has minimal manufacturing processes . MacDirect sources the log, cuts to size, air drys, and machine profiles, ready to use.
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All standard profiles supplied
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We can supply bandsawn or smooth face
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Supplied as random lengths,(av 4-5mtrs), where selected lengths required surcharge of 20% is applied.
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All MacDirect cladding can be supplied with a "producer statement" verifying "heart material" and meets NZ building Code in a natural state.
