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Treating cut ends of timber

By Eddie Bruce 1 December 2003, Build 79

When preservative-treated timber is cut, shaped, planed or drilled, the newly revealed timber may not be protected by preservative and end grain may be exposed. Additional treatment may be needed to protect the cut ends.

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Resourceful timber

By Nigel Isaacs 1 October 2012, Build 132

Prone to earthquakes and with abundant native timber, New Zealand was quick to adopt timber as a building cladding. It could even replicate stone with design elements such as quoins.

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