SR Timber has invested in a new corporate video summarising, in just four minutes, the steps involved in producing their quality timber products for the construction market.
SR Timber’s commitment to excellence starts with the foundation of a strong and experienced sole sawmill partner in Latvia, a crucial pillar in ensuring consistency in the quality of all their timber products, especially their flagship offering, the trademarked PREMIUM GOLD® batten.
This new video showcases the detailed production process, from when a log is felled to the final product. PREMIUM GOLD® graded roofing batten meets all the requirements of British Standards in quality, and the product is independently third party audited and certified.
Importantly, their batten is not only graded in its board form each piece is graded too in a second process. Initially, all boards are kiln-dried, ensuring correct moisture content and automated checks are then made against detailed characteristics and possible defects. These include possible decay or insect attack, correct dimensions, the slope of grain – for strength, and knot sizing forecast for the finished product. The second grading process follows BS 5534 requirements, grading the final product and each piece of roofing batten. These final checks are made at commercial speed, covering the size of knots, wane, resin pockets, and distortion and ensure that each produced piece conforms to BS 5534.
The video summarises the process from forest to delivery, and that includes the important part played by their shipping and stevedoring partners, the backbone of their seamless logistics. They facilitate the loading and sailing of vessels from Riga in Latvia to the port of Immingham on the Humber and Cardiff in South Wales.
Whilst SR Timber has built its reputation on the expertise it brings in producing its PREMIUM GOLD® timber roofing batten, it also sells a range of specialist timber used in construction such as fire-retardant graded batten, counter battens, arris rail, firrings, mop stick, carcassing, cedar shingles, scaffold boards, orientated strand board (OSB), plywood and sheet materials. It sells its products through building, timber and roofing merchants across the country.
You can view the video at: https://sr-timber.co.uk/sr-timber-company-video/
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