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TIMBER TYPES
MERBAU (Intsia bijuga I. palembanica)
Merbau is a large hardwood native to South-East Asia from the Malaysian mainland through Indonesia to New Guinea. Merbau timber is widely available in Australia and is highly regarded for a broad rage of applications. The timber has a heartwood orange-brown to brown or dark red-brown. In Asia it is used regularly for furniture, panelling, boat building and veneers whilst in Australia it is imported for flooring and joinery.
BENGKIRAI (Shorea laevifolia)
Bengkirai is very common throughout Malaysia and Indonesia. being a large hardwood it has a growing range of 30 to 60 metres high. Bengkirai is dense but contains little silica and is therefore relatively easy to work for a beatuiful surface finish. The timber has a heartwood yellow brown, reddish brown and sometimes puplish brown. Bengkirai has fine to medium texture, even with the grain wavy and interlocked. It has been widely used in South East Asia as a heavy construction timber as well as window joinery and boat building.
ROOF TYPE
CANVAS
All our canvas roofing type pavilions use canopy fabric made from 100% solution-dyed acrylic fibres. The colour, locked deep inside the fabric, is fade-and weatehr-resistant. The canopy is 100% opaque, waterproof and also protects against UV rays, wind, rain. Our canvas roofing is light in weight, attaractive, durable and long lasting. Canvas roofing add a “modern feel” to our traditionally constructed gazebos and pavilions and is becoming a popular alternative roofing type to thatch and shingle.
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