Douglas Fir
Douglas Fir is a very
beautiful and versatile wood and has been successfully used since the 1800s as the wood of choice for so many home building
and remodeling projects. Beautiful — a light pinkish color marks our high grade
Douglas Fir.
Being a light colored wood makes
Douglas Fir so right for inside or outside jobs.
Also, the light color makes it work well whether it is stained, painted, or left
natural. Douglas Fir
also has some of the desirable rot resistant qualities, which allow it to be used outdoors.
McGee Lumber Company only purchases the highest quality Douglas Fir that we can
find. All our Douglas Fir is graded C or better by the independent West Coast Lumber Inspection
Bureau. This grade means that our Douglas Fir is essentially knot free (you may find an occasional
small knot in an occasional piece).
Of course we use nothing but kiln-dried
Douglas Fir.
One unique
feature of McGee Douglas Fir is that it is "vertical grain" — this
designation means that the
grain of the wood is very straight and parallel with the next growth ring, which creates a
quite uniform appearance and also makes the Fir less likely to warp or twist on the job.
Applications for Douglas Fir include flooring, paneling, exterior siding, moulding, or any
other application that you might be able to dream up. If you have an idea, give us a call
and lets talk about it.
Douglas Fir comes in a variety of thickness, widths, and lengths up to 20
feet long.
As with any of our products we can modify the
basic Douglas Fir products to
suit your needs — tongue and groove for flooring or paneling? No problem. Special
exterior siding? Can easily be done. Anything else that you can think of and we haven't
considered? Give us a call and let us know what you are thinking.
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