Spruce (Picea Excelsa) SPECIES

These are tall trees (up to 30 meters) with a large diameter (1 meter), growing in the mountainous areas (over 800 meter high).
Their trunks are straight and cylindrical, showing a plain bark.
They are growing around Europe with big ratio of European forest coverage.

Pine wood Chracteristics  

Preservation:

Pine’s heartwood is naturally resistant against mushrooms but is hardly impregnable.
Sapwood is easily impregnable.
Sawn timber is usable in both class 4 and 5 after vacuum pressure treatment.

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Main Uses

Pine is commonly used for interior (moulding, skirting boards, panelling and flooring …) and exterior joinery as well as frameworks.
Pine is also appreciated for furniture and exterior fittings (acoustic screens, guard rail, cladding, decking and footbridge).