Timber Topics

Timber Topics October 2025 | Wood Campus
by Jennie Ward|30 September 25|Build, Supply
Timber Development UK has launched Wood Campus, a brand-new online school designed to provide flexible, accessible training for merchants and timber professionals. The platform offers more than 60 courses and hundreds of hours of potential learning.
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Timber Topics September 2025 | Mouldings
by Jennie Ward|07 September 25|Build, Supply
For this month’s Timber Topics we’re looking at the profitable sector of timber mouldings, and how merchants can use them to boost profit margins and maximise sales.
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Timber Topics August 2025 | Timber Use Classes
by Jennie Ward|29 July 25|Build, Supply
Do you know your Use Classes? The way treated timber must be described in merchants and on site has changed. It’s up to you to understand what Use Class the treated timber products you stock have been treated to, and where it is safe for them to be used. TDUK...
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Timber Topics July 2025 | Understanding external timber cladding
by Jennie Ward|27 June 25|Build, Supply
To support best practice across the industry, TDUK – working in collaboration with the Timber Decking & Cladding Association (TDCA) – has created the Timber Cladding Handbook, a valuable resource available at www.timberdevelopment.uk.
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Timber Topics June 2025 | Why timber supplies are changing
by Jennie Ward|30 May 25|Build, Supply
A shift is underway that’s seeing Pine (European Redwood) move to take a larger section of the construction timber market due to environmental challenges and market pressures.
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Timber Topics May 2025 | Give flooring sales a good foundation
by Jennie Ward|01 May 25|Build, Supply
Hardwood flooring is a popular upgrade among homeowners looking to enhance both the look and value of their property.
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Timber Topics April 2025 | Understand your decking products
by Jennie Ward|01 April 25|Build, Supply
The trend for outdoor living and making the most of our outside spaces shows no sign of slowing down. For builders’ and timber merchants, this translates into big business, with decking and garden landscaping products becoming an increasingly significant percentage of summer sales. That’s why, with Easter fast approaching, now...
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Timber Topics March 2025 | Check your batten stock meets the standard
by Jennie Ward|07 March 25|Build, Supply
TDUK is offering advice on how to ensure the timber battens you stock, sell and use are fit for purpose, after warnings from The National Federation of Roofing Contractors that sub-standard battens are circulating in the UK. These are ‘marked, coloured and sold as being BS 5534 compliant’, despite being...
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Timber Topics February 2025 | Stock up for the year ahead
by Jennie Ward|06 February 25|Build, Supply
As we head into 2025, now is a great time to take a quick inventory of your timber stocks.
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Timber Topics January 2025 | Grow your Timber Knowledge
by Jennie Ward|16 January 25|Build, Supply
First launched in 2023, TDUK has been continually adding new resources ever since, and there are now more than 100 Timber Knowledge Sheets covering a huge range of timber topics. Some of the latest publications include: • Timber Decking • Timber Cladding • Passive Fire Protection • Timber Acoustic Regulations...
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