Hardwood Plywood Product Overview
Weekes Forest Products stocks a huge variety of species, grades, and sizes of hardwood plywood. Our selection includes Alder, Birch, Cherry, Hickory, Maple, Oak, Meranti, and Melapi, as well as others. Contact us today to discuss all of your hardwood plywood needs.
Features & Benefits
- High Strength and Durability: Made from multiple layers of hardwood veneer, hardwood plywood boasts superior density and strength. This robust construction makes it ideal for demanding applications and high-traffic areas where durability is paramount.
- Aesthetic Appeal: The smooth, attractive, and consistent wood grain of species like birch, maple, or oak makes hardwood plywood perfect for finishing, veneering, and creating beautiful visible surfaces in furniture and cabinetry.
- Dimensional Stability: The unique cross-layered construction provides exceptional dimensional stability. This design resists the warping, bending, or cracking that can occur with solid wood due to fluctuations in temperature and humidity, ensuring your project remains true over time.
- Smooth Surface: The outer hardwood faces provide a refined, smooth surface that can be easily polished, laminated, stained, or painted to achieve a flawless finish that rivals solid wood.
- Variety of Core Types: The core can be made from various materials, including hardwood or lightweight softwood, allowing for a perfect balance of strength and weight tailored to your specific application.
- Cost-Effective: Hardwood plywood offers the stunning look and feel of solid hardwood at a more affordable price point, significantly reducing costs for large-scale projects without compromising on quality or appearance.
- Warp Resistance: The laminated structure provides greater stability and resistance to warping compared to solid wood, a key advantage for building projects that require long, flat panels.
- High Impact Resistance: Its robust layered construction makes it highly resistant to impacts and wear, ensuring longevity and maintaining its structural integrity even in busy environments.
- Versatility: Hardwood plywood’s consistent quality and strength make it suitable for a wide array of applications, from intricate furniture and detailed cabinetry to durable doors, elegant wall panels, and even specialized curved plywood products.
Specifications
Our hardwood plywood product mix varies by location to best serve the specific demands of each regional market. Our team of experts can help you determine the best species, grade, and core type for your project’s performance and budget requirements.
Applications
- Cabinets: A common and excellent choice for cabinet making, providing a durable and attractive solution for both face frames and cabinet boxes.
- Joinery: Used for a wide variety of internal and external woodworking projects where strength and stability are essential.
- Shelving: Its durability and stability make it an ideal material for creating strong, warp-resistant shelves.
- Tabletops: Suitable for tabletops due to its strength, smooth surface, and resistance to warping.
- Formwork: Can be used for concrete formwork where a smooth, consistent finish is desired.
- Furniture Manufacturing: A primary material for building furniture where a combination of strength, aesthetics, and affordability is required.
- Architectural Panels: Its large, consistent sheets are perfect for creating impressive wall and ceiling panels in commercial and residential spaces.
Product Availability
- Product availability varies by location. Please contact one of our listed locations for more information or request a quote by filling out the form below.
