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Timber selection & delivery

From selecting the right board to delivering a prepared cutting list. Our team helps you specify, source and supply timber for the way it will be used.

Timber selection & delivery

Selection and grading

Experienced staff assess colour, grain, structure and natural variation, alongside the practical demands of manufacture. We can also carry out structural grading where required; include your designer’s specified grade in the enquiry.

Two Sykes team members selecting and handling wide timber boards.
Timber selection

Stock, stored with care

A broad range of hardwood and softwood stock is kept undercover at Atherstone. Storage, conditioning and careful selection support both repeat supply and larger project requirements.

A sideloader carrying a timber pack beside the Sykes storage sheds.
Careful handling

Machining to your requirements

We plane, size and finish timber to customer specification, including constructional veneers from 2mm thick. Send the finished dimensions and quantities, along with any profile or machining details.

Sykes staff preparing timber with the Martin planer.
In the Sykes mill

Practical advice

Our Timber Specification Centre gives customers the opportunity to review species and discuss their application. Advice covers movement, durability, machinability and stability, whether you are planning joinery, furniture, boatbuilding, musical instruments or restoration work.

Oak kitchen joinery by Artichoke, shown on the existing Sykes website.
Oak joinery by Artichoke

Nationwide delivery

We deliver throughout the UK and can discuss supply further afield. Tell us your delivery postcode, site access and required timing so transport can be planned with the order.

A curtain-sided lorry loaded with strapped oak boards.
Timber ready to travel

Bespoke sourcing

When a project calls for unusual dimensions, wide boards or heavy sections, we can investigate material beyond standard stock. Our supplier network allows us to discuss selected logs or parcels for larger and more specialised requirements.

Timber processing at John Bitar in Ghana.
At the source

Full containers and direct loads

For larger volumes, we arrange imports from overseas sawmills and full-load supply from UK producers. Sykes purchases and invoices the timber directly, coordinating the order and transport without it necessarily passing through our yard.

Timber handling inside the Alpicam Grumcam sawmill.
Overseas sawmills