What wood for your next piece of furniture?

Carpentry plays a very important role in the construction or renovation of a house. Carpentry and furniture can make or break the look of the house.

Of course, the simplest solution is to buy kits ready to assemble the most common and used furniture, such as cradles, cupboards and shelves. This option is practical and the furniture can be configured quickly. Quality can be good if you buy from a good distributor or a reputable brand. However, the parts are pre-rolled and there is no real guarantee as to the quality of the wood or the type of wood used.

There are two types of base wood that can be used for furniture. Hardwood and engineered wood.

Hardwoods are just planks or planks of teak, rose, sheesham, mango, birch, cherry and others. Designed woods are tables made by mixing any of these woods or other processes. Some examples are particle board, plywood, blockboard and fibreboard.

Buying or buying hardwood furniture can be a very expensive proposition. This is especially true in the case of teak or rosewood. The wooden furniture can be absolutely beautiful. However, if the wood is not seasoned and processed properly.

The economic option is to get engineered wood furniture. Designed and crafted the right way, the designed wooden furniture can be almost as beautiful as hardwood furniture. The final result also depends on the type of engineered wood selected.

Particle board Read

Agglomerate is the cheapest of all engineered woods. It is made by squeezing wood chips and sticks on a flat table. Less expensive furniture is made from this wood. Obviously, a lower cost means that you will not benefit from the strength or durability of other types of wood. It is also more likely to absorb moisture and change shape if it is not painted properly or covered with a type of laminate. For this reason, products made from chipboard are definitely out of the question in wet places like bathrooms or outdoors. Particle boards can be painted, but they are usually laminated to prevent moisture from damaging the wood.

Plywood

Plywood is better than particle board because it is stronger. For shelves or cabinets, plywood is the best choice because of its strength and ability to withstand heavy loads. This wood can better support the screws. Particleboard is much softer than plywood, but it can be sanded and polished or painted. Plywood is made by gluing and squeezing leaves under the influence of heat and pressure. The leaf consists of thin strips of wood logs. The sheet is often used as laminate and then polished.

Plywood is lighter than particle board and is more moisture resistant than particle board. With the exception of the cost slightly higher than particle board, plywood is a good all-round option for shelves, cabinets and other furniture. Another variety is marine grade plywood and is moisture resistant.

Medium density fibreboard

Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) is another option for furniture manufacturing because it is denser than plywood. This is done by pressing on the wood fiber and sticking on boards. MDF is very stiff, cheaper than plywood and has very smooth surfaces. However, being in wood fiber, moisture will cause its expansion and the furniture will be in ruins. Therefore, rolling or painting is a necessity. A big advantage of MDF is that it can get very sharp and sharp edges when cutting. Plywood and chipboard are prone to flaking and look ugly. Another disadvantage is that the high glue content quickly dulls the saw blades. MDF is also available in moisture resistant and flame retardant varieties.

MDF is preferred for speaker construction due to ease of work, but high-end speakers are made from exotic varieties such as Baltic birch plywood.

The other advantage of MDF is that it is possible to make complex designs because it is based on fiber and sharp edges can be cut without splitting.

Blockboard is another popular wood variety used for cabinetry and shelves. It is made by sticking strips of soft wood between the leaves.

All these woods are available in thicknesses from 4-5 mm to 25 mm and even more.

There are several other types of engineered wood, such as densified wood, laminated wood, cross-laminated wood and many others. These are intended for specific applications, but the above three varieties are generally sufficient for home use.