We had an exciting and busy day at British Hardwoods on Monday. After a long 10 weeks wait, the native hardwoods in our kiln were, at last, ready for unloading.

This batch of unloaded native timbers includes some lovely English pippy oak, pippy burr yew, sycamore and lime
Our latest batch of native timbers includes some lovely English pippy oak, pippy burr yew, sycamore and lime

The images below show the step-by-step process of unloading the kiln.

Our native hardwood boards ready for unloading
Our native hardwood boards in the kiln ready for unloading
With Tony ready on the forklift, Jason attaches the strapping to the load
With Tony in position on the forklift, Jason secures the strapping
Our forklift takes the strain, and the load is smoothly pulled from the kiln on our bogey system
Our forklift takes the strain, and the load is smoothly pulled from the kiln on our bogey system
Our newly removed load of kiln dried hardwoods
Our newly removed load of lovely kiln dried native hardwoods
"If you stand close enough you can still hear the wood popping"
First to unload, some lovely thick sections of sycamore, ideal for woodturning
First up, some lovely thick sections of sycamore, perfect for woodturning - next job unloading the large boards!

With this batch of native hardwoods swiftly unloaded, we have plenty of new boards cut and ready to take their place in our ongoing kiln drying cycle.

We'll have plenty of information about our increasing stock of native timbers updated on our website very soon. In the meantime, you would be most welcome to come and take a look at our hardwoods, and our kiln-drying process - we'd be glad to show you around.