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In mid-September, two of our Associate Consultants – Ian Ashworth and Johnny Fleming – attended a very special meeting of the London Hardwood Club (LHC). Woodexperts have been members of the LHC for many years – and Jim Coulson, our Director, has twice given talks at LHC meetings. But on this occasion, the LHC lunch […]

DON’T BE FOOLED BY FAKE TILING BATTENS – A FALL OR AFINE COULD THREATEN YOUR BUSINESS AND COST YOU MONEY Quite a lot of correspondence has appeared in the trade press on this subject in thelast few months, since “fake” tiling battens started to appear on the UK market. Makeno mistake, this is not an […]

The latest member of our Diamond Mark Quality Assurance Scheme in Indonesia has really demonstrated their commitment to producing high quality Diamond-Marked Marine Plywood, by publishing an extremely detailed and very well written Quality Manual. This just goes to show how much the Diamond Mark is respected and valued by plywood producers, who wish to […]

Jan Antonovics, Commercial Manager, Woodexperts When I joined Woodexperts in 2008, I couldn’t imagine it would lead to the most excitingchapter of my life, with incredible experiences.My career in the DIY/merchant sector – where I ran National Accounts Sales, to such asB&Q and Travis Perkins, with products including ladders and tools – had ended after […]

On the evening of 17th September 2025, Woodexperts’ Director, Jim Coulson, attended the Gala Awards event of the Leeds College of Building at Leeds United’s conference facility in Elland Road. He was there representing NETTA – the North East Timber Trade Association – who were the sponsors of one of the main Carpentry awards. He […]

Timber technologists from Woodexperts were recently asked to assess a historic end-grain woodblock pavement at the Grade 1 Listed Sezincote House in the Cotswolds. It’s thought that the pavement dates from Victorian times, though it may have been a rebuild of an earlier pavement which was original to the house when it built in 1805. […]

The Wood Protection Association (WPA) recently issued a Notice about an item in “Roofing Today” Magazine, in January 2024, which reported “thousands” of cases of roofers getting skin burns or other problems associated with treated roofing battens. Whilst Woodexperts believe that this number is journalistic over-exaggeration, it nonetheless points to the fact that the roofing […]