Pine

Pine is a good general purpose construction timber. It is a strong and reasonably lightweight timber. It has no natural decay resistance so should only be used where it will be protected from the weather and not in direct contact with the ground. The natural colour is pale cream to almost white when initially cut, this will darken to a yellow-cream with exposure to the sunlight over time. Can be treated and takes preservative well as the cell structure of the wood remains open as the wood dries which allows absorption of the treatment. Pine works well with both hand and machine tools.