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Western Red Cedar has excellent dimensional stability making it the ideal timber for blinds and shutters. |
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BLINDS
Western Red Cedar blinds allow for excellent airflow into and throughout your rooms. They are an attractive and practical window treatment that enhance the look and feel of your home or building. Blinds that are custom-made from Western Red Cedar are durable, long-lasting and resistant to weather and warping. Due to its superior performance characteristics, Cedar blinds can be produced thinner than other timber blinds, offering greater visibility and a neater appearance when retracted.
SHUTTERS
Whether you seek a contemporary or classic look, Western Red Cedar shutters enrich any space. In addition to its use as window coverings, Cedar shutters work exceptionally well as room dividers or door panels due to the stability of the species. Western Red Cedar’s low-density wood is knot-free and its grain is receptive to lacquer, varnish or stains. Cedar offers excellent colour retention when sealed (coated) and can be colour-matched to any pastel colour.
Shutter styles include:
- bi-fold
- lift-out
- hinge-panel
- sliding panel
- curved
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Almost any shape is achievable so you are free to incorporate the most imaginative designs.
Why Western Red Cedar Blinds & Shutters?
Natural Beauty
The colour variation of the grain is one of Western Red Cedar’s most distinguishing features and makes it highly sought after as a material for products such as blinds and shutters. The fusion of honey-beige to deep browns and reds within a single piece of Cedar, is what makes this wood dramatic and unique
Cedar’s warm colouring is complemented by a uniform, fine-grained texture with a satin lustre and knot-free appearance.
Dimensional Stability
Western Red Cedar has excellent dimensional stability making it the ideal timber for blinds and shutters. It has low wood density and the lowest shrinkage factor of all major softwoods. A major contributor to this stability is the fact that its moisture content at the fibre saturation point is 18 to 23%, compared to 25 to 30% in most softwoods. As a result, Western Red Cedar shrinks and swells minimally, displaying only small movements with changes in humidity.
Resistance to Decay
Western Red Cedar heartwood is renowned for its high decay-resistance. This natural durability is attributed to the presence of extractives, mainly the thujaplicins, and to a lesser extent, the water-soluble phenolics which are toxic to a number of wood rotting fungi. Western Red Cedar has the highest durability class rating of all softwoods.
Finishing
The lack of pitch or resinous extractives that are soluble in paint vehicles contributes to Western Red Cedar’s good finishing properties. The wood takes a variety of finishes such as lacquer, varnish and paint exceptionally well. Even when choosing a solid colour finish, Western Red Cedar is still the timber of choice for blinds and shutters because of its unsurpassed performance characteristics.
Workability and Performance
Western Red Cedar is among the easiest timber to work with because of its straight grain and uniform texture. Its low density makes it lightweight and ideally suited for applications such as blinds and shutters. Cedar also glues well with a wide range of adhesives and gluing conditions. Western Red Cedar blinds and shutters create a warm and welcoming atmosphere in any home, office or commercial building. They help maintain a comfortable environment by allowing you to control the light and ventilation as well as privacy. With Cedar’s own individual pattern, grain and natural colour variation, each blade has a unique beauty and character. |
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