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Advice Wanted - Best Timber for Building Windows

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Rough Hewn Grand Master

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Really stable low moisture content 10%. Straight clean grain.
Oak is good, s.chestnut has weak fibre cohesion so likely to split.
I know a woodsman who built a house from chestnut and oak. Used steel framed glass to stop the windows breaking.
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