Lots of Good diameter Elm available

[skyhuck]

Yep" If anything, it's even worse. Dead elm can just be very white and grey.

 

Really

 

I'm very surprised by this.

 

I've sold a fair bit of Elm over the years and none of the buyers has ever asked if it was alive or dead when felled.

 

I have a mate who's a furniture maker, who has made a great deal of beautiful furniture from DED killed Elm.

 

As far as I'm aware the only affect the DED has on the tree is to cut off the water supply, it only enters the cambium, how does this have a detrimental affect on the timber?

[Big J]

Depends on how long it's been dead I suppose. If you catch it at the right time, it can be quite interesting as the whiter timber bands into the darker richer stuff, but over time it will all eventually go white and uninteresting.

 

My experience only though!

[Rob D]

Yes people may not ask if it was DED but they'll still have a look at the timber itself....

 

It's not the DED it's how long it's been standing dead for afterwards. A year or 2 won't make much differerence. 10 years and it goes a dull white/grey.

[danroker1987]

james... a small lorry ????? theres about 30 tonne mate!!! lol u nutter!!!!

[roseyweb]

james... a small lorry ????? theres about 30 tonne mate!!! lol u nutter!!!!

 

Bugger, may have underpriced this takedown