Red Oak

[wills-mill]

maybe he means in terms of durability as an exterior timber

 

It's certainly worse than White Oak from the US which is worse than English/ Euro Oak. I would imagine it's a bit like Turkey Oak, fast grown and a bit coarse, very heavy but suspect outside......

 

anyone else?

[cousin jack]

maybe he means in terms of durability as an exterior timber

 

It's certainly worse than White Oak from the US which is worse than English/ Euro Oak. I would imagine it's a bit like Turkey Oak, fast grown and a bit coarse, very heavy but suspect outside......

 

anyone else?

 

Funny you caught up with this thread now, as over the last couple of evenings I have been burning some gobs that have been lying in the yard and have dried relatively well. I noticed that when you threw on a fresh piece there seemed to be a lot of crackling and sparking as if you were burning soft wood, maybe this is what he meant.

[ScottF]

Red oak is softwood? It's not even "soft wood". It's a bit brittle and not very dimensionally stable, but it's not soft.

 

Baffling.