Red Ironbark Timber

Today Red Ironbark is used for all manner of building construction materials from poles to posts and beams and its ideal for hardwearing areas such as flooring and decking. Whilst being quite hard to work with due to its density and hardness it also polishes to a high sheen and as such is frequently used for furniture, benchtops, bars and even in boat-building.

The heartwood is a deep rich dark red to red-brown in colour. The sapwood by contrast is a pale yellow. The timber’s texture is fine with an interlocked grain.

Common name: Red Ironbark

Look & Features

Highly durable with a medium and even texture

Botanical Name

Eucalyptus sideroxylon, Eucalyptus creba, Eucalyptus fibrosa

Colour

The heartwood colour is deep red. Sapwood is very distinctive, being pale yellow in colour

Common uses

A wide range of external applications including heavy engineering, marine structures, poles, sleepers, framework, flooring and decking

Properties

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