Monthly Archives: October 2013

Christmas Trees – Choosing the right type:

You always want Christmas to be a magical time for you and your family. The centrepiece of Christmas is almost always the Christmas tree – lit up with bright lights and baubles – it’s the focus point of celebrations. With so much focus on it, it’s tricky to know which type of tree is best for you this year. Fret not! We’ve got a short guide to help you pick between the options and make your Christmas a merry one!

Fir Christmas Tree

Above: Fir Christmas Tree.

Light ’em up! – The Right Christmas Trees:

There are two primary contenders when it comes to choosing a Christmas tree: the Fir and the Spruce. Both are excellent candidates, but they each have different criteria to consider.

The Fir is a tree that sheds yearly. They are ideal for a large outdoor display in your garden, or as part of community function. They yearly shedding can make them a rather messy choice for indoors, as the needles will scatter over your floor as they shed.

The Spruce, on the other hand, only sheds once every three-to-four years. Buying a young spruce can be an excellent decision for an indoor display and can be an excellent investment. If you were to buy a young enough Spruce, you could host it indoors on the year of purchase, care outdoors for a year and then (size permitting) bring it for the next year’s Christmas. Once your spruce has outgrown your home (or is on it’s shedding year) it can make an excellent outdoor tree.

Spruce Christmas Tree

Above: Potted Spruce Christmas Tree

Whatever Christmas tree you decide on, we can help you every step of the way to make sure you’re happy with the result and can enjoy a magical Christmas. You can check out our range of Christmas trees on our website. We cater to Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, and all of the surrounding West Midlands areas. If you have any questions or  queries, leave a comment below – or get in touch via our website.

The Advantages of Redwood Fencing:

Scots Pine, Swedish Redwood, Pinus Sylevstris – call it what you will, this tree is one of the best things to happen to the fencing industry.

Fencing, Decking, Tables, and Chairs – Empowered by Redwood Flair:

I work with Swedish Redwood every day. It’s the most common wood that we work with here at Weston Sawmill – and with good reason – it’s a brilliant crafting material.

All of our wood gates, fencing, decking, tables, chairs, posts, and the rest – they’re all made from our Swedish Redwood. All of our redwood is specially pressure treated to ensure strength, durability, and quality. For our most hardy products, our wood is then treated with a water repellent solution to help stave off the elements.

But why do we use Swedish Redwood over other woods? Simply put, it’s just that it’s flexible enough to be ideal in all elements of woodworking and joinery. The sapwood is narrow and has a creamy white to yellow colour, the heartwood can vary from a pale to deep red-brown. The timber itself is very easy to work with. It’s capable of a smooth, clean finish that can be glued, polished, and completed with a variety of finishes. It’s these properties that make Swedish Redwood an ideal choice for all of our fencing, decking, and other woodworking items.

This all builds up to the best reason for you to invest in Redwood garden furnishings – they’re durable, weather and disease resistant, and come in a varied enough range that you can easily get whatever product you need from them. This is especially true at Weston Sawmill, as we specialise in producing made to measure wooden furnishings for both domestic and agricultural applications.

You can check out the full range of our products, including a whole host of Redwood items, at our website. Weston Sawmill caters to Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, and the surrounding West Midlands areas. If you have any questions or  queries, leave a comment below – or get in touch via our website.