Formwork wood is a wood that is robust enough to support a trench or serve as a mold for concrete and hold it until it sets. Formwork boards are used as a temporary structure to help construction professionals build stairs, steps or other comfort elements for the house. They protect the future construction and give it a specific shape.
Included in the sawing products category, formwork products rank fourth in the sorting after the beautiful wood for furniture and decorative panels, the structural wood reserved for industrial joinery, frames and roofs or even the exposed beams for houses and the packaging wood used to make pallets or crates. The formwork boards for the house are chosen as soon as the logs arrive and directed to the appropriate section of the sawmill. They are then dried at the right temperature before being stored or delivered to the individual or professional.
The basic board does not always have sufficient strength to support the concrete. The board cut to be sawn to the desired size has a nice thickness to never bend under the weight. Intended for concrete formwork inside and outside, in the kitchen as in the garden, the formwork products are essential for construction and renovation. After supporting the foundations for several days, the shoring is removed. For some works, the formwork removal must leave a perfect result to allow a neat decoration, the installation of a coating or the installation of a decorative coating.
Good to know: There is special concrete paint similar to liquid resin.
Available in the desired length, the board dedicated to DIY allows to make a headboard, a table and many styles of camouflage for electric meter or other. The boards to give character to the house, to bring authenticity to the kitchen, have different aspects: they are presented with or without knots, from different wood species, more or less dark. They are ideal in a contemporary house as in a rustic house. The perfect board for a design kitchen is for example very light to be declined in a sober color or a luminous color. The DIY materials must be rigorously selected according to the species, the use (interior or exterior) and the thickness.
The treatment applied to the wood (insecticide, anti-mold or fungus) can change the color of the paint or stain. The raw material is therefore the most suitable for decoration and painting or even for making furniture. It gives a mountain air to a kitchen. It warms the atmosphere of a living room and makes a bedroom a cocoon of softness. A decoration theme requiring a light paint to stand out requires the purchase of high-end panels and not reclaimed ones. Sawmills are the only ones able to give expert advice on the length and thickness of the panels. To benefit from all the services and receive regular news from your sawmill, simply register online.
Whether you are a DIY pro or an amateur, making a formwork inside or outside in order to install a floor or proceed with the construction of a terrace, to create a sole for its future walls, foundations for a shed… cannot be improvised. Installing formwork boards means first checking each level and respecting each straight line. The reclaimed board is no longer necessarily straight. It can be warped or split in several places. This is why the Chauvin Sawmill, located close to the high forests of the Jura, recommends using products that have never been used before. Selecting each board is essential. The quality of all the materials counts for a lot regardless of the location to obtain a flat surface capable of accommodating furniture, a table and chairs or more simply garden tools or a vehicle.
