Merbau Dar Solid 42x42

Merbau 42 × 42 mm DAR: kiln-dried, Select Grade hardwood, dressed all round and used for battens, balusters and slatted screens. Class 1 durable above ground, termite resistant and accepted for bushfire areas up to BAL-29.

• Lengths: 1.8 m to 3.6 m, sold per length
• Timber: Merbau (Intsia bijuga and I. palembanica) from Southeast Asia and the Pacific; orange-brown, darkening with age; about 830–860 kg/m³, Janka hardness 8.5 kN
• Durability: Class 1 above ground, which the Queensland Government rates at more than 40 years’ expected life; the heartwood is termite resistant
• Bushfire: Merbau is on the AS 3959 list of bushfire-resisting timbers, accepted up to BAL-29
• Stability: kiln-dried, and low-movement for a hardwood, so it holds its line in screens and battens
• Fixing: pre-drill — WoodSolutions notes Merbau tends to split unless pre-bored — and keep fixings at least 12 mm from edges and ends. Use stainless steel within 1 km of the coast or 1 m of a pool
• Tannin: new Merbau bleeds tannin that stains concrete, paving and render. Seal every face and cut end, and to finish it straight away, draw the tannin out first with Intergrain UltraPrep Tannin & Oil Remover
• Finishing: coat every face and cut end before fixing, then recoat at least once a year, or leave it bare to weather silver-grey. Oils we stock: CUTEK CD50, Intergrain Universal Timber Oil or Sceney’s Timber Decking Oil
• Other screen sizes: 42 × 19, 38 × 38 and 70 × 19
• At Greenhill: stocked at 170 Settlement Road, Thomastown, with pickup or delivery across Melbourne and regional Victoria. See all our dressed Merbau.

Compare every size, length and price in our Merbau timber range.

Merbau Dar is a popular hardwood choice for its color and grain It is quite versatile due to its balance when sufficiently dried and is normally used in cabinetry, joinery, construction, marine, and outside applications. Orange to reddish-brown, Kwila has become a famous hardwood utilised through builders and householders Australia-wide for use in outdoor deck construction. When you want a hardwood for your mission that is dependable, durable, and versatile, it is difficult to go incorrect with Kwila. It is a highly durable exterior plantation timber grown in Indonesia.

Pick up from 170 Settlement Road, Thomastown. Stocked lines are usually ready the same day. Delivery across Melbourne and regional Victoria is quoted on the order; call (03) 9465 9875 for a price on your suburb.

All prices include GST. Flooring is priced per square metre, decking and dressed timber per lineal metre, framing and posts per length. Trade accounts get trade pricing on the site and at the counter: apply here.

Bring your room or deck sizes in, or call (03) 9465 9875, and we will work out boards, lengths, fixings and oil, with about 10% allowed for cuts.