Peter Harknett is a renowned Steeplejack. Find out all about Peter and his illustrious career as a Steeplejack.

No one does machined timber better than WL West & Sons. Whatever the scale of your project, we have the tools for you. Find out more.

Your garden should be a haven from the outside world and how better to do that than to create bespoke solid wood garden furniture? View our pick of our recent projects here.

At WL West & Sons, we supply a range of Ash Woods for your projects. Curious about the properties & uses of Ash? Read our blog & get in touch today.

Discover all about Oak & Cedar roofing shakes & shingles and how we at WL West & Sons integrate them into our projects. Learn more & contact us for more.

Carefully constructed timber is predictable when burning. Here is how fire prevention & protection has evolved through the years.

Oak is an extremely durable hardwood used in construction & prized for its attributes. Find out more from Timber supplier, WL West & Sons now.

Although every effort is made to limit waste and preserve wildlife, the ash dieback disease is predicted to severely affect or kill 80% of ash trees in the UK, dramatically impacting UK flora and woodland landscapes. 

Do you know your restorations from your renovations? Lots of people tend to use the words interchangeably but as with renovation, conservation, preservation, remodelling and retrofit, each term expresses a specific degree and type of change to a building.

Spalted wood is beautiful and its effect can be seen on timber artwork going back hundreds of years. What causes wood spalting & is it safe? Find out more.

Dendrochronology is particularly relevant in our environmentally-focused era. Find out more about how WL West partners with academic institutions.

Dave West, director of WLW, draws attention to the impact of a wide range of processes on the timber we fell and manufacture.

Explore how we restored the Tilford Bridge to reconnect the village with the community.

Using British and local timber specifically enables us to get Grown in Britain timber to the market place, which is something we are working hard to maintain as infected trees are preventatively felled across the country to combat Ash Dieback.

Explore 10 unexpected benefits of oak hardwood flooring with W L West & Sons Ltd.

Post Brexit Impact on UK Timber Trade - An Expert's Thoughts By Dave West The full impact of Brexit is still not really clear, even though we are only a few months away from the end of the transition period.

Timber is one of the oldest low-tech building materials in the world, yet still it remains an essential material to construction and architecture projects to this day. Explore why we favour timber over alternative construction materials.

Far from just being a timber merchant company, WL West & Sons also provide an extensive range of high-quality finished handmade furniture products as well as a wide selection of raw timber for bespoke furniture products. Discover more now.

Explore our 5 top woodworking machinery and tool picks - and the reasons why we rely on them so much.

Timber merchants in Sussex, WL West & Sons Ltd work with all types of common and exotic woods, but Beech is special to us. To celebrate, here are nine facts about this unsung hero.