Who We Work With

How can we help your business?

Many of our customers are from the trade and construction sector, but we also work directly with homeowners. Our retail shop caters for furniture makers and carpenters, homeowners looking for individual timber items and woodworkers (both hobbyists and professionals). Whether you’re in need of sawn timber, oak beams, timber cladding, roofing shingles, or exotic woods for cabinetry – we have a wide range of timbers for your upcoming projects.

  • We work closely with architects and specifiers to build productive, long-term relationships. A member of our team will be happy to meet you and visit the site to discuss your project and ensure that suitable species and grades are selected. We can supply fresh sawn and air-dried beams for timber frames – for restoration work or new builds. Our sawmill and machining workshop also offer: brace & jowel cutting; oak dowels – timber nails; timber cladding; timber shakes and shingles; solid hardwood flooring and worktops; kit form oak framed buildings; gates and fencing.

    • Responsible Purchasers: Chain of Custody for both PEFC, FSC and Grown in Britain, enabling us to supply certificated timber where supply is available. We are members of the Timber Development UK Responsible Purchasing Policy and are audited annually. Go to our Certified Timber page for further details and to download current certificates.

    • Machine Profile Work: WL West Timber can produce mouldings and machine intricate products or match existing profiles for restoration work.

  • WL West Timber have been privileged to be involved in numerous restoration projects over many decades, including the Natural History Museum, HMS Victory, Kensington Palace, Westminster Abbey, plus many local churches and listed buildings.

    We will visit the site to develop an in-depth understanding of your requirements and we have the expertise and resources to work with you to source suitable matching timbers or alternatives. Sometimes, original timber species that have been in place for hundreds of years are either no longer available or are illegal to trade. When this occurs, we aim to find an alternative species to meet your needs.

    Restoration projects on listed buildings often involve matching a profile, perhaps a skirting or architrave detail. Using modern technology, we will get as near as possible to the original profile and design, with the aim that the new is indistinguishable from the old.

    See more of our historic timber restoration projects >

  • We welcome all enquiries and understand that undertaking projects in your own home or garden can be daunting. WL West Timber are here to support and guide you through the process, from advising on which timber species to use for your project, to technical and practical guidance on installation, fixings, specifications and more. We can also work with you to create as close a match as possible for profiles or mouldings, where you want to match existing skirting or architrave for example.

    Products and services available include:

    • Constructional beams

    • Machined skirting or architrave

    • Machined solid hardwood flooring

    • Country Oak doors

    • Solid hardwood kitchen worktops and bespoke kitchen/dining tables

    • External timber cladding

    • Fencing – our PRO Fencing division can supply and install fencing and gates

    • Hardwood gates made to your specification

    • Signage – timber house signs can be engraved in our workshop, we can also engrave your timber gate with your house name or number

    • Oak garden buildings and hand-made outdoor tables and benches

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  • We work closely with our trade customers to meet their varied requirements, from the supply of raw materials to a project to full machining/cut to size of the timber.

    Our expert team spend time with you to understand what you require, suggest the best solution and to deliver a high-quality product/service in the timescale you require. Where necessary we will visit your project to get a better feel of what you are trying to achieve.

    Enquire today if you have any queries.

    Our services:

    • Construction beam timbers

    • Supply of hardwoods and specialist softwoods

    • Machined profiles/mouldings

    • Timber cladding

    • Solid hardwood flooring

    • Solid hardwood bar and worktops

    • Fencing and gates

    • Oak-framed buildings

    • Bespoke hardwood projects

    • Timber shakes and shingles

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Do you require our timber services for your next project?

We are a leading UK timber merchant & machinist, supplying trade, commercial & retail.

From providing air-dried oak timber for decking to machined skirting or architrave, we can help. With over 155 years experience, timber is what we do. Get in touch with our Sales Team to obtain a quote.