According to BSW Timber, which has an “exclusive agreement to be the sole supplier of Accoya across the UK and Ireland”, it will have a “full working stock for joinery, civil and cladding applications” by the summer.
Titan is applying the acetylisation process to timber from sustainable plantations. The process, it says, is non-toxic and does not affect the wood’s appearance, colour or strength, but it makes it impervious to micro-organism and insect attack, creating a “cost-effective option that, over the standard design life of a building, outperforms PVCu, hardwood and softwoods”. The process is also reported to reduce the natural swelling and shrinkage of timber.
According to BSW, research by the BRE and Napier University‘s Centre for Timber Engineering has shown that Accoya would give a minimum 60-year service life as cladding and external joinery. The material’s machining, gluing and coating performance was evaluated as part of the tests.
“All our internal and third-party research has shown that Accoya will riase standards of reliability and performance for timber windows, doors and cladding to new levels,” said BSW head of business development John Alexander.
Last week it was announced that Arnold Laver and Vincent Timber would be among Accoya stockists and that a number of joinery companies have opted to use it.
