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Ontario Supplier
Success Stories
National Forest Products
ecently the LBMAO was invited to visit with smaller sizes like 3x8, 4x6, 4x12, 6x6, some of the popular sizes.
Rsome of our great supplier members. 6x8, and 6x12 to 8x8, 8x12, 10x10, 10x12, I was familiar with National’s cedar program
National Forest Products is one of our supplier 12x12 and 14x14’s. The lengths they stock but additionally they have a complete line of
members who sells and distributes a range vary from the common 12’ and 16’ to long white pine lumber. These are available in 1”
of products to dealers in Ontario. We had lengths like 20’, 26’, 30’, and 32’. National thickness in a variety of widths. Some profiles
the opportunity to tour their extensive 10 can even provide you with smooth finish or like 1x8 and 1x10 are stocked in resawn and
plus acre property in Orilla and view many the standard rough textured finish on these combed finishes for that board and baton look
interesting products. Douglas Fir timbers. Dealers can purchase in and texture.
They specialize in cedar lumber, both lift qualities or by the piece. In addition to the extensive line of natural
common dimensional sizes and unique The selection of Cedar dimensional lumber wood products National carries a complete
timbers. The timber market has grown varies from clear, premium and select tight line of PVC decking from EnDeck. Seven
substantially in Ontario with customers knotty with many profiles available in coastal beautiful colours of decking are available in
and designers looking for larger profiles or interior cedar. Coastal cedar trees have stock – ready to go. They are stocked in 12’,
and textures. They have an exclusive line of fewer knots, but they are larger, interior cedar 16’ and 20’ lengths. The matching fascia is also
forest products they sell branded Pinnacle has more knots, but each knot is smaller stocked in their yard.
– Premium Canadian Forest Products. The in size. Depending on the customer, either Cedar panelling, siding and roofing shingles
lumber chosen for this brand is sourced from option may be preferred. They stock small are also part of the product mix from National.
Canadian lumber mills, some from their own profiles such as 1x2 and 2x2 up to the wide’s They manufacture a line of cedar siding that
mills and some from other premium mills that like 2x8, 2x10, and 2x12’s. They even have comes as a natural cedar, but they are currently
they work with. This lumber is all produced the equipment to resaw thicker boards into working on adding a prefinished option for
under a recognized sustainable forest thinner profiles which can give beautiful customers who want the ease of installation
management program. If you are looking for textured finishes. Sound barrier fencing is and the texture of the cedar shake siding with
a quality cedar product, they have what you another one of the products that National the benefit of some colour.
need. stocks in their Orillia yard. The fencing comes Dan Plouffe and his team have built
On the timber side they can provide you in a variety of sizes with 2x6x7’ and 9’ being
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