Keith Clark, Lead Member for Technical
Whatever product our diverse businesses are involved with, BWF manufacturing members all use wood as our basic and key material. Accordingly we all also have to consider on an on-going basis, an unavoidable fundamental feature of this favoured commodity, one which brings both benefits and challenges, it is of course “moisture content”, (MC).
It can be considered that although MC is critical to our products performance its importance is regularly dismissed or even disregarded, particularly by those who should be best placed to manage it.
While it is important to recognise the issues with MC on timber it is also as important for those of us manufacturing windows, doors and the like that it is as important to ensure we take into account the nature of the Uk weather, the building location and the way the product is instaled and stored on site along with the in life service performance that we design the clearances to acomodate these and ensure we fit good quality furniture that can easly be adjusted by the client. and also work with the furniture suppliers to help them design a more timber suitable series of products.
We have found this to be a good route for improving the performance of the product in service and reducing client cmplaints regarding timber movement rather than buying cheaper generic furniture primary designed for UPVc.
Mick Toner
Howarth Timber Windows & Doors