Hardwoods are susceptible to site quality; although they will grow throughout the range, they grow far better on sites beneficial to particular hardwood species. Some hardwoods grow well on poorer sites, whereas others only grow well on the most productive sites.
Many ecological zones within the Appalachian Mountains support different hardwood regimes. Northwest North Carolina is primarily in the southern Appalachian ecological zone, with northern hardwood ecosystems in isolated areas at the highest elevations.
Church and Church Lumber Mill and Select Hardwoods Lumber are situated in the middle of this hardwood-abundant religion, a primary timber industry specializing in select hardwood timber products. This article explores the world of Select Hardwoods.
What You Need To Know About Our Select Hardwoods
Select Hardwoods is a division of Church and Church Lumber Company, a family-owned business located in Wilkesboro, NC.
The Select Hardwoods Division of Church & Church Lumber Company kiln dries premier Appalachian hardwoods for millwork, furniture, flooring, and other high-end applications throughout the United States and all over the world.
At Select Hardwoods, we have long-standing relationships with thriving companies in our industry. We want to get to know every aspect of your business and work with you to provide the best possible value.
One of our primary core values is quality over quantity. We pay close attention to every detail. From tree to board, Select Hardwoods controls the process of developing the flattest, brightest, cleanest, well-manufactured kiln-dried lumber our industry has to offer. To accomplish this, we employ quality control measures throughout the drying and grading process.
Where Do The Select Hardwoods Come From?
Select Hardwoods markets the lumber produced by the Church & Church Lumber Company Sawmill to our customers worldwide. Church and Church Lumber Company is our parent company and operates a sawmill in Wilkes county that sources high quality, select hardwoods throughout the Appalachians.
Through a staff of professional foresters and forest technicians, Church and Church procures timber from primarily private landowners within a radius of over eighty miles from our Wilkesboro sawmill location. In some cases, we go even further to procure the best sources of hardwood timber to meet your needs for select hardwoods.
Church and Church offers competitive stumpage prices for timber in our procurement area and oversees the logging operations to ensure that the timber is harvested to meet your objectives and that the land is protected. Church and Church works with private landowners and consultant foresters in the procurement process.
Church and Church follows all state and federal environmental regulations that pertain to timber operations by conducting regular inspections of the logging operations. Church and Church work with consultants and government foresters as needed to ensure logging operations comply with state forestry practices guidelines.
Foresters also assist you with getting the assistance you need through state and private foresters for the continued management of your valuable forest resource after the harvest operation is complete.
What Select Hardwoods Are Produced At Our Dry Kiln?
With a 400,000 board feet kiln capacity, our experienced staff ensures your lumber is dried, equalized, and conditioned to the proper specifications. After drying, our certified lumber graders ensure you are getting the quality you expect.
Select Hardwoods offers the following dimensional hardwood lumber products:
- Rift and quarter-sawn white oak
- Plain-sawn white oak
- Red oak
- Yellow-poplar
- Hickory
- Soft maple
- Black cherry
- White ash
- Sycamore
- American beech
In addition to the highest quality lumber products, we provide:
- Hardwood and pine
- Specialty sorting and mixed loads
- Specialty cuts, grades, and niche products
- Quarter-sawn, rift-sawn, plain-sawn
- Specialty thicknesses (1/2”- 16/4”)
- Surfacing (S2S and S4S)
- Stock-width products
Select Hardwoods maintains an updated inventory of our products so that we can fill your orders as needed. If we do not have what you need in the wood yard, just let us know, and we will work to fill that need as well.
Career Opportunities With Select Hardwoods
The forest industry in North Carolina is a multi-billion dollar industry with over 240 primarily wood processing facilities and over 72,000 employees.
Select Hardwoods and Church and Church sawmill is one of the larger primary plants in the western part of the state and provides many career opportunities for logging crews, foresters, sawmill engineers, equipment operators, and lumber graders. We offer competitive pay and benefits and multiple shifts.
Select Hardwoods Is The Choice For High Quality Select Hardwood
Select Hardwoods markets the lumber produced by the Church & Church Lumber Company Sawmill to our customers worldwide. We kiln dry premier Appalachian hardwoods for millwork, furniture, flooring, and other high-end applications throughout the United States and worldwide.
We specialize in producing high-quality hardwood products procured from across the Southern Appalachians, which is known for its abundant hardwood timber. We supply hardwood species such as white oak, red oak, hickory, ash, beech, cherry, walnut, and yellow poplar in various dimensions and grades to fit your needs.
Select Hardwoods is a division of Church and Church Lumber Company, a major buyer of timber products from private land in the mountains of North Carolina. This company provides income to landowners and jobs throughout the state.
If you wish to work directly with a lumber mill for hardwoods, then contact us to discuss your hardwood lumber needs.