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Sweet Chestnut - Hardwood Timber Cladding
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Vincent Timber’s Sweet Chestnut offers a premium and sustainable hardwood solution for exterior applications. With its warm tones and fine grain, it combines natural beauty with robust durability.
Application
Sweet Chestnut hardwood weatherboards are designed for external timber cladding, available in a range of profiles and sizes to suit both modern and traditional architecture. This versatile timber cladding solution is ideal for a variety of projects:
- Residential Housing - External walls, extensions, and renovations.
- Commercial Buildings - Offices, retail spaces and showrooms.
- Education Facilities - Schools and university buildings.
- Hospitality & Leisure - Garden rooms, lodges, and hotels.
- Public Sector - Libraries, community centres, and cultural spaces.
Other applications for Sweet Chestnut cladding boards include external timber fins/ louvres on a range of structures:
- Solar Shading Systems - Timber louvres and brise soleil for energy efficiency.
- Decorative Facades & Feature Walls - Interior and exterior design accents.
- Garden Structures - Screens, pergolas, and outdoor living spaces.
- Acoustic Panels - Natural timber finishes for sound control.
- Sustainable Architectural Elements - Eco-friendly design features.
Description
Vincent Timber’s Sweet Chestnut is a naturally durable hardwood cladding option, offering a light golden hue similar to Oak, with a straight, defined grain and occasional mineral streaks. Finger-jointed for long lengths of up to 6 m, it delivers a stable, almost knot-free finish—perfect for refined external timber cladding.
Kiln-dried to 14–18% moisture content, Sweet Chestnut is low in movement and ideal for reliable, long-term timber cladding installations. Left uncoated, it weather to a soft silver‑grey patina, enhancing its natural elegance.
Features & Benefits:
- Premium Appearance: Warm golden-brown tones with a fine grain, similar in look to Oak, making Sweet Chestnut timber cladding an elegant choice.
- Natural Durability: Classified as Durability Class 2, Sweet Chestnut timber cladding offers excellent resistance to decay for outdoor use.
- Low Maintenance: Timber cladding that weathers gracefully to an attractive silver-grey patina over time.
- Sustainable Choice: European-sourced hardwood with FSC-certified options available.
General information
Color | Brown Blue Black Cream Green |
Finish | Smooth Textured Coated Grained Woodgrain |
Material | Timber |
Shape | Other Rectangle |
Length | 6000 mm |
Width | 45 mm 70 mm 95 mm 120 mm 145 mm |
Height | Bespoke |
Warranty description | Other |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | B91/460 Timber cladding H21/10 Vertical timber weatherboarding H21/111 Horizontal timber weatherboarding H21/15 Horizontal timber weatherboarding H21/115 Vertical timber weatherboarding H21/116 Horizontal timber weatherboarding H21/110 Vertical timber weatherboarding |
SKU Code | Sweet Chestnut |
Specification data - Hardwood weatherboards
Classification data | |
Third-party certification | FSC Certified. |
Standard | To BS EN 14915. |
Reaction to fire classification | Class D-s2, d0. |
Release of dangerous substances | None. Guidance for specification option: Untreated Sweet Chestnut does not release harmful substances under EN 14915. |
Water vapour permeability | High, μ ≈ 40–60. |
Thermal conductivity | 0.13 W/m•K. |
Resistance to fixings | Stainless steel fixings. |
Sound absorption | Low; α ≈ 0.05–0.10. Guidance for specification option: Solid timber generally reflects sound; not a dedicated acoustic material. |
Biological durability | |
Use class | Class 2. |
Standard | To BS EN 350, durability Class 2 (durable). |
Wood species | Sweet chestnut. |
Quality of timber (exposed surfaces) | Guidance for specification option: Exposed surfaces to comply with BS 1186-3 (Quality of timber for joinery). |
Profile | VT3042. |
Finished size | |
Face width | 45 mm. 70 mm. 95 mm. 120 mm. 145 mm. |
Thickness | 20 mm. |
Flame-retardant treatment | Not required. Fire-retardant coatings. Guidance for specification option: Consult manufacturer and insert requirements. |
Applied finish | Not required. Guidance for specification option: As standard. Stained. Guidance for specification option: Optional, consult manufacturer and insert requirements. Oiled. Guidance for specification option: Optional, consult manufacturer and insert requirements. Painted. Guidance for specification option: Optional, consult manufacturer and insert requirements. Other. Guidance for specification option: Optional, consult manufacturer and insert requirements. |
Preservative treatment | Guidance for specification option: Not required (naturally durable hardwood; no chemical treatment needed for external use). |
Environmental rating | |
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions level (maximum) | Low. Guidance for specification option: Low (untreated timber emits negligible VOCs; coatings may introduce VOCs—check product SDS). |
MoistureContent | 14–18%. |
Density | 550 kg/m³. |
Accessories | Manufacturer guidanceNone as standard, options available. Consult manufacturer for more details and insert requirements. |
Sustainability data
Contains Red List materials | No |
Country of material origin | France |
Country of product manufacture | United Kingdom Guidance for specification option: (England). |
Manufacturing plant location | |
Material | Timber |
| Carbon dioxide equivalent | |
Carbon dioxide equivalent, as defined in BS EN 15804 Self-declared | |
Stage Normalised unit (kg CO₂ eq/kg) Declared unit (kg CO₂ eq/m) Stage:A1–A3 ('Production stage') Normalised unit : 0.422 (kg CO₂ eq/kg) Declared unit : 0.87 | |
Recyclability | 100% recyclable. |
Recycled contentAs defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021 | 0 % |
Expected Life | 40 year |
Product certifications
Chain of Custody Certification
FSC® Certification - Vincent Timber
Literature
Sweet Chestnut Data Sheet
Case studies
Sweet Chestnut - East Broadway Train Station