What is BS EN 14298 – Drying quality of sawn timber about?

BS EN 14298 defines a method of assessment of drying quality. BS EN 14298 applies to a lot of dried sawn timber (surfaced or not). BS EN 14298 applies to both softwood and hardwood with a thickness not greater than 100 mm.

The quality of drying is expressed in terms of moisture content: target, average of the lot and variation between the pieces of the lot.

An option for specifying the degree of case-hardening is included.

NOTE 1 Other features related to drying, e.g. check, shake, warp, stain, etc., are specified in documents for visual grading of sawn timber or in product specifications and are not covered by BS EN 14298.

Who is BS EN 14298 – Drying quality of sawn timber for?

BS EN 14298 on drying quality of sawn timber is useful for:

Timber graders
Sawmills
Timber suppliers and importers

Why should you use BS EN 14298 – Drying quality of sawn timber?

Sawn timber has to be dried for its further applications as timber gets stronger once it’s completely dried up. Hence, a thorough assessment of drying quality is required.

BS EN 14298 provides you with an assessment method that helps you to measure the moisture content in timber and thereby determine its drying quality. This helps you to identify the applicability of timber lots in woodworking, construction or simply as firewood.

BS EN 14298:2017

Sawn timber. Assessment of drying quality

Current

Published:

30 Nov 2017