Southern Timber Operations

It is very difficult predicting delivery lead times for products that are being delivered straight from the factory to the customer's address (also known as Drop-Shipping).  This is partiularly the case with more distant delivery addresses.

Forest Garden are no exception. They do try to deliver as many items as possible using their own delivery service. However, while they deliver to most mainland UK addresses, some areas will experience an  extended delivery time. This is because Forest Gardens  have to use third-party transport for more remote areas from their Worcestershire base.

The following Post Codes are liable to experience an extra 7 working days for their delivery:

BN1-BN3, BN5-BN18, BN20-BN27, B41-BN45, BR8, CB1-CB4, CB6-CB8, CO1-CO16, CT1-CT21, EX1- EX24, EX31-EX39, GU6, GU28, IP1-IP33, ME1-ME20, NR1-NR35, NE1-NE8, NE12-NE13, NE15, NE18-NE20, NE22-NE35, NE48, NE61-NE71, PE14-PE38, PE38, PL21-PL29, 

RH6-RH20, TN1-TN40, TQ!-TQ14,

Awaiting Update 12th January 2024

A combination of using latest generation Tanalith E wood preservative, careful pre-treatment timber preparations, the use of high quality pine timbers and approved treatment procedures allow us to offer a 15 Year TREATED-RIGHT Performance Warranty.

This warranty is available on Hutton Garden Products and also on the Severn Valley range of decking and cladding products.

The 15 Year TREATED-RIGHT Performance Warranty covers the failure of these products from wood decay and insect attack giving you total confidence in their long term performance.

What size do I order my timber in please?

Anything you like, you can order your carcassing as 2” x 2” timber, or maybe ask for 44mm x 44mm? They are in fact one and the same, see more on 47m carcassing here. Our staff are quite used to mixed sizes and - without thinking – we might suggest you get 2” timber along with a sheet of 18mm ply. For anybody new to the industry it can be tricky, primarily because metrication has been introduced in phases - paper and board in 1971, building regulations in 1972 and cheese wholesaling in 1978.

An explanation of sizes

Armour Deck joins battle

Armour Deck is our brand-new decking product offered exclusively by Southern Timber. This is a composite decking board that uses a blend of wood fibres and polymer resin plastics. Armour Deck, is designed to provide the durability and low maintenance of a modern engineered product with the look and feel of natural timber. Armour Deck offers excellent value for money, we have never been able to offer this quality of product before at such a reasonable price. As another indicator of confidence in the boards they are included with a 10 Year Manufacturer’s Warranty

We have started with our first colours – light steel, dark steel and copper. We feel these colours satisfy both tra

Millboard’s decking boards are manufactured to high standards.

If you are registering Millboard decking boards, edging or fascia boards they will issue you with either a 25 Year Limited Structural Decking Warranty or a 5 Year Limited Structural Decking Warranty, depending on the installation application of the boards. You must register within 90 days of purchase and ensure the Millboard’s Durafix® fixings have been used to fix the decking to the subframe.

If you are registering Millboard Envello products they will issue you with a 15 Year Limited Structural Cladding Warranty. This registration must be done within 90 days of purchase.

Please ensure that you retain a copy of y

Its finally arrived! Our brand new website is finally live after months of hardwork.

Whats new on the website?

Our website has been completely renovated. It has a direct link to our in house price and stock servers which constantly show the live prices and stock availabilty all within a fully automated system. Every item that is displayed on our site is identical to our system in store making it easier to check if an item is in stock without calling the office. The price is also linked directly to our system in store. It is also set up for nationwide deliverys for pretty much any product. Over 6000 products with images and descriptive text all available to purchase for either collection or delivery, this is a massive leap from our previous site which only featured small shop items and mainly the James Hardie fibre cement cladding boards.

Rowlinson Garden Products are one of our "drop-ship" suppliers. Rowlinson deliver garden products from their Warehouse direct to customer's addresses throughout most of mainland UK.  They have been working through Autumn on 7 days lead time but they have now reached the point where this can no longer be guaranteed. Couriers are now experiencing their busiest time of  year and the situation is not helped by the ongoing dispute at Royal Mail and Parcelforce. 

Today, 6th December 2022, is thier last guaranteed day for Rowlinson delivery before Xmas.  There will be no deliveries between 22nd December and 4th January 2023 inclusive. Rowlinson Offices will be closed from midday on 21stDecember until 8.15am on 3rd January

Once again we approach that time of year. Our Christmas Opening Hours for 2023 have been decided so please be aware of our opening/closing times over the festive period.

Christmas Deliveries

The last day for deliveries this year is Thursday 22nd December, then we begin deliveries to customers again  on Wednesday 4th January 2023.

Christmas Collections

We launched our new website in late November 2022.  It is full of products and new delivery options, and there is still more to come. 

Plenty of products

We are a fully fledged Timber Merchant. Our 6 acre site in Devon is open to Tradesmen and end-user alike. You can view and collect from our extensive stocks of structural timber, fencing and flooring products. We also keep stock of composite decking and cladding along with agricultural timbers and garden furniture. To make eveything

Transport for Fibre Cement products

Our business has evolved over the last few years and we are enjoying increased demand for cladding products.  James Hardie supply a range of fibre cement cladding, aluminium trims and speciailist fittings including coloured paint and colour head stainless screws. We also get requests from all over the UK for Hardie's Geckgo Gauges, Circular Saw Blades and Guillotines.  Transport has traditionally been a challenge but we are finding more cost-effective ways of moving products around Mainland UK. 

James Hardie Ventilation and Starter strips

To make the most of the Hardie cladding products