Birch Ply

9mm BB/BB Grade Birch Ply (EN314-2 Class 3, EN636-3) (FSC Mix), 2440 x 1220mm

We stock solid birch plywood with a choice of seven different thicknesses. Birch Ply production is centered around the Northern Baltic.  The Birch tree grows slowly in this region producing a denser wood which is most suited to plywood production. At Southern Timber we always try to source production from this region as opposed to Chinese Birch which can feature softwood combi core sandwiched between Birch faced veneers. This part of Europe has been largely covered with birch tree for hundreds of years and most of the production companies are PEFC or FSC certified.

Birch plywood comprises thin veneers of birch cross-banded and with face veneers that can be both long grain and cross grain. The construction leads to an attractive edge on the ply which contrasts with the very pale but consistent ply face.

This is a quality ply, it is durable and easily worked material that is available in a variety of sizes and grades. Birch Plywood has a wide variety of applications including interior and exterior use in building and construction, transport, packaging, furniture, joinery and many others.

The quality of Birch Plywood is determined according to its face veneer grades. At Southern Timber we keep BB grade ply in stock, it is durable and easily worked material that is available in a variety of sizes and grades. Birch Plywood has a wide variety of applications including interior and exterior use in building and construction, transport, packaging, furniture, joinery and many others. This grade of Birch ply is reasonably priced and has a fine finish and is suitable for interior paint finish, hard wax oils or veneering. Any knots or holes over 6mm are replaced by butterfly wood patches, the grade allows up to 20 per sheet. Sound knots are allowed.

We keep BB Quality Birch Ply in the following thicknesses: 4mm; 6.5mm; 9mm; 12mm; 15mm; 18mm and 25mm

Our standard stock sizes are 2440mm x 1220mm, we can obtain 3050mm x 1525mm sheets to Special order.

Phenolic Faced Birch Ply – we also keep stock of Baltic phenol faced ply – we prefer this product because of its better quality than the Chinese phenolic ply which tends to utilise softwood ply beneath the phenol exterior.