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About Florida Cypress Wood Products, Inc.
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Cypress Wood Products Inc. was founded and incorporated in 1988 by William
Kavanaugh of Jacksonville. We manufacturer and distribute everything
from rough green (not dry) to finished kiln-dried and dressed (shaped)
Cypress lumber. The process begins when rough-sawn, unseasoned (wet
or “green”) lumber arrives by motor freight from sawmills located around
the state and throughout the South. The lumber is graded for quality
and stacked according to length with drying sticks placed between each
layer of lumber to allow air to pass through the surfaces of the wood.
This “stickering” process is the only way to properly store green lumber.
Without sticks to separate the wood and circulate air, the moisture trapped
between unexposed faces will begin to spoil, damage and stain the wood.
When stickering is completed, the resulting uniform "units" of lumber
are all the same height and width but varying in length from 6 feet to
16 feet. The lumber is now ready to be kiln-dried.
Dry lumber is about one-half the weight of unseasoned green lumber.
That's because the water within the growing trees has been removed mechanically
in a process known as kiln drying.
Cypress lumber is kiln-dried at Florida Cypress Wood Products at temperatures
above 120 degrees for a period of up to three weeks. The lumber units
that were earlier "stickered" are carefully layered in rows, one atop
anotheruntil the kiln dryer is full. Electric fans force hot, dry air
through the lumber by electric dehumidifiers, then recycled back through
the lumber to dry again to continually pull moisture out of the wood.
After the moisture content has beenreduced to and equalization point of
12%-15%, the dried rough lumber is highly stabilized from shrinking and
warping and is ready to be finished (or dressed) into a variety of patterns.
Our customers include homeowners, contractors, building-supply companies
and wholesalers. One thing all these customers have in common is
they know the value of cypress, they like the way it looks, works, shapes
and wears. Most of our orders are for finished wood on custom wood
homes. We make more than a dozen patterns of cypress wood siding
and interior wood paneling. Either of these interior or exterior applications
include trim pieces and moldings, also of cypress.
One of our more popular products is treated cypress
decking. Treated Cypress decking has none of the unsightly or
uncomfortable drawbacks of pressure-treated pine decking. It stays where
you nail it, and it will remain smooth to the barefoot after decades of
wear. This decking is available in Random Lengths of 6' through
16', widths of 4" and 6" (nominal), and thickness of
5/4" (1" net) and 6/4" (1 1/4" net). You also have two choices
of patterned profiles, the radius edge (or eased
edge, that features smooth, slightly rounded edges) for outdoor sun decks,
and the Tongue and Groove (T&G) Center
Match for covered porches and verandas.
Traditional products in Cypress include interior T&G
V-Joint paneling in 4/4 (3/4" net) thickness in all grades, widths
and lengths. Cypress wood moldings are made to your specification
for trim at Base, Case and Ceiling crown mold. Many patterns are
available, some more popular ones are featured within this web site (Standard
Patterns, Other Patterns).
Wood timbers in Cypress have become a regular request in recent years.
We will saw and dress these timbers in dimensions from 4x4 to 8x12 up
to 24 feet in length.
Our primary focus at Florida Cypress Wood Products is the handsome appearance
of traditional wood architecture found in either new or historic
fine homes. We believe that any rich looking wood home interior
would be incomplete without Cypress , and this woodwork is the first feature
that defines our company's product line.
Despite our enthusiasm for Cypress wood's qualities, many people prefer
heart Pine and other high-grade pine finishes in their flooring and cabinetry.
In fact, the traditional and/or historic homes you visit will invariably
include both Cypress and Pine in complementary uses. We therefore
offer Heart Pine and other high grade pine lumber for use along side your
cypress woodwork. So give us a call and let us help you fill your
interior and exterior fine wood requirements.
PRODUCTS:
-Adirondack Chair
-Base Molding
-Beaded Ceiling
-Beams
-Boards, widths and lengths
-Case Molding
-Columns
-Crown Molding
-Decking, floor and roof
-Doors, custom
-Drop Siding
-Facia Board
-Flooring, wood
-Hand Rail
-Jamb
-Lap Siding
-Molding, wood
-Outdoor Decking
-Paneling, tongue and groove
-Posts
-Roof Decking, tongue and groove
-Shavings
-Shingles, wood
-Shutters
-Timbers
-Tongue and Groove V-Joint
-Wood Work, custom
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