Lumber is all around us, be in the framing of your home, or the cedar siding upon your walls. Wood keeps our society afloat and uplifted. Wood sustain us, but do we sustain it?
At Lopez Contracting, our team is in love with this planet, we treasure, honour, and celebrate our pristine island home; and one of the ways we express this is through our lumber souring. As a team of wood workers, we understand how to acquire wood through our local network. We further recognize that in an environment so abundant there is no reason we can’t ensure our supply chain is ethical, reliable, and sustainable.
Our supply ensures we get our hands on wood that is otherwise predestined for waste. Much of our lumber comes from our small business arborist partners, and though our lumber may be a byproduct, Vancouver Island in its richness ensures that this wood is of the highest quality, be it hardwood for a delicate furnishing, or ‘run-of-the-mill’ posts for framing (pun intended).
Our lumber arrives to us freshly milled and green, and we’re proud to host this wood in our state of the art kilns for seasoning. Green lumber contains much internal moisture and sap which makes subject to warping and gumming, making it unusable for construction.
With the help of our kiln facilities, however, we are able to do in just a month what would otherwise take a year or more to do via air seasoning. Once our lumber is brought to interior grade, it is ready to be brought out into the field. At this time, our wood is not only usable but a blank slate for any project it is destined for, be it a fine-milled and sanded live-edge table, or the load bearing posts for your future home.
The best part of our kilns is not just their central and easily accessible location in downtown Victoria, but the fact that we always have plenty of room to spare! If you just felled a tree in your backyard and would hate to see it go to waste, or if you are in need of lumber seasoning but can’t afford the time to truck it up island, then our services are perfect for you!
Our kiln rates are offered at competitive contractor rates, and our kilns have proven time and time again to be incredibly efficient. As well, whatever designs you have on your seasoned lumber, we are equipped on site to fashion into fruition there and then. Through our one-stop-shop, you need to account for just one point of contact to see the story of your piece be immortalized through our beautiful and practical craft.