Alba Bespoke Cabins - We make all our cabins from Douglas Fir

It's named after David Douglas

He was a Scottish botanist and collector who introduced the species for cultivation in 1827.
Douglas Fir is harder than other timbers

Compared with European Redwood, it's 60% stiffer, and 40% harder. Perfect for building!
Douglas Fir is a slow-grown softwood timber

It carries a durable classification giving good longevity that requires little or no treatment.
It's the strongest of our homegrown softwoods

It can cope with heavy duty framing, ground-works, cladding and landscaping.
Like Oak, there’s not a lot it can’t be used for

It is naturally durable and fares better than other softwoods for construction.
Douglas Fir has a very dense grain

This is a considerably stable softwood and performs far better than many others in harsh conditions.

Douglas Fir, when compared with European redwood (usually called' unsorted' softwood) it is some 60 per cent stiffer, 40 per cent harder and more resistant to suddenly applied pressure or weight. It has a dense grain which makes it perfect for good quality finishing. You can paint it, stain it, varnish it or leave the wood as it is to see it's natural rose colour.

Douglas Fir is a slow grown softwood timber that was imported to the UK in 1827 by it's namesake - David Douglas. It carries a durable classification giving good longevity and very minimal movement that requires no treatment due to the density of its grain. It is a stable softwood and performs considerably better than many other of a similar price and quality.

Douglas Fir is the strongest of our homegrown softwoods. It’s nearly as tough as nails! It can cope with heavy duty framing, groundworks, cladding and landscaping. Like Oak, there’s not a lot it can’t be used for externally.