About Timber Benefits for DIYers
New Zealand has a long tradition of using timber in housing.
Reasons for using timber have typically been around ease of use, multiplicity of choice, sustainable renewable resource, and providing a warm comfortable living environment.
Your reasons for choosing timber will take into account your wallet, the environment, health and safety of all involved, and ease of use. Here’s our top ten timber benefits for when you decide on materials for your next DIY project:
When sourced responsibly, wood can play a big part in helping tackle climate change by storing carbon. This is because wood is a low carbon option for building, is renewable and has a lower embodied energy than many other building materials such as concrete, steel or plastics.
The benefits of wood
When sourced responsibly, wood can play a big part in helping tackle climate change by storing carbon. This is because wood is a low carbon option for building, is renewable and has a lower embodied energy than many other building materials such as concrete, steel or plastics.
Sequesters Carbon
The right wood helps tackle climate change by removing carbon from the atmosphere - about 50% of the dry weight of wood is carbon
Health + Wellbeing
Wood is good for health and wellbeing - research has shown measurable physiological and psychological health benefits towards less stress, more productivity, better health.
Lower footprint
The right production techniques use less carbon dioxide giving your building a lower carbon footprint (especially when compared with concrete or brick)
Wood is fast and efficient to build with
Wood can be more
cost-effective
Wood is structurally
very strong
Wood is naturally
beautiful
Durable
Wood is durable - lasting hundreds of years when properly maintained
Warmer
Wood is a natural insulator due to air pockets in its cellular structure