Our range of Timber project solutions offer the natural beauty and character of wood and provide a sustainable approach to solar shading and architectural louvre solutions. Timber blade profiles alongside bespoke support structures offer a modern, stylish and contemporary appearance to any building facade.
Types of Timber We Offer
We can use a wide variety of timbers within the construction of solar shading and louvre systems to deliver robust, stable and durable profiles tailored to your individual project needs. Some of the timber we offer for our wooden brise soleils include:
- Accoya Thermowood
- Oak
- Sweet Chestnut
- Western Red Cedar
Laminated Western Red Cedar
In association with our specialist timber manufacturer and partners in Canada, Contrasol now also offers Laminated Western Red Cedar, which offers a cost effective and attractive solution for large size louvre sections available in widths up to 500mm, up to 80mm in thickness.
Laminated Cedar is now an option where large, wide and long louvres were once limited to aluminium. Lightweight and constructed using strong external grade glues, our laminated Western Red Cedar louvre blades offer an engineered timber solution to expand the imagination of both designers and architects.
Our Timber Fabrication Services
With over a decade of experience in designing and installing some of the UK’s leading projects producing thoughtful and sustainable solutions we are a leader in engineered timber and pioneer in the field in offering a unique and efficient service, along with top quality engineered timber products into our market sector.
Our services include, precision cutting, angled mitre cuts, compound mitre cuts, specialist drilling services along with FR Treatments (Non Com Class C and B) and factory applied coatings.
Sustainability & Timber Certification
At the heart of our timber sourcing for brise soleil projects is our firm commitment to environmental sustainability. We exclusively supply fully certified timber (depending on the species and country of origin): in FSC, PEFC, SFI or CSA, depending on species and country of origin.
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
For architects and designers, incorporating certified timber into building projects provides a powerful way to align with green building standards such as BREEAM and LEED. Certified timber contributes to achieving sustainability credits, enhances a project’s environmental credentials, and responds to increasing client and regulatory demand for low-carbon, traceable materials.
Our extensive range of timber species and bespoke fabrication capabilities means that sustainable design doesn’t need to limit creativity. Whether it’s the rich character of Western Red Cedar, the dimensional stability of Accoya, or the warmth of European Oak, designers can achieve stunning façades while confidently meeting both ethical sourcing standards and performance requirements.
