Services | Black River Timber

Sawmilling

We have both a Lucas Mill and a Woodmizer Mill.

Minimum cost of $150, plus stacking and handling fees, depending on requirements.

The Woodmizer

Maximum slabs: 1380mm wide, 6m long.
Bandsaw blade - very little waste
Hydraulic semi-automatic operation
We charge $45+ GST per square metre for this service

The Lucas

Transportable
Maximum slabs: 1400mm wide, 6.5m long
Chainsaw blade
We charge $150+ GST per hour for this service

Kiln Drying

The general rule of thumb is timber takes an inch per year to air dry.

This means the timber dries to match the relative humidity in your area. In Townsville, our relative humidity is 12%.

With a kiln, we can season timber to 8% (preferred for your airconditioned home to limit movement) in as little as four weeks, depending on size and species.

We also sterilise all kiln dried timber, heating the timber to 56ºC for 8 hours to kill all termites and borers.

Levelling & Sanding

Our Wood Wizz is capable of levelling and sanding timber up to 2.2m wide, 7m long and 250mm thick. Levelling and Sanding is available at $100p/h +GST and it generally takes about 1 hour to level and sand 1 square metre to 80 grit, depending on species.

We can also level and sand epoxy river tables on request. Prices vary.

Sterilising

We also offer a standalone sterilising option.

Sterilising with heat or chemicals is the best way to protect your home from the timber borers or termites that might be nesting in your timber.

Here at Black River Timber, we offer heat sterilisation for your piece of mind.

This is a 48hr process of heating the timber to a temperature that makes it untenantable for bugs.

Epoxy Products

We have capacity to complete four epoxy projects each year, and we only dive into custom work that really sparks our passion!

Explore our Townsville Woodmakers Guide page for some amazing local epoxy woodworkers.

Mulch & Soil Supercharger

Quality Mulch

$15 for 20kg bag

$60* for 1x loader bucket/IBC (~1m3)

$600* Truckload, delivered to Townsville area (~30m3)

Soil Supercharger

We mix our own soil supercharger on site, with mulch, biochar & chook manure. Limited amount available.

$30 for 20kg bag

$140 for 1x loader bucket (~1m3)

$1900* for Truckload, delivered to Townsville area (~20m3)

*We utilise Tree Change NQ for delivery. Price varies, depending on delivery location.
*Customer to supply open IBC, or we can at additional cost

Hardwood Firewood

$18 for 20kg bag

$120 for Wheelie Bin (~.3m3)

$250 for 1x loader bucket (~1m3)

*Customer to supply IBC or Wheelie bin, or we can at additional cost

Sawdust

$12 for 20kg bag

$40 for Wheelie Bin full*

$120 for 1x IBC full* (1.2m3)