Thread: Duran or meranti ?

You might want to google for Durian.

Or do a search here...

One quick result: https://www.woodworkforums.com/archiv...hp/t-1883.html

Durian is a bit denser than most meranti (meranti varies greatly in colour and density) but it's not a visually interesting timber. I've used truckloads of meranti for jambs on jobs and there's nothing wrong with it, although as I said, the colour can vary somewhat. If you're going to paint your jambs etc then just buy finger jointed pine, 1 length (5.2M) will do one standard doorway.

Mick

So its Durian not Duran, there's a good reason to carry glasses with me thanks for that and thanks for the link. Thought bunnies had just made up the name but I guess there is a difference. Customers couldn't make up their minds paint or varnish..... varnish or paint. So got meranti just in case. The local Mitre 10 make their own door jamb sets (this is ok if you only want one set like me) and they always select the nice hard red sections of timber not the soft greyish looking stuff, bit harder to cut the hinge rebates but at least you know the screws aren't going to pull out, some of that grey stuff is almost like balsa wood.
I'm told that finger jointed pine just as strong as any piece of timber and the good thing is it all looks straight. I've two 112mm veranda posts to replace next week and have decided to use the finger jointed posts.

I did see a worker at a local timber yard ( Bone's in Adelaide) carrying a 5m or so length and it just fell into two pieces, checked it out and looked like the glue had missed one join completely, probably held together with the paint, I was surprised at how small the fingers were.

durian & meranti is a different species of timber
but there's also a type of meranti which light & color similar as durian