Low knot content wood!
WOODLANDs low knot
content solid pine or beech timber (first class quality)
does not only appear attractive and valuable but guarantees better stability
especially against turning pressure e.g. for
climbing ropes and hammock seats.
An adventure bed
with two sleeping levels consists of 50 metres of beam material e.g. the
MONTEREY model. The longest
pieces of wood are up to 220cm long and it is therefore easy to understand
that the stability of an adventure bed is dependent on the strength of
the beams and the resulting size of the contact surfaces connecting
them.
In the case of the MONTEREY-adventure bed this alone consists of over 160
contact surfaces, which are connected to one another with the flathead
metal screws which leads to greater stability.
According
to several experiments
how much an adventure bed could bear drilling and screwing process depends
on the resulting size of the contact surfaces of beams. The WOODLAND
adventre beds are invulnerable to these process not only because of the low
knot content of timber but also the robust beam thickness of 58 x 58 mm.
There is no other German furniture company that offers such a beam size with
the same quality.
Pine or Beech?
WOODLAND children's furniture are not only available in pine wood but also in first class solid beech wood. Please see the difference of the grain in the picture attached. The solid pine wood is robust and flexible therefore invulnerable to turning pressure of the rope or children jumping on the bed. The beech wood is also robust and has hard surface and therefore it is invulnerable to denting and other mechanical pressure. Compared to pine wood beech wood has smaller wooden cells which makes it easier for maintenance e.g. making it insensitive to liquid. Although the price of beech is slightly more expensive than pine many parents consider beech wood as an ideal material for adventure beds because of its robust structure. The beech furniture is rarely seen in children's room and this makes WOODLAND beech adventure bed special.
Why not fir wood?
WOODLANDs solid first class pine and beech wood are harder than fir wood. A fir wood has a soft surface and therefore it is usually used by a furniture company which does not place a special emphasis on the quality of furniture. You could easily identify fir wood by doing a "nail test". A fir wood has high knot content, which makes it easier to crack or break. Therefore this type of wood is not suitable for adventure beds.
Maximum quality for your budget
Many customers are not looking for a cheap adventure bed but for an adventure bed with the best cost-effective option. A customer survey shows that many customers put great emphasis on the quality of the material and stability of the bed when choosing a bed. WOODLANDs use of first class timber with low knot content made the firm the unchallenged leader in the German market for high quality childrens adventure furniture.
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