About Us

James Chambers Timber Merchants was established in 1908 by Mr Chambers who operated out of a small timber yard connected to the Halifax High Level Way Railway Line, which enabled the company to transport its goods to customers in the local area. To this day James Chambers still operates from the same yard all be it on a much larger scale as an importer of timber and manufactured joinery products.

Over the past 102 years the company has seen some significant changes; most notably within the past 15 years James Chambers has seen significant investment in order to transform the company into a modern efficient organisation that uses modern technology and expertise to provide a top quality service.

 Even though as a company James Chambers has seen many changes over the last century we have always maintained our core values which remain an important factor in how we do business.

 Mission Statement:

“To provide superior quality goods and service in order to grow, whilst acknowledging our responsibility to our employees, customers, suppliers, the environment and the welfare of the timber industry in order to achieve sustained growth”.

What do we do?

If its timber related then chances are we do it! Not only are we renowned for providing the best quality softwoods and hardwoods from around the world as well as timber sourced from within the UK. Our extensive range of manufactured joinery products ranging from tools to doors and summer houses maintains our position as a quality timber merchant.

Softwood Stocks

Sawn redwood joinery products are available in full pack lots or off the rack for smaller quantities. Customers are welcome to call and select their own timber from the racks at any time. Our softwood stocks include Redwoods, Southern Yellow Pine, Quebec 3^rd Yellow Pine, Douglas Fir, Also a full range of constructional grade timbers, dry graded (SC3/C16) + SC4/C24) and a full range of ready tanalised timber for use on exposed areas.

Hardwood Stocks

Specialist hardwoods from all over the world are stocked at James Chambers with a wide variety of prices and properties. From North America we import White Oak, Cherry, Tulip wood, Ash and Maple. From Africa, Sapele, Utile and Iroko. From the Far East, Meranti and Keruing. Can be supplied in full packs or in single boards to suit your requirements

Manufactured Joinery

Our manufactured Joinery department provides a wide variety of products such as doors, flooring, stair parts, worktops and decking. These products are perfect in order to add the finishing touches to your home and the range includes top quality products from some of the UK’s leading suppliers.

Environmental Policy

At James Chambers we recognise that we have a responsibility to the environment, our customers, suppliers and staff to base our commercial activities on well - managed and sustainable forests. We are fully committed to purchasing all timber from legal sources and seeking evidence of compliance that they are operating in accordance with the laws of their country. We reservedly condemn the act of illegal logging and constantly remain informed of changes in international legislation. Here at James Chambers we have achieved Chain of Custody (CoC) to ensure that the products we sell meet the Government and C.P.E.T (Central Point of Expertise in Timber) policy and guidelines on sustainable forest management practice and are obtained from legal and sustainable forest sources. As part of this system we make a significant commitment to ensure compliance with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme of the

Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) criteria. As part of this system it is our policy to avoid using timber harvested from forest areas where traditional or civil rights are violated, timber harvested from non FSC - certified forest areas having high conservation values which are threatened, timber from genetically modified (GM) trees, illegally harvested timber and natural forest that has been converted to plantations or non forest use. We work closely with all our suppliers in order to encourage greater use of certified timber and timber products so that the continual improvement program of introducing more certified timber can be sustained.