This timber is suitable for a wide variety of uses. It holds screws and nails well and takes paint and stain without difficulty, and modern kiln dried timber is very easy to work., Pseudotsuga).
It is used in house construction as weatherboards, posts, beams or plywood, in fencing, retaining walls, for concrete formers. It is also used to a limited extent in boat building where untreated ply is sometimes used.