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Farmhouse Beech is the value line of our beech family: the same warm butchers-block timber in a focused two-size range at the lowest solid wood prices De Terra offers. Real staves, real beech, really priced.
Beech has fed British kitchens for generations - the tight, even-grained timber of butchers blocks and bakery counters, hard at around 1,300 lbf Janka and naturally kind to food prep. The Farmhouse line takes character-grade beech - a little more colour movement, the odd fleck - and passes the grading saving straight to the price.
Two sizes cover the classic straight runs: 3m and 2m boards at 635mm deep in 40mm thickness. Boards arrive sanded and un-oiled. For the full beech size matrix - 27mm boards, breakfast bars, upstand - see our main Beech range; for the friendliest beech price, you are looking at it.
Same beech discipline: oil first, always
Beech rewards good oiling more than any timber - it is the difference between a butchers block that lasts decades and one that stains in a month. 2-3 coats, every face and edge, before fitting.
| Material | Character grade solid European beech |
| Construction | Solid staves - 40mm nominal width (38-42mm range) |
| Hardness | Janka approx. 1,300 lbf (5,800 N) - the classic butchers block timber |
| Thickness | 40mm |
| Edge Profile | Square edge |
| Surface | Sanded to 120 grit - supplied un-oiled |
| Widths | 635mm worktops |
| Weight | See size list |
| Brand | De Terra |
The non-negotiable: 2-3 coats of food-safe worktop oil on every face, edge and cut-out before installation. Beech un-oiled is thirsty; beech well-oiled is a decades-long companion.
Every few months, drop water on the surface. Beading means the oil is working; soaking means re-oil today. First-year rhythm is every 3-6 months, then twice yearly.
Even the butchers block timber prefers a chopping board for daily knife work - protect the finish, and the surface stays food-beautiful for years.
Trivets under everything hot. Beech scorches like any timber and its pale honey tone shows marks more than dark woods.
Sand, re-oil, done - beech refinishes as easily as any timber in the family, and character grade hides spot repairs particularly well.
Timber grade and range depth. Farmhouse Beech is character-grade beech in two board sizes at the lowest price; the main Beech range is standard grade across seven sizes including 27mm boards, breakfast bars and an upstand. Same species, same construction, same finish.
It is the historic standard: hard (about 1,300 lbf Janka), tight-grained, naturally suited to food areas when oiled - the reason butchers blocks are beech. It asks for honest oiling around water and repays it with decades of service.
From pale pink-cream when raw to warm honey when oiled, deepening slightly with age. Character grade adds gentle darker movement through some boards - the farmhouse look in the name.
Beech is the butchers block timber, but a fitted worktop is best protected with a board for daily cutting - knife work cuts through the oil film that keeps the surface hygienic and water-tight. Keep a beech board on your beech top.
2-3 coats of food-safe oil before fitting, every face and edge; re-oil work areas every 3-6 months in year one, then twice yearly. The water-beading test tells you when.
Beech is warmer-toned, finer-grained and the food-prep classic; oak is golden, bolder-grained and the traditional kitchen statement. Prices are similar - the choice is honey warmth versus golden grain.
