Priced per lineal metre. Choose a size and enter the metres you need; collect from our Watsonia yard or book our truck.
MGP10 machine graded pine for wall, roof and floor framing, stocked in sections from 70×35 to 240×45 and delivered across Melbourne by our own trucks from the Watsonia yard.
Price range: $4.55 through $21.65 per lineal metre
MGP10 is machine graded structural pine, the everyday timber for wall studs, plates, roof framing and floor joists in Australian houses. We stock it in 70×35, 70×45, 90×35 and 90×45, and deliver it across Melbourne from our Watsonia yard. It suits builders and carpenters working from the AS 1684 span tables, and owner-builders who need framing their engineer or building surveyor will recognise.
Prices are per lineal metre. Choose the size, enter the total metres you need as the quantity, and add the lengths you want in the order notes. We’ll call to confirm before your timber is ready to collect from the Watsonia yard, or to book it on our truck for delivery across Melbourne.
MGP stands for machine graded pine. Each length runs through a grading machine that assigns a grade from the minimum stiffness, or modulus of elasticity, measured along the piece. Qualified graders then check each piece by eye and can override the machine to downgrade it, and the printed mark on the length shows the grade of the whole piece. According to the WoodSolutions explanation of machine stress grading, MGP grades can only be given to Australian pine that has been machine graded.
The number tells you the stiffness class. MGP10 has a modulus of elasticity of about 10,000 MPa, while MGP12 and MGP15 are stiffer grades, and the AS 1684 span tables carry design values for all three. Because the grade is measured rather than guessed, builders and engineers can predict how each length will perform in the frame.
| Property | Detail |
|---|---|
| Grade | MGP10 (machine graded pine) |
| Sections we stock | 70×35, 90×35, 70×45, 90×45, 140×45, 190×45, 240×45 mm |
| Stiffness | Modulus of elasticity about 10,000 MPa |
| Grade mark | Printed on each length |
| Grading | Machine graded, visually checked by qualified graders |
| Design reference | AS 1684 span tables |
We also carry merchant grade pine. Ask us whether it suits your job before you swap it in for stress-graded framing.
MGP10 is used in residential and light commercial building for wall framing, roof trusses, floor joists, and beams and lintels. WoodSolutions notes that residential studs are typically 90×35 or 90×45 kiln-dried, machine-graded pine, usually MGP10 or MGP12, which lines up with what we keep in the yard. The 70 mm sections suit walls where the plans call for a thinner frame.
For longer spans or shallower floors, engineered options are increasingly used, so look at our LVL joists and beams before you double up pine. In termite-prone areas, WoodSolutions notes it is common to use envelope-treated H2 pine with physical barriers at ground level; ask us whether treated framing is available in the size you need. Our view: if a lintel sits right at the limit of the MGP10 span table, ask your designer about a stiffer grade or LVL rather than squeezing it.
Framing packs and loose lengths are delivered by our own trucks across Melbourne, or you can collect from the Watsonia yard; call us for a delivery price. We deliver six days a week, from a trailer load to a semi load, usually within 2 days. Send us your plans and we’ll work out quantities, or use the get a quote form. While you’re ordering, our framing nails and collated fasteners and the wider structural timber range cover the rest of the frame.
Both are machine graded pine. MGP12 is the stiffer grade, so it reaches further in the AS 1684 span tables. Your plans or engineer will name the grade.
Not unless it is branded as treated. Treated timber must carry a brand or label showing the H class, so check the stamp.
Untreated radiata pine is rated durability Class 4 above ground, the lowest class, so keep untreated framing under cover and use LOSP treated pine for exposed work.
Call us with your list and we’ll confirm the lengths in the yard.
