Horigan Urban Forest Products, Inc.

06/08/2024

Discover the timeless elegance of walnut wood! With its rich, dark hues and stunning grain patterns, walnut adds a touch of luxury to any home decor.

📸 Horigan Urban Forest Products, Inc.

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12/28/2023

When you find that perfect gift for the sawyer in your life.
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Support sustainable forestry with our lumber Yard as we work to reduce waste and give trees a second life. Learn more about our tree care services!

07/08/2023

The blue stain in the walnut is typical for urban logs. A nail was pounded in years ago and we found it with our sawmill blade 😂, the best metal detector around.
Thes slabs will be in the kiln soon and we have some in the warehouse ready to go.
Also white oak slabs just out of the kiln.

https://horiganufp.com/product/black-walnut-22bw301/

05/16/2023

Milling not so straight walnut and other things. The slabs are looing good.

04/27/2023

Bruce and I had a great time at the 2023 Urban Wood Drying Workshop in Adrian, Michigan this week. Participants were from Canada, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri.
Finding common ground and sharing information with this group was inspiring!
Frederik Laleicke of North Carolina State University presented information on solar, de-humidification, and vacuum kilns, best practices for kiln drying and storing lumber, plus we had time for discussions on urban wood philosophy and business culture. It was interesting and applicable to our urban wood businesses.
We toured Tervol's Wood Products in North Adams, MI and saw their huge inventory of slabs and dimensional lumber, milling operation (they have both a Woodmizer LT70 and a slabbing mill), three kilns and a log boiler that heats not only their facility but their home also!
Class photo kindness of Kim Slezak
SAF Certified Forester. Forest Management /Rural Forestry.University of Nebraska-Lincoln

04/06/2023

Ash, Sugar Maple and Elm 8/4 slabs just out of the kiln and ready to go.

03/09/2023

The calendar may say we’re a week + away from spring, but today sure felt like a winter day milling !

02/14/2023

Incoming ash log, black walnut planing and custom white oak milling. We have a lot going on , give us a call for an appointment to come in! 847-568-1340

02/07/2023

Honey Locust. We mill it occasionally. Not because there is a lack of it in the Urban Forest but we don’t have much call for it. I’m always struck by how beautiful it is quarter sawn. 1580 on the Janka harness scale( only Hickory and Osage are higher from species we deal with ) it can be tough on knives and blades. We’ve used this as an exterior wood in planter boxes with good results.

01/07/2023

When trees need to come down, milling and kiln drying these logs takes this resourse to the highest use. Urban Wood Network - Illinois Chapter Is helping this effort!

The Urban Wood Network was developed in 2017 to formally unite unique urban wood industry groups and efforts under the common mission of growing professional and consumer confidence in the urban wood industry.

As local Arborists, Sawmills, Suppliers, Manufacturers & Makers, and more come together to form the Illinois Chapter, we are working to create a platform for collective experience, support, and connectivity to help the industry thrive in our home state.

12/29/2022

-Looking forward to 2023!
We hope you have a Happy and Safe New Years !
Holiday Hours:
Closing at noon Friday December 30th through Monday January 2nd.
We are loving the warm weather ( but not the mud) and we are making hay (or lumber) while the sun shines. We have more logs to mill and lumber in the pipeline to dry.
Our warehouse is well stocked. Check us out in person, call for an appointment 847-568-1340, or on line: www.horiganufp.com/product-catagory/slabs/

12/20/2022

Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Wishing you all a safe and happy Holiday.
Our holiday hours:
Closed Friday December 23rd-Monday December 26th
Closed Friday noon December 30th-Moday January 2