The Crucial Role of End Grain Sealer on Factory Coated Timber Cladding
November 30, 2025
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Established in 1974, James E. Hatch & Son LLP is a third generation family run business supporting two sectors of the timber industry, timber engineering machinery and bespoke timber cladding. With more than three decades of experience supporting the UK’s timber industry we are a business built on strong multi-generational craftsmanship. We provide expert machinery repair and servicing alongside high-quality bespoke timber cladding and factory coating services.
Our hands-on approach, technical knowledge, and commitment to reliable service has earned us a trusted reputation across the sector. From specialised engineering to precision finished timber products, we take pride in delivering durable, dependable results built on family values and long standing technical expertise.
Performance by design is our in house specification service and involves strategically specifying and applying a coating system that enhances the durability, aesthetics and overall performance of factory coated timber.
This process involves specifying the most suitable type of coating system based on factors such as the timber species, intended use, profile design, surface finish, environmental conditions and desired appearance. By considering these factors during the design phase and applying industry best design and detailing practices we optimise a coating systems performance by design.
We offer CPD’s to architects and other professionals in order to improve their knowledge and understanding of timber coatings for internal and external applications. These sessions allow architects and specifiers to improve their knowledge and understanding of timber and the coatings applied in order to make more informed decisions on the systems specified.
We offer an in-house colour matching service in conjunction with our coatings suppliers. We can colour match using colour codes, liquid samples and even coated samples.
We offer Product Training sessions to all of our partners, these can be delivered remotely or in person and are designed to increase knowledge and understanding of our services and product range.
We will cover the characteristics of the coatings we offer, how they perform on a range of timber species, expected maintenance and much more.
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Discover our range of natural and modified timber cladding.
Our industry leading offering allows us to offer the most suitable coating system for your project.
We offer a range of additional services to our clients in order to better support their requirements. These services cover a variety of industries and can be tailored where necessary.
We offer CPD’s to architects and other professionals in order to improve their knowledge and understanding of timber coatings for internal and external applications.
We offer Product Training sessions to all of our customers, these can be delivered remotely or in person and are designed to increase customers knowledge and understanding of our services and product range.
We offer an in-house colour matching service in conjunction with our coatings suppliers.
We understand that every project is unique and occasionally standard colours don’t meet the design criteria.
Sometimes our customers require a unique colour for their project and we offer just that.
Architects, specifiers, and industry professionals are welcome to book a tour of our purpose built production facilities in Lancashire. Including visiting our showroom and external testing area.
Looking for inspiration? Have a look at some of our online samples
The swatches above are various species and have been produced professionally in factory conditions. The substrate selected will have an effect on the overall appearance and finish of the product. Therefore these swatches should be used as a guide and official samples will be provided in your selected species, surface finish and shade for approval before processing.
We test our products using both accelerated weather testing machines and real world testing in our bespoke external testing programme, the first of its kind in the UK. Our testing field was designed and built in collaboration with our coating partners as well as brands like Accoya and Abodo. We even have our products on exposure testing in Malaysia and the Netherlands.
All of this information allows us to advise clients and architects on the most suitable specification for their project. It also allows us to demonstrate how different coatings perform on a range of timber species, as well as highlighting the issues that can be caused when a coating system is incorrectly specified.
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Looking for inspiration? Have a look at some of our previous projects
Our family-run business has developed a team of experts related to every area of timber engineering, timber cladding and timber coating which enables us to provide a complete range of services for any size of project.
For any pre-sale questions or general inquiries please use the contact form or details below and a member of our team will be in touch.