Mahogany Rough Lumber — Genuine Mahogany, Stable and Rot-Resistant, Priced per Board Foot

There is a reason the front doors on hundred-year-old houses are mahogany and are still hanging straight: nothing else combines this much dimensional stability with this much decay resistance and this little effort at the bench. Estate Millwork sells the same kiln-dried genuine Mahogany we build entry doors from, by the board foot.

Choose Rough Sawn for shop stock you'll mill yourself. Choose S4S for boards surfaced to 150-grit and ready to use. Choose S2S for face-surfaced material you'll joint yourself.

About Our Mahogany

• Genuine Mahogany ( Swietenia macrophylla ) — plantation and legally-sourced stock, documented under CITES Appendix II
• Janka hardness around 800 — soft enough to hand-plane and carve, hard enough for a door that gets used every day
• Among the most dimensionally stable woods in commercial use: it barely moves seasonally, which is why a wide mahogany door panel does not split or bind
• Naturally rot-resistant heartwood — a proven exterior species with a maintained finish
• Pinkish-tan when milled, oxidizing to the deep reddish-brown everyone recognizes; it needs no stain to get there
• Kiln-dried to 6–8% moisture content, FAS and better grade
• Available 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 and 10/4 — request a quote for wide, long or volume orders

What We Build With It

Exterior entry doors and sidelites, interior doors, window sash and screens, shutters, mouldings, mantels and stair parts. Mahogany is our default recommendation for a stain-grade exterior door: it moves the least, it carves the cleanest, and it looks like what a customer pictures when they say “wood door.”

If you are pricing this against Sapele, the trade-off is straightforward: Sapele is harder and less expensive, Mahogany is more stable and easier to work. For a carved or hand-planed door, buy Mahogany. Be aware that “mahogany” is sold loosely in the trade — Philippine, African and Santos “mahogany” are different woods. What we ship on this page is genuine Mahogany.

What Builders Make from Mahogany

• Exterior doors and windows — dimensionally stable and rot-resistant, the premium entry-door wood
• Fine furniture and casework — the traditional 18th-century cabinet wood
• Boatbuilding — planking, trim and brightwork
• Musical instruments — guitar bodies and necks, prized for tone and stability
• Architectural millwork — panelling, mantels and mouldings

Grade, Thickness and Board-Foot Pricing

Our Mahogany is genuine mahogany, FAS/Select grade, kiln-dried to 6–8%, and sold by the board foot — one board foot is 144 cubic inches (a 12×12×1″ board). We stock 4/4 through 8/4; wide and long boards, thicker door stock, and truckload quantities are quoted on request through the form below.

Call 412.641.0177 with questions or custom quantity requests.

• Mahogany Doors — Entry doors and sidelites, made to size
• Mahogany Shutters — Louvered and panel shutters in the same stock
• Cypress Rough Lumber — Southern Bald Cypress, rot-resistant, per board foot
• Cedar Rough Lumber — Spanish Cedar and Western Red Cedar, per board foot
• Teak Rough Lumber — Plantation Teak, the marine standard
• All Species Rough Lumber — 16 species available

• Red Oak Lumber — Appalachian, #1 Common and better
• White Oak Lumber — Closed pore, rot-resistant, exterior grade
• Walnut Lumber — American Black Walnut, no stain needed
• Cherry Lumber — Appalachian Black Cherry, patinas with light
• Maple Lumber — Maple, Janka 1,450
• Sapele Lumber — African ribbon-stripe, Janka 1,410
• Teak Lumber — Plantation Teak, the marine standard
• Cypress Lumber — Southern Cypress, naturally rot-resistant
• Cedar Lumber — Spanish Cedar and Western Red Cedar