It holds nails well and offers high durability and strength making it ideal for decks and boat building.
Vitex decking price nz.
Often sourced from the solomon islands this wood offers a lovely olive grey appearance and it has excellent bending properties.
Whether treading the boards of durable greenheart or purpleheart or admiring the silvered colour of a stable vitex deck around the residential home be they a slick narrow profile watershed or random width we ve got decking totally sorted.
Bbi vitex smooth decking 90 x 19mm 9 lm.
The most popular decking timber we supply is vitex which is a natural hardwood imported from the solomon islands.
Decking decks are high on the wish list for homeowners wanting to accentuate indoor outdoor flow in their homes.
Our solomon island vitex is machined here in nz to a 140 x 19mm smooth four sides s4s decking profile.
Vitex smooth decking 140 x 19mm 18 48 lm.
Vitex vitex cofassus is a solomon islands tropical hardwood used for decking in nz.
It is and eco friendly option that is selectively logged and certified by the solomon island forestry council.
Garapa decking vitex decking kwila decking and purple heart decking.
View the different types of hardwood decking below.
The timber of some decking woods like kwila will leach a dark coloured stain when wet.
Given that radiata pine joists are softwood and vitex is a strong hardwood the joists should be clean and sound and the screws should penetrate at least 40mm into the joists to achieve good holding.
All hardwood decking timber will weather to a silver grey if left to do so.
Decking add a beautiful social space to your house.
The cost of a deck varies according to size materials and complexity.
Attractive light coloured timber which will quickly age to a driftwood grey if left to weather.
The decking comes in a number of species and colours that can be maintained to retain their colours or left to weather and silver off naturally.
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Vitex cofassus is one of the most widely used decking timbers.
Vitex is a high density timber and has value in uses such as heavy construction wharf and bridge decking flooring boat building sleepers and joinery.
Vitex is a light to golden greyish brown with a smooth interwoven grain.
It has been used extensively as exterior decking in new zealand for about 30 years.
Vitex decking 19mm thick should be installed at maximum 450mm joist centres.
Our decking hardwoods range in colour from pale cream vitex and yellow cedar honey brown to medium brown garapa and tonka through to dark red brown massa jarrah and kwila.
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Hermpac s decking range is extensive and covers ideal solutions for commercial or residential applications.
Hardwood decking is sourced from responsibly managed forests around the world.
