It can be confusing for someone who is not familiar with buying wood lumber as to what the difference is between decking and lumber. For example, we offer both Ipe Lumber and Ipe Decking. They are similar but are meant for different final products and have different drying applied to each. Decking is Decking is…
10 Amazing Decks! To help inspire your own deck creativity, we wanted to share some amazing decks. They are from all over the world and in all kinds of places, but they all show how amazing and beautiful a deck can be. Which one is your favorite? …
To follow up my previous article, we will continue to discuss deck face screwing and plugging methods. Again, I’m a huge fan of face screwing/plugging, not only for the aesthetics, but also structurally ( it’s easier to replace a failed board. All you have to do is drill out the plug and unscrew…
I can speak from personal experience on this topic. In 2007, I designed and built an Ipe deck at my father’s house around his pool. This was a project house, and you can see from the first picture that the old deck and fence had to go. The engineering challenge was to…