Happy Holidays from East Teak Fine Hardwoods! From All of us we wish you a Happy and healthy holiday season. We will be Closed on on December 24th through the 26th. We will also be closed on January 1st. Please contact us via email over the holiday and we will get back to you as…
Here are the most popular uses for our Teak Lumber. When you are a seller of a unfinished material like teak lumber, it is sometimes hard for people to understand how our lumber is used and what types of final products it is used for. Here is a list of some of our most popular…
We wanted to share some recent posts from our sister company Thompson Mahogany. The first article we wanted to share is a explanation for how to deal with and what types of color variations to expect when you are looking at hardwood lumber. Rob Nienaber, a very knowledgeable sale person at Thompson Mahogany, provides great insight…
Matt Medlin, one of the salesman in our South Carolina location, wanted to share a personal project he had worked on that used many of East Teak’s Hardwoods. It is an electric guitar built from a PVX Double Cutaway Kit from PVX Guitar. The kit provides you with the body and neck that are rough…
How to Clean Teak Decks? We have been talking to many of our customers and industry leaders about what their recommendations are for cleaning Teak Decking and Teak wood. After many different suggestions and ideas, we think we have found the best solution. We recommend Cape Ann Teak Cleaner. Cape Ann Teak Cleaner is one…
We have reorganized our Certified Hardwoods by East Teak website to provide more information and help to make it easier to navigate. We have also added this blog section to provide videos, information, and news about FSC and Reclaimed wood product offering. If you have any questions about the site, our products, or anything feel…
We decided to add some Decking Calculators to EastTeak.com. They are Decking Calculators to help you convert square feet to linear feet, and find the number of hidden fasteners or screws needed for your decking. If you have any recommendations for additional calculators or tools you would like to see on our site please let…
The International Wood Products Association (IWPA) announced on July 28th 2014 the launch of its responsible trade initiative with Burma (Myanmar). The initiative will promote forest management reform in Burma and is made possible by a license recently issued to IWPA by the U.S. Treasury Department that enables trade and other commercial contacts between U.S.…
We decided to create a diagram to help show how you should install our Hardwood Tongue and Groove Porch Flooring along with stainless steel fasteners. This Diagram is applicable to all hardwood Porch flooring including Ipe, Cumaru, and Garapa. Please download our T&G Porch Flooring Install Diagram to see how porch flooring is installed. If you would…
We have put together a series called Ipe Questions based on the usual questions we get from customers as they work through their purchase process with us. This is part 2 of 3 on Ipe Deck Questions. Part 1 is here: Ipe Decking Questions – What kind of Ipe decking should I get? (Part 1 of…