Vitex Decking Timber Nz
All hardwood decking timber will weather to a silver grey if left to do so.
Vitex decking timber nz. The most popular decking timber we supply is vitex which is a natural hardwood imported from the solomon islands. 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. Vitex vitex cofassus is a solomon islands tropical hardwood used for decking in nz. Hermpac s decking range is extensive and covers ideal solutions for commercial or residential applications.
Attractive light coloured timber which will quickly age to a driftwood grey if left to weather. Leathery odour and nice to the touch perfect for bare children s feet. Vitex is a creamy grey to light greenish coloured durable timber from the solomon islands that bleeds less than kwila. Vitex vitex cofassus is a solomon islands tropical hardwood used for decking in nz.
Fine slightly lustrous texture with even grain. The timber of some decking woods like kwila will leach a dark coloured stain when wet. It has been used extensively as exterior decking in new zealand for about 30 years. Local timber the cheapest materials to build your deck from are new zealand grown and milled timbers which include pine and macrocarpa.
These fast growing species are less dense than the slow. This is a durable timber with a pale yellowish to creamy grey appearance. Decking add a beautiful social space to your house. Trees are felled and milled by local communities and villagers are where we at timspec source our vitex usually with portable mills.
View the different types of hardwood decking below. Garapa decking vitex decking kwila decking and purple heart decking. It is and eco friendly option that is selectively logged and certified by the solomon island forestry council. 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. 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. For 32mm thick decking this can be increased up to 600mm joist centres. Some of the benefits of vitex as a decking timber are.
Attractive light coloured timber which will quickly age to a driftwood grey if left to weather. 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. Vitex decking 19mm thick should be installed at maximum 450mm joist centres.