Weathered Ipe Decking
Ipe Decking is a beautiful dark brown when installed. It has the look of a hardwood floor, but outside! In Boston's harsh climate, it weathers in a few years to have a delicate silvery patina on top of the darker wood below. Most people enjoy this natural look, some people prefer to finish the Ipe Decking material with a UV blocking material. This keeps the Ipe wood looking like it did the day you installed it, with the deep brazilian cherry like color. You can even bring back the darker original color of the Ipe Wood by applying a UV Protectant if you change your mind about the weathered look!
Please see the photos below for more examples of a weathered Ipe wood in various situations. Each smaller photo will display a larger version when clicked. As you can see by the photos, not only does Ipe Decking become more beautiful with time, it also stands up to damage, climate and wear far better than any other decking material in the world. It even beats out the "mold growing" composite lumber brands. So create some neighbor envy because no one brags they have a plastic deck...order some real wood today.
Yes, Ipe wood does become even more beautiful with time. As you can see in these photos below (click on the small photo to view a larger version), not only does it become more beautiful with age, but the Ipe Decking also stands up over time in the harshest conditions. The Ipe Decking makes up the floor of the dock in the picture above. It's a great example of a high traffic dock in a Saltwater area. It's also withstood several hurricanes and uncountable number of Gale force storms since it was installed several years ago. Since this public dock is so busy, there is an untold number of feet walking on it, carts rolling on it with gear, machinery being placed on it for the boats etc.
Yet look at it. Not a board missing, nor ever replaced. Not one board warped it doesn't have gouges or stains. No fungus from it's precarious mildew prone location. What more could you ask of a decking material? Photo 2 below is another great example of Ipe Decking durability. The photos below (click to expand), are some of our other strong shipping lanes around the country for our Brazilian Walnut product line like Miami, Charlotte, and Fort Lauderdale. Some of these ipe decks may not be in Boston, but some of these decks gets thousands of walkers on it per day and are holding up beautifully after years! This is just further proof of ipe wood durability in a variety of product locations. If you have friends or family that are elsewhere in the country then let them know we are their ipe decking source and can ship ipe wood anywhere.
