Deck building tips and tricks. Discussion about wood and much more!
The fresh, natural look for wood exposed outdoors as decking or siding has been popular for a long time. Just take a look at this video to see why one particular homeowner wanted their deck to mature to that smooth silver patina: As valued as this natural look is, protecting it is necessary to maintain …
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One of the aspects in the selection of the wood for a deck that is often overlooked or misunderstood is wood grade. Deciding the grade of your wood is just as important as deciding the type of wood, finishes, sizes, and fitting profile of your decking boards. Remember, decks are more than a structure standing …
What is FSC? The Forest Stewardship Council is the world’s foremost and internationally recognized forest certification. The Forest Stewardship Council ensures forests around the world remain vibrant and healthy by rigorously monitoring forest operations to ensure sustainable lumber harvesting. FSC forest trees are individually selected for cutting and then replanted in bio-diverse manner in order …
We have so many orders of decking, that, in order to properly store our inventory of Cumaru, Ipe deck tiles, Ipe, Tigerwood, and Garapa, we had to actually build a whole new wing to our manufacturing facility in North Carolina! Once completed, our new 7,500 square foot AdvantageLumber.com storage building will have the capacity to …
Wood is amazing. Made up of cells, wood is a hygroscopic material that holds water. As anyone who paid attention in fifth grade science class already knows, this process of water and nutrients moving from the ground, through the root system, through the wood, and to the leaves is a critical component of photosynthesis leading …
If you’re looking for a quick and easy end-of-summer DIY woodworking project to work on, check out our instructions on how-to build a wood planter. In the span of one afternoon, you can build a solid and classy looking wood planter made of Ipe decking. What’s the benefit to using Ipe? One, the look. The …