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Originating from Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, Ipe is prized for its strength. You can find ipe decking in commercial applications such as boardwalks and siding as well as marine environments. Piers and docks are ideal locations for this hardwood as well as decks and interior flooring. Areas with extreme weather …
Just imagine your order of ipe decking arrives just in time. You look over each board and can see right away that each board is definitely premium grade. Satisfied, you start cutting and installing your deck right away. Things go smoothly and you’re about 75% of the way done when you start to see what …
When buying decking, it’s important that you are aware of some natural occurring defects that plague other species as well as pressure-treated decking. Some of the more common defects that you can run into are checks, knots, and splits. If you’ve ever stepped on a chemically treated wood decks, you most definitely have seen all …
Sometimes, we have people and customers who ask us why we spell ipe, i-p-e. We’ve even had a competitor call to gloat over the fact that our site was riddled with spelling mistakes, “You also forgot to spell epay wood correctly!” He was actually serious. When we tried to correct him, he actually scoffed at …
Building a deck porch is something that a lot of homeowners dream of. After all, one of the classic pictures of American life is a family enjoying life on a porch. If you’re building a covered deck or patio, only ipe decking offers benefits that provide homeowners with a greater rate of return without sacrificing …
Here at AdvantageLumber.com, we know that you want to get started building your ipe deck as fast as possible. This is why, in addition to our inventory of premium grade ipe decking, we also feature the fastest shipping times in the industry. How fast? Check out the table below for estimated shipping times. Of course, …
When you’re looking for ipe deck design ideas in this blog or through magazines, one thing you’ll notice is how many of the decks that are featured include a deck rail system around the perimeter of the deck. Of course, when your deck is multi-leveled and higher off the ground, these deck rail systems become …