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Ipe decking or composite decking? In the
following we outline the differences between composite (also called WPC
decking or just plastic decking) decking and ipe wood decking and then we
conclude which one is better to choose. Some arguments are that composite
decking is more eco friendly and that composite decking is maintenance free
and that composite decking is cheaper.
1 Price
comparison between Ipe hardwood decking and composite decking
Brazilian ipe hardwood decking comes in the
United States as low as $1,90 per linear foot. If you wish to import
yourself we (author is located at a ipe hardwood mill in Bolivia) we are
able to sell for as little as $ 2000 per m³. Instead, composite decking
comes at a wide variety of prices, sensitive to the price of oil. read
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2 Maintenance
comparison between Ipe hardwood decking and composite decking
Composite Decking Manufacturers stopped using
“Maintenance Free” when describing their products early on after law suits.
Nowadays they refer to it as “Low Maintenance”. Composite decking sellers
will tell you that the product requires a good cleaning a couple of times a
year to make it look good again. read
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More on decking
maintenance:
ipe decking installation
maintaining ipe
wood decking part I
instructions on ipe
decking maintenance part II
how to build a deck
decking glossary
3 Eco
environmental friendliness comparison between Ipe hardwood decking and
composite decking
contrary to what those composite decking
companies want you to believe, a composite deck is not environmentally
friendly. They like to say that you can recycle the plastic. This is
the theory, in reality when their deck eventually breaks down or needs to
be replaced, they simply throw it in a landfill. read
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more on decking
and environment:
procedures
of certified
ipe hard wood
certified timber in
Bolivia
ipe hard wood mill
in Bolivian Amazon forest
certified decking
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