From Boston to San Francisco
Posted February 2, 2010
By Boston Ipe
We are proud to announce our sister site out on the west coast: Deck San Francisco. Tropical hardwood decking has always been a big seller on the west coast as it is here on the east coast. However, ipe has really taken off and become the top seller in the San Francisco area, just like here in the Boston area! They have a few of the wonderful retail San Francisco deck projects they’ve supplied lumber for out there.
We all know the reasons why people prefer ipe deck boards right? Okay, here’s a quick reminder:
- Ipe Decking is the strongest common deck board, in hardness and bending strength.
- Ipe deck boards are the most durable of all the common decking materials, often lasting well over 60 years without treatment of any kind and over 100 years with treatments.
- Ipe deck material is even more resistant to mold, mildew, wood boring insects and rot that the other tropical hardwoods and far more resistant than any mad made decking material could hope to be.
- Ipe pays for itself when it reaches the mark where other, lower quality boards would need replaced. This is usually before the 10 year mark.
- Ipe boards are less likely to splinter because it’s so dense.
- Ipe Decking looks great!