The decking comes in a number of species and colours that can be maintained to retain their colours or left to weather and silver off naturally.
Vitex decking timber nz.
For 32mm thick decking this can be increased up to 600mm joist centres.
Fine slightly lustrous texture with even grain.
It has been used extensively as exterior decking in new zealand for about 30 years.
These fast growing species are less dense than the slow.
The timber of some decking woods like kwila will leach a dark coloured stain when wet.
Attractive light coloured timber which will quickly age to a driftwood grey if left to weather.
Trees are felled and milled by local communities and villagers are where we at timspec source our vitex usually with portable mills.
Hardwood decking is sourced from responsibly managed forests around the world.
Another popular hardwood decking choice is vitex decking.
Vitex decking 19mm thick should be installed at maximum 450mm joist centres.
Our decking hardwoods range in colour from pale cream vitex and yellow cedar honey brown to medium brown garapa and tonka through to dark red brown massa jarrah and kwila.
View the different types of hardwood decking below.
Local timber the cheapest materials to build your deck from are new zealand grown and milled timbers which include pine and macrocarpa.
Vitex vitex cofassus is a solomon islands tropical hardwood used for decking in nz.
Vitex is a creamy grey to light greenish coloured durable timber from the solomon islands that bleeds less than kwila.
Garapa decking vitex decking kwila decking and purple heart decking.
Whether treading the boards of durable greenheart or purpleheart or admiring the silvered colour of a stable vitex deck around the residential home be they a slick narrow profile watershed or random width we ve got decking.
Leathery odour and nice to the touch perfect for bare children s feet.
Hermpac s decking range is extensive and covers ideal solutions for commercial or residential applications.
Attractive light coloured timber which will quickly age to a driftwood grey if left to weather.
All hardwood decking timber will weather to a silver grey if left to do so.
Some of the benefits of vitex as a decking timber are.
The most popular decking timber we supply is vitex which is a natural hardwood imported from the solomon islands.
Vitex vitex cofassus is a solomon islands tropical hardwood used for decking in nz.
It has been used extensively as exterior decking in new zealand for about 30 years.
Vitex is a light to golden greyish brown with a smooth interwoven grain.
Given that radiata pine joists are softwood and vitex is a strong hardwood the joists should be clean and sound and the screws should penetrate at least 40mm into the joists to achieve good holding.
