DELIVERY SERVICES

We offer professional delivery services on our truck to Westlake, Thousand Oaks, Malibu, Agoura, Newbury Park, Camarillo, Santa Barbara and surrounding areas and as far north as Paso Robles and to the south as far as San Diego. Shipping via common carrier is available nationwide.

IPE DECKING

• Silvers with age

• Extremely hard

• Can be re-stained to regain original color

• Class A fire rating (same as steel and concrete)

• Twice as dense and 5 times as hard as pressure treated wood

• Available in long lengths

• Scratch resistant

• Insect resistant

• Little to no warping

• Easily repairable

• Has a 50+ year life span as a deck wood

Ipe is naturally a green choice for decking. With markets developed for Ipe, lands that typically would be clear cut for farming can support sustainable forestry. Communities in tropical forests now have the choice to responsibly manage their land in a way that continues to keep forests intact while offering a source of income. Strong markets for responsibly harvested wood products have helped to preserve forests in developing nations.

COMPOSITE DECKING

• Loses color with age

• Softer and not as stiff as Ipe

• Gets extremely hot in the sun

• Can support mold growth especially in a high humidity/wet area

• Class B Fire rating typically

• Does not span large distances

• Scratches easily

• Can become “fuzzy” over time because of wear

• Not easily repairable

• Has a unknown lifespan as a deck material 

Composite decking made from recycled materials makes it seem like an environmentally friendly product. The problem with composite decking is that all of the environmentally friendly aspects are concentrated in material sourcing. Once you factor in the high environmental impacts of the fossil fuels required to manufacture composite decking, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, the overall impact of composite decking is quite high.

Good markets for wood & wood products will help preserve the tropical rain forests. A thriving international market provides an economic reason to carefully manage them.

Buying these products provides the incentive to manage the forests responsibly, and prevents clear cutting to convert to cattle land. The land with trees MUST be more valuable than the land without them.

Purchasing tropical wood products from responsible suppliers contributes to saving the rain forests.