Vitex decking 19mm thick should be installed at maximum 450mm joist centres.
Vitex decking timber nz.
Leathery odour and nice to the touch perfect for bare children s feet.
View the different types of hardwood decking below.
Attractive light coloured timber which will quickly age to a driftwood grey if left to weather.
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.
The timber of some decking woods like kwila will leach a dark coloured stain when wet.
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.
It is and eco friendly option that is selectively logged and certified by the solomon island forestry council.
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.
Some of the benefits of vitex as a decking timber are.
Attractive light coloured timber which will quickly age to a driftwood grey if left to weather.
Local timber the cheapest materials to build your deck from are new zealand grown and milled timbers which include pine and macrocarpa.
For 32mm thick decking this can be increased up to 600mm joist centres.
Hermpac s decking range is extensive and covers ideal solutions for commercial or residential applications.
All hardwood decking timber will weather to a silver grey if left to do so.
Hardwood decking is sourced from responsibly managed forests around the world.
The most popular decking timber we supply is vitex which is a natural hardwood imported from the solomon islands.
These fast growing species are less dense than the slow.
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.
Vitex vitex cofassus is a solomon islands tropical hardwood used for decking in nz.
Trees are felled and milled by local communities and villagers are where we at timspec source our vitex usually with portable mills.
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.
Another popular hardwood decking choice is vitex decking.
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.
Fine slightly lustrous texture with even grain.
This is a durable timber with a pale yellowish to creamy grey appearance.