Balau Hardwood Decking Boards

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Balau hardwood decking boards.

With a mixture of warm colours of golden browns light browns and pale reddish brown yellow balau offers a unique colour range which will sit beautifully within a natural. Yellow balau boards should be trimmed both ends to squared up and remove the wax ends. Yellow balau hardwood decking 21x145mm castle one face reeded one face. Boards can be finished with a decking oil or treatment such as easy deck protect.

Yellow balau pronounced bal ow bangkirai is a very durable hardwood and one of the most popular species in the uk for hardwood decking. It s a hard heavy and strong timber that is well suited to deck construction. Balau decking boards native to asia balau hardwood decking remains one of the most popular choices of decking material in the uk. Please find below our description of this specie in an attempt to give as much detail of this timber to help both the trade person and ley person make an informed choice.

It also offers a contemporary high end appearance with outstanding grain detail. Unlike standard softwood decking hardwood decking will provide decades of service with little maintenance. Yellow balau decking boards should be securely fixed down where they cross every joist either with spax stainless steel decking screws. Balau wood is generally kiln dried for 30 to 60 days.

This will allow it to expand and depending on the conditions. Balua hardwood great for cladding decking flooring fencing. After it has undergone kiln drying the wood is dried in the sun for several days to produce its yellowy orange hue. Balau hardwood decking is one of the best alternatives to ipe when it comes to durability and ease of maintenance.

Before it is ready for use in decking balau wood must move through a specific drying process to ensure that it doesn t crack or warp. To delay the silvering process that strong sunlight causes in any hardwood choose a decking oil. Striking in colour balau decking has an array of browns reds and oranges to deliver a stunning looking deck. The timber is durable with a little tendency to warp or twist 20 30 years life span.

Balau timber is stocked as an exterior decking profile. We offer a wide range of hardwood decking boards including ipe balau cumaru and of course oak. This is a malaysian hardwood with natural durability and will gradually weather to a silver grey colour. Whilst balau is an extremely stable hardwood we recommend that you leave a 6mm gap between each board.