Choosing The ‘Right’ Decking Materials For The ‘Right’ Location – Part 1

Did you know that simply by choosing the most appropriate material for your decking area, you may be able to significantly reduce the amount of maintenance required to keep them in the best possible condition?

With this little guide, we’d like to give you some points to reflect on if you’re in the process of choosing the right outdoor flooring for your deck area.

Just by following the 3 simple points outlined below, you, your family and your guests will be able to enjoy the benefits of a long-lasting, durable, high-quality deck.

1. Material
2. Installation System
3. Maintenance

Choosing The Right Material

The very first thing is to decide is whether you would like to install a decking area made from real wood or a composite material?

Wood Decking

Did you know that wood carries on living even after it gets cut and milled into decking boards? It can also react with some types of water! Should you wish to choose a wood board for your decking it is absolutely essential that you choose a stable and seasoned one. IPE and Teak are two of the best choices. With that kind of wood, you’ll just have to care about aesthetic maintenance (due to oxidation), but the structures stay still!!! What you really have to AVOID are softwoods like Fir and Pine for such job.

Composite Decking

The best composite around is called DURO, the new material made of RICE HUSK (skin of the rice grain) and PVC (not recycled). RICE HUSK, a by-product that would be otherwise burnt and create CO2 is given a much nobler second life into decking boards with incredible structural performances. It has to be compared to a noble wood other than common composites. Rice grows into water, and the skin of the rice protects the grain till the moment it’s ready to blossom. In fact is the only current micro surface known to absorb.

The following video shook at this clip that shows DURO as a swimming pool floor:

The surface is very resistant and doesn’t look fake. It is a stainable/paintable composite which means you have the option of protecting it with a transparent colour or give it the colour you desire by applying a water-based paint .

Not only does the DURO range from iDecking offer these qualities, but they are also incredibly easy to install thanks to REVOLUTIONARY new installation systems which have been patented to install it. We will explore these further in our next blog.