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D i a m o n d W o o d
The Finest Brazillian Ipe ... and a Clear Conscience!
Of the many types of decking available, our research and testing indicated that one material stands well apart in terms of longevity and beauty per dollar spent. That material is the tropical hardwood Ipe:
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Stunning Appearance - looks more like a mahogany floor than an outdoor deck
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3x times harder than Ironwood and 7 times harder than cedar - boards don't scratch, dent, pit or splinter
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Natural oils and incredible density team up to yeild a typical lifespan exceeding half a century
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Available pregrooved for simple installation using hidden fasteners
Ipe provides a surefire way to avoid the biggest deck-owner complaints:
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Stains, Chalks, Fades & Looks Old Quickly - #1 complaint of composite deck owners
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Expands and Warps when Hot, Shows Big Gaps when Cold - #2 complaint of composite deck owners
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Splits, Twists and Damages too Easily to Stand the Test of Time - #1 complaint about softwood decking (especially recent-growth Cedar)
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Foot Splinters - #2 complaint from softwood owners
 As with all naturally-grown products, the quality of Ipe varies greatly from one supplier to the next. Most companies rely on opportunistic buying at the massive South American wood auctions to minimize cost and maximize profits. From our experience this results in inconsistent quality - sometime you get great batches and sometimes you don't - it all depends on the quality of the particular mill that the original boards came from. Some large Ipe suppliers actually run their own mills, which is very cost effective, but often leads to diminishing quality as they deplete the quality of surrounding woodlots.
We take a different approach. We develop strong ties with mills we find produce exceptional quality boards. We focus our supply from these select mills, then monitor their quality closely to ensure it doesn't fall over time. It takes a little more time and adds a bit to our cost, but the dense, richly coloured and beautifully milled boards we sell save us cost in the long run because we don't have to spend time dealing with poor quality loads and unhappy customers.
We have chosen the brand DiamondWood to set our strategically-sourced Ipe decking apart from competitors who are content to source Ipe from whatever auction is providing the lowest price.
Buy With a Clear Conscience !!!
Here's where we really differ from any other supplier in North America. We tried to ensure that our lumber is from reforested stands, but to be honest that is an impossible task. Once a tree is harvested there is very little tracking of that wood through to finished lumber. A vendor at an auction may claim the wood is reforested, but there is little assurance of that actually being the case. There was almost no reforestation of Ipe in the period 20-60 years ago, so the reality is that there just isn't much (if any) high-quality reforested Ipe currently harvested.
Now the great news ... being deck fanatics but also concerned environmentalists we got creative and developed a program to run alongside our Ipe business that actually increases tropical forest cover. We actually hire, out of our own ipe profits, a company to reforest cleared farmland in South America. To achieve the maximum environmental benefit, we don't just have them replant Ipe but instead a natural mix of local tropical hardwoods (including IPE) so that these reclaimed forests remain natural, diverse and better suited to support the local fauna.
We run this program out of our own profits so it adds absolutely zero expense to our customers. We do this because it brings us great pride in our company to prioritize responsibility over profit. We also love the fact that our customers can take environmental pride in their new decks as they share and talk about them with their guests and families.
If you have any further questions about our reforestation program or would like to know which species we replant and where, please give us a call - we enjoy chatting with our customers about this unique pride of ownership feature that comes with owning a DiamondWood deck!
SPECIAL LIMITED TIME ADVANCE-ORDER OFFER: Place your Ipe order 10 weeks in advance and save a massive $0.30/ft !!!
CURRENT DIAMONDWOOD IPE PRICES:
When ordering 14-16ft lengths add 10%. For very long lengths (18-20ft+) add 15%.
Full-pallet & bulk order discounts available.
Our delivery prices are incredibly low - call or email for a quote.
WE MATCH COMPETITOR'S QUOTES!!!
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