Composite Wood Decking with CleverDeck from Futurewood

Decking with Greater Control

What does it mean to have greater control when it comes to decking?

Innovations in decking materials have seen the birth of wood-composite-decking or WPC and is now a popular alternative to natural timber for a decking material as it has a number of benefits that natural timber just cannot offer.

Specifying natural timber is easy. It's a material that's been on earth longer than we have. Apart from its aesthetic appeal, it's sturdy and easy to use for construction. Thanks to Mother Nature, its low manufacturing cost makes it less expensive initially than other materials. However, it's also because of nature that you should consider using composite wood instead of timber.

Sustainability
Timber is a high maintenance material. Every year, many hours and dollars are spent on external timber projects to ensure that the timber is well maintained. This could involve, sanding, patching, oiling, painting or lacquering. Maintenance can only get you so far, timber is also prone to rotting and is a particular favourite of termites and white ants.

Having greater control means being able to mitigate natural causes of deterioration.

CleverDeck, a popular composite wood decking, is made from 90% recycled product being a combination of cellulose materials (wood flour and rice husks) mixed with recycled polyolefin plastic.

Precision
Have you ever walked on a seaside deck made out of timber and found yourself suddenly tripping over a slightly elevated slat? Sometimes, it's not just the builders who are to blame. Timber is a material that shrinks as it dries out and swells as it gains moisture. It also is prone to cup and twist having been cut out of a round tree trunk or branch. Your carefully laid out, fitted to perfection boards, could easily move from their proper placement. On the other hand, composite wood is extruded flat and stays that way. Composite decking does expand lengthways and this is taken into consideration as part of the installation process. If you are particular about precision this makes a big difference.

Style
The ability to design the colour, finish, pattern and how it applies to the material is a great benefit to designers and architects who are looking for a stylish product to help implement their design vision. Timber has a limited colour choice and is likely to change in colour if it is not constantly maintained with oils or stains. In the case of CleverDeck there are multiple colour and finish options and the colour runs right through the board so it does not need oiling or staining with only minor colour change over time for most colours. The standard colours are Walnut, Slate Grey, Saltbush, Mahogany & Chocolate. UV inhibitors are included in the material specification and help to cushion the discoloration caused by ultraviolet rays.

Risk Management
Natural timber is a product that is easily affected by the weather and yet it does not typically come with any warranty. However, with the introduction of man made composite timber, it is now possible for architects to specify the requirements of a building with greater certainty knowing that any composite timber used in the project is covered by a warranty. CleverDeck comes with a 10 year domestic or 7-year commercial warranty against rotting or attacks from termites and white ants.

One major key to having greater control over your project is the ability to evaluate your requirements and know the capabilities of a suitable product in its entirety. If you are particular about the precise placement of your decking, aesthetics, sustainability, contracts and warranties, consider CleverDeck.

Greater knowledge leads to greater control.

Futurewood is a major supplier of composite building materials in Australia. Our composite wood products enable architects and builders to have greater control over their decking, cladding and fencing projects.

To know more about CleverDeck, Futurewood and their services, visit www.futurewood.com.au