best wood for around a swimming pool?

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mikeewood

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Hi guys,

my first post....i read through your forum and it is very helpfull and interesting.

any hoo here goes.....I've been asked to advise on what wood is best suited for a swimming pool decking area.

1st choice was ceder, then cypress then teak - but teak is a bit exotic and cost prohibative, ceder can be a bit weak and moves alot so may be cypress would be the best option. What do you all reckon? have i missed out the obvious?

please note...they could use pressure treated pine but they don't like the green colouring and its not all that ecological - chemicals and all that.


thanks in advance
 
Yellow Balau or Ipe would be a good bet. Both are very weather resistant.
 
If you wanted a "pine" then Larch would be a good choice, its quite resinous so can last outsid efor several years without treatment, its whats usually used for fence panels.

I did the deck over my pond filters with it as I didn't want anything toxic and left it in its sawn state which makes it anti-slip. This is what it looks like new with the frame in green oak and after a while will all weather down to this

I have used the Yellow Balau a few times but find the ready prepared deckboards all get slipery after a winter of damp weather.

Jason
 
Iroko as BSM said. It's cheap and plentiful, not that difficult to work, and is often used as a cheap alternative to Teak.
 

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