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Originally Posted by mishman
Anyone have experience using Ipe tropical wood as your seasonal dock decking material? Or Black Locust? I have heard these wood compare in price to Azek but hold up better and look nicer. Azek can her pretty heavy too but Ipe is a very dense and not exactly light weight wood.
Interested if you have experience with these woods for dock decks. Thanks
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We have ipe pilings and cedar decking on our crank up dock, now 2 seasons old. They look great, though as you say, ipe is really heavy. It's almost comical to pick up a piece, I am not sure you'd want to do removable decking unless you have a very beefy team. We chose it because it's life expectancy was similar or maybe better than pressure treated, but with no chemicals. We'd definitely do it again