Starting out a golden yellow colour garapa matures to an amber.
Yellow hardwood decking.
Silva timber is a leading supplier of speciality timber decking products in the uk with a range of hardwood softwood and composite decking boards suitable for all requirements.
In stock 10 000 metres ready for immediate dispatch.
Yellow balau pronounced bal ow bangkirai is a very durable hardwood and one of the most popular species in the uk for hardwood decking.
Please find below our description of this specie in an attempt to give as much detail of this timber to help both the trade person and ley person make an informed choice.
Yellow balau bankirai is a durable hardwood from southeast asia and with a mix of warm colours from golden browns light browns to reddish tones it makes it one of the most popular choices for decking in the uk.
This yellow balau decking is kiln dried and it is ready to use they are grooved on one side and smooth on the.
Typically made from the likes of teak ipe iroko and cumaro it s a completely natural product that is the result of years and years of growth.
Yellow balau is a very durable hardwood well suited to deck construction.
Yellow balau is golden yellow and slightly reddish brown in colour.
The heartwood of the timber comes up a light yellowish brown colour very similar to that of tallowwood and silvertop ash.
Our balau decking products.
Hardwood decking is a hugely popular choice made by people across the board for decks big and small with budgets big and small.
Yellow balau decking boards should be securely fixed down where they cross every joist either with spax stainless steel decking screws.
With a mixture of warm colours of golden browns light browns and pale reddish brown yellow balau offers a unique colour range which will sit beautifully within a natural.
Yellow balau boards should be trimmed both ends to squared up and remove the wax ends.
For further information please see the how to fit yellow balau hardwood decking video on the home page of our website.
This type of tropical hardwood is naturally resistant to weathering insect attack fungal infestation and decay even if left untreated.
It s a hard heavy and strong timber that is well suited to deck construction.
Yellow stringybark is the common name for three different eucalypt species which all have a thick fibrous bark that were once used as early european settlers for roof and wall thatching.