Design Ideas

Applications recorded for the material, beyond a flat rectangular deck.

• Pergola built over a pool deck in Ipe lumber.

• Ipe boards run vertically to enclose a staircase and create storage beneath it.

• Boat docks and marine work, where the density and moisture resistance are the point.

• Tongue and groove porch flooring inside a screened porch.

• Stair detail built from decking drops rather than from new stock.

• A single piece of 1x6 decking bent to form the radius on a handrail.

• Swing gates framed and clad in Ipe.

• Covered wrap around porch in decking rather than flooring.

• Hand made bench built from half ripped 5/4x6 decking.

• Black Ipe laid as a border accent against the standard grade.

• Ship lap style siding in 1x6 decking, where a lap profile is not needed.

• Boat slips and marina walkways.

• 4x4 posts dadoed to receive the sub-rails.

Several of these use the same stock in different sizes: the bench and the stair detail come out of drops, the curved handrail is a single deck board, and the siding is the same 1x6 board laid vertically.