Torrefied Wood Decks - Coming to North America

Pool Decking

I personally love decks. A beer, some barbecuing, good conversation, a good book, sunshine...  Nothing says summer like a nice deck, a pool and a barbecue.

Natural wood decks are beautiful: cedar, redwood, pine, eucalyptus, janka, jarrah, marupá, you name it. The softwood lumbers are local to our forests here in North America, and the hardwood lumbers are typically South American or Australian in origin.

Porch/Deck for Spa 

Oddly, torrefied wood decks have not been marketed extensively in North America, and therefore aren't in everyone's back yard, with the exception of many eastern Canadian back yards.
Europeans on the other hand have been using torrefied ash and pine for years for patios and decks, and I'm sure this will change in North America in the coming years as torrefied lumber is becoming much more accessible.  It's stable, pre-stained, rot-proof, and provides many different looks depending on the species of wood you choose: pine, yellow poplar, maple, ash, birch etc.

The wood grain of choice these days is the yellow poplar because of it's affordability and general knot "freeness". Unlike pine or cedar, which provides a more rustic look, the yellow poplar provides a much more modern look... with flare.

City rooftop deck

Using custom stains, your wood grain can be any colour you like. The TorrEco torrefication process is set up so that the wood gets slightly roasted, and this amplifies the natural wood grain's nuances while keeping it rather pale in comparison to a darker torrefication roast. This helps when you want a very particular look: red, grey, walnut, dark brown, light caramel, etc. And makes it easy to create the deck of your dreams.

In addition to the torrefied lumber, TorrEco offers the entire gamut of decking accessories, from an invisible fastening mechanism (Lumber-Lok) to standard and custom skirts, fences, ramps, rails, stairs, posts and lumber to build pergolas, or other outdoor furniture.