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Originally Posted by Paul K
We had a deck built from ipe, pronounced eepay. Hard as all get up, looks great. Spendy but I'd do it again.
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We have used IPE on some of our yachty type boats in lieu of Walnut or Mahogany, it is is a very heavy and dense wood that is very difficult to work, also very splintery until finished and sealed. Best uses are in wet, high traffic areas, I use it it the door thresholds in my house and for serving trays, it would be very expensive to do a large deck in IPE,
pressure treated yellow pine is still one of the best reasonably priced deck materials out there.
Some more exotic, read that expensive alternatives, Sitka spruce, Redwood, Cedar, Cypress