Garapa Wood Decking Cape Town

Garapa is a hard-wearing and durable timber that starts out golden to yellowish brown and ages to a lovely grey with time. It comes from South America and is one of the most popular decking options. Despite its hardness and density, it is relatively easy to work and it glues and finishes well.

Garapa is a high-density, highly durable hardwood species that is ideal for use in exterior structures including decks, wood siding, wood rainscreen and more. Garapa’s beautiful golden tones will enhance your project with a warm, natural look.

High-density exotic hardwood decking materials such as Garapa decking, and other species like Ipe decking, are truly the best decking material options available. Garapa is beautiful, can handle heavy foot traffic, and offers a lighter-coloured decking material option for your deck. The lower cost of Garapa also makes it an affordable choice for a hardwood decking material.

From a durability standpoint, Garapa wood is extremely hard and comparatively dense, so it will resist the typical punishment decking is expected to withstand and keep its good looks. Garapa wood has a high decay resistance rating throughout all fibres of the wood. The naturally high density and natural oils of Grapa make it more resistant to termite and other insect attacks than softwoods like, pine.