by Chris Marquand | Oct 22, 2015 | Hardwood decks
Red Meranti deck Red Meranti deck Red Meranti deck We built this Japanese style deck for an engineer. It has no mitered corners on the decking, the decking itself is an exotic hardwood called Red Meranti, and we stained the decking in a natural hardwood stain color....
by Chris Marquand | Sep 24, 2015 | Hardwood decks
Cable railing Fijian mahogany deck Fijian mahogany deck This project has Fijian mahogany as its decking, a cable railing with mahogany top cap, and Trex stair riser lights. The decking is stained in Messmer’s natural hardwood stain. Fijian mahogany is a farmed...
by Chris Marquand | Sep 10, 2015 | Composite decks, Hardwood decks, Railings, Under deck Dryspace systems
Tongue and groove meranti ceiling stained in dark walnut Stainless steel cable railing Stainless steel cable railing Tongue and groove meranti ceiling stained in dark walnut This deck had several unique or unusual details about it that made it very detail oriented....
by Chris Marquand | Aug 19, 2015 | Hardwood decks
Ipe deck Ipe sitting area Ipe deck This is a nice ipe deck we installed that was designed by a designer friend of the owner. We originally were going to leave the ipe hardwood decking un-stained but then Thompson’s water seal reached out to us for marketing...
by Chris Marquand | May 8, 2015 | Hardwood decks, Railings
Fijian Mahogany deck Fijian Mahogany deck Trex Reveal railing with composite post sleeves This project used Fijian mahogany, pre-stained in natural color Messmer’s UV plus hardwood formula stain. The great thing about Fijian mahogany besides its good looks,...
by Chris Marquand | Nov 14, 2014 | Featured, Hardwood decks, Railings
Ipe deck with stainless cable rail Ipe steps Ipe deck wide ipe stairs This deck is 1,000 square feet of awesome. The decking is called ipe, which is pronounced ee-pay. It is the hardest most long lasting and most expensive tropical hardwood there is, or at least the...
