Monthly Archive September 11, 2025

Low maintenance decking for Perth heat: fade, scratch and slip resistance explained

If you live in Perth then you are well aware of the heat we face, especially in the summer time. So if you’re thinking about getting new decking installed then its definitely something you want to consider.

I was chatting to a client just yesterday who said their old timber deck was so sun damaged after three summers it looked like driftwood.  Not exactly the outdoor entertaining space they dreamed of when they first invested into it.

Eco Carpentry sees this kind of thing all the time, people who thought they were investing in a new low maintenance deck but end up with endless resealing and reoiling to keep it looking good.

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