Thread: Spotted Gum or Kwila

Originally Posted by dhphlcs

Hi don't know Kwila but don't use spotted gum.
Its a hassle as it has to be old and dried and then has to sit another few weeks once in a deck.
Oil cover also not good needs to be reoiled every 2- 3 months, awful.
Shame its such a beautiful wood.
D Hayes

Considering this thread is 5 years old, I'd say the survey is over

Originally Posted by Fatwood

I'm doing a survey, probably only to make myself feel better about my decision in the end.

Two timber yards where I live stock 140mm wide decking. One is Spotted Gum the other Kwila (the Kwila is kiln dried and when supplied I will most likely have joints in the deck which I was hoping to avoid but none-the-less)....

Without hammering me with suggestions of other species, please give an answer as to which you would choose, if you could ONLY choose between these two.

Use: small timber deck (6m x 3m), outside full weather exposure, within a couple of meters of a salt water pool (close enough for light spashing from pool), bearer/joist system to be about 75 above ground level, deck about 275 above ground level.

Cheers.

Hello
where can you buy Kwila or similar, after 25-32 mm thick , dtsides
for heavy shelves
rgds and thanks
Stu
Canal River Boats
I am at buderim

You are better asking your question in your own thread, rather than attaching to this old one.

Not sure who stocks it up your way, I'd suggest ringing a few suppliers from your yellow pages.

Why do you want Kwilla? Not that there is anything wrong with it, but there are a lot of mills up your way and would sure to have red ironbark which would be just as good.