Porta Cumaru
Hardwood Decking and LandscapingPorta Cumaru
Porta Cumaru is the ideal hardwood for decking and landscaping.
Porta Cumaru is the ideal hardwood timber to meet the challenging requirements of today’s design trends, construction codes and sustainability demands.
Best of all Porta Cumaru is backed up by a company and people that know and love timber and have been a trusted family-run supplier for timber products for four generations.
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Porta Cumaru is the ideal hardwood.
Porta Cumaru is the ideal hardwood timber to meet the challenging requirements of today’s design trends, construction codes and sustainability demands.
Best of all Porta Cumaru is backed up by a company and people that know and love timber and have been a trusted family-run supplier for timber products for four generations.
Introducing Porta Cumaru Hardwood
Key Features
Color
Near- zero leaching
Hard
Janka rated 14.8kN
Certified
FSC certified – Meets stringent FSC certification standards
Fire
Bushfire rated BAL19
Strength
Beams rated F34 and posts rated F27
Durable
Class 1 for external above & in-ground applications
Termite Resistant
Natural resistance to termites
Product Range
Decking
Pencil round, non-reeded & select grade.
Residential Profile
145 x 21mm, 90 x 21mm
Length
RL, 1.8, 2.4, 3.6 M
Commercial Profile
145 x 32mm
Length
2.4, 3.6 M
Battens
Pencil round – select grade appearance
Profiles:
40×20, 40×30, 60×30, 40×40, 60x40mm
Lengths:
2.4, 3.0, 3.6 M
Handrails
Handrails fittings are available.
Profiles:
47x35mm (Round), 70x29mm (Rectangle), 70×31 (Oval), 43mm diameter (Dowel*)
Length:
3.0 M
Beams
Dressed pencil round – kiln dried – F34 rated
Profiles:
90×45, 140×45, 190×45, 240×45, 290x45mm
Lengths:
3.0, 3.6, 4.2, 4.8, 5.4 M
Posts
Square edge, unseasoned green posts – F27 rated.
Profiles:
110×110, 135×135, 185x185mm
Lengths:
3.0, 3.6 M
(On application)
Inspiration
Resources
Maintenance
Porta recommends a factory applied pre-coating to protect the timber during transport and installation. Further, Porta Cumaru is supplied with end grain sealer on exposed end-grains before delivery. Porta recommends applying an end grain sealer to cuts on site.
A maintenance schedule is recommended to preserve the dimensional stability of timber and protect the timber from UV and moisture. Apply coatings as per the manufacturers’ recommendations. To retain colour regularly apply a tinted pigmented coating, for a silver-grey appearance, select a clear unpigmented coating.
How to specify
Product + Profile + Length + Species + Code + Certification. For full specification details see Specifying section of the Install Guide.
Species Information
Porta Cumaru is a very dense, extremely hard-wearing Class 1 sustainable timber.
Cumaru Timber Species Information
Maintenance
Porta recommends a factory applied pre-coating to protect the timber during transport and installation. Further, Porta Cumaru is supplied with end grain sealer on exposed end-grains before delivery. Porta recommends applying an end grain sealer to cuts on site.
A maintenance schedule is recommended to preserve the dimensional stability of timber and protect the timber from UV and moisture. Apply coatings as per the manufacturers’ recommendations. To retain colour regularly apply a tinted pigmented coating, for a silver-grey appearance, select a clear unpigmented coating.
How to specify
Product + Profile + Length + Species + Code + Certification. For full specification details see Specifying section of the Install Guide.
Species Information
Porta Cumaru is a very dense, extremely hard-wearing Class 1 sustainable timber.
Cumaru Timber Species Information
Download Porta Cumaru Brochure
Porta Cumaru hardwood is the ideal timber to meet the requirements for contemporary exteriors, sustainable design and the National Construction Code.
Download Decking Install Guide
This install guide outlines key design, construction and maintenance issues for domestic timber decks. It is recommended that timber decking is installed 400mm above ground level to provide adequate ventilation.
Order a sample of Porta Cumaru
Porta Cumaru has beautiful mid-brown tones and an interlocking grain.
