Cumaru provides the perfect foundation to your outdoor deck.

Cumaru is a Brazilian hardwood with more benefits than Teak.

Cumaru:

• Is more affordable than teak, ipe, and synthetic plastic decking
• Gives you more color variety than teak and ipe with a mix of reddish brown and golden hues
• Is an excellent all-weather hardwood that can last well over 50 years
• Does not need constant, if any, maintenance at all
• Offers great slip resistance and won’t heat up like plastic composite decking
• Is as durable as it is beautiful more…

Brazilian Teak aka Cumaru is one of nature's most durable and beautiful decking materials.

Not many people know this, but Brazilian Teak aka Cumaru has very similar properties to ipe. With a Janka hardness rating of 3540, Brazilian Teak is almost as strong as ipe and is a lot more affordable, too!

By far, the biggest reason why Cumaru is gaining in popularity is the cost. more…

Lumber enthusiasts and woodworkers, it’s time to dust off the lathe…

Advantage Trim & Lumber is now selling over 55 species of lumber online at the ATL Hardwood Store.

We also have thinwoods in stock.

Here’s a list of some of the lumber species currently available:

• White Oak
• Red Oak
• Ambrosia Maple
• Hard Maple
• Soft Maple
• Brazilian Cherry
• American Cherry
• Cocobolo
• Bocote
• Permission
• Many more

We also carry quartersawn and wormy varieties. So, whether you’re a seasoned vet when it comes to wood working, or you’re just opening your first set of carving tools, you can depend on Advantage Trim & Lumber for all your hardwood lumber needs.

See the current list of hardwood and thin wood lumber currently in stock.

Waterproof decking materials include Ipe, Tigerwood, Cumaru & Garapa

Most people are led to believe that only metal, or plastic decking are viable waterproof decking solutions. Frankly, I think the manufacturer’s of these products are missing the point. When a mother is searching online for waterproof decking, she’s not looking for material that allows water to sit idly on its surface. She’s looking for material that is proven to keep her kids safe around the family pool. It’s hard to imagine a more slippery surface than a metal or plastic deck. There’s a reason why hotels and cruise ships use wood decking species like Ipe, Tigerwood, Cumaru or Garapa around their pools.

Hardwood decking is perfect for your in-ground, or above ground pool for a number of reasons. Not only is it more affordable Contractors across the country know that these species have benefits that composite and PVC materials just can’t match.

Hardwood waterproof decking will: more…

With over 18 years of service, Advantage Trim & Lumber has amassed a large number of worldwide sales and loyal customers. During that time, we make sure we don’t take you for granted. We are constantly reviewing our processes to maintain the highest level of efficiency. From seed to harvest and from milling to your door no stone goes unturned when it comes to ensuring that we improve our customer service as well as our products.

Understandably, a problem might arise. You might even find one or two complaints about Advantage Trim & Lumber. Whatever problems someone mentions has always been followed up on. The President of our company has even personally spoken to people if they had concerns. Your satisfaction is of prime importance to us. This is why we have grown our reputation as the leading supplier or wood decking to the market.

In fact, we constantly have our Research and Procurement teams in the world finding new eco-friendly sources for material. We inspect the mills operations thoroughly. We fly across continents because we realize that our customers deserve the best, high-quality wood products. We monitor your order along every step of the way and inspect each board prior to shipment.

If you’re an Advantage Trim & Lumber customer and would like to share how your order went, please leave a comment. Even if you had problems, we want to hear from you so that we can fix whatever problems occurred. We look forward to hearing from you.