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Futurewood – The Timber Building Products Alternative
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Give your outdoor space a Futurewood makeover
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) There aren’t many materials versatile enough to allow a complete outdoor makeover at home. Futurewood composite timber alternatives succeed where most others fail. Developed to combine environmental sustainability, practicality and aesthetics, Futurewood’s range of products can make all the difference to your living environment. We wanted to…
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I can’t believe it’s not timber
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Timber has long been a construction mainstay and its inherent beauty is unchanged today. What has changed though, is the environmental conscience of the global community. Logging rainforests is no longer seen as a sustainable enterprise and, as such, people are searching for alternatives to wood products.…
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Cladding – the Finishing Touch
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) When it comes to buildings, first impressions count. The finishing touches you put on the outside or inside of your house are often the first to be noticed and can make or break the overall aesthetic. We felt cladding, with the appearance of timber, but without the…
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Decking with a Conscience
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Environmental concerns are, more than ever before, at the forefront of our lifestyle choices. Individually and collectively we are beginning to realise that most of what we consume comes with a hefty environmental price tag. Sustainable alternatives to the food we eat, energy we use and construction…
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Super Easy Garden Edging and Fencing with Futurewood
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Do you love working with your hands? Do you find it relaxing working in/on your garden? Many of our customers that are gardening enthusiasts were big fans of timber for their garden edging and fencing. That is until they came across EnviroSlat and EnviroFence. You can enjoy…
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Garden Edging with a Difference
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) What good is a nicely decorated house if it doesn’t come with a neat-looking garden and an equally awesome deck? If your garden has always had that rundown look and you’ve been wanting to do something about it for the longest time, perhaps now is the best…
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What makes Futurewood So Special?
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Wood plastic composite decking is touted as the best alternative to wood decking. While this product is relatively new, more and more homebuilders and tradespeople trust this innovation not only because of its usability but also because of its durability. Did I mention that it looks amazing…
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What’s Futurewood Really Made of?
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) If you’ve heard about Futurewood, chances are you did because you were looking for sustainable yet affordable materials to use for your DIY home improvement project. By sustainable, we mean materials that last a long time as well as materials that are not depleting the planet of…
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Thinking about restoring your old deck? Be Clever….Deck
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Yes, Winter has just arrived and you probably won’t be spending much time outdoors on your deck, unless you are living in the tropics, but it is a good time to consider what you need to do to restore your deck for the warmer months. Perhaps the…
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Using EnviroSlat Fencing to make a 2700mm x1800mm fence
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Have you been looking for a way to replace that sagging fence without having to hire an expensive professional, or breaking your back trying to build it yourself? Futurewood may just have a solution for you; our EnviroSlat fencing is easy to install for anyone with basic DIY…
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The envy of your neighbours….your fence
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) A fence which is stylish, attractive and truly low maintenance. EnviroSlat is an exceptional alternative to traditional timber. This product is environmentally friendly with no impact on old growth timber forests or rainforests. It is a fence which can be enjoyed even more because it will not…
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DIY Decking Made Easy
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) If DIY is one of your favourite activities, and you’ve been looking at your outdoor area with a critical eye for some time, we may have a solution for you. Futurewood’s easy to install decking tiles (Product No Longer Available) make creating a relaxing and attractive outdoor…
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Landscape Design – Tips and Tricks
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Not all of us can afford a landscape designer but most of us still have the great Australian dream of having our own piece of earth to call home. But we are not content to leave the earth bare and why would you, trees and flowers and…
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Landscaping with Futurewood
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) If your garden is looking a bit shabby, winter is the ideal time to do something about that. With milder temperatures making it easier to work outside, take advantage of the season and upgrade your landscaping. Something simple like adding neat edges to garden beds, or putting…
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Composite Wood – How, What, Why?
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) How does “environmentally sustainable” and “virtually maintenance free” sound? Sound good? Then read on… CleverDeck® satisfies both of these criteria and more. It is a composite of recycled industrial waste and some post-consumer plastic waste, wood flour (sawdust) and discarded rice husks. It may not sound attractive…
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The fence that bent the rules
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Let’s get one thing straight. EnviroSlat boards are just that – straight – and that’s how Futurewood, the manufacturer, designed them to be used. But sometimes customers like to bend the rules a bit, and you have to admit that in this particular case the results look…
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The fencing material of the future
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) Fences You can build them, tear them down, mend them or sit on them. But one thing you don’t have to do any more is paint them. Composite timber is rapidly becoming the fencing material of choice for people who like the look of timber but don’t…
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Don’t try this at home
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) For Simon Minney of Canberra’s idig Landscaping, this was a dream job. A project where the customer wanted something different. “As well as a chippy and landscaper, I’m a bit of an artist,” said Simon. “I like doing high-end dress work where aesthetics and craftsmanship combine to…