{"id":74,"date":"2013-02-28T15:26:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2020-08-07T15:13:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T19:13:33","slug":"ipe-decking-snack-time-for-termites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/ipe-decking-snack-time-for-termites","title":{"rendered":"Ipe Decking – Snack Time for Termites?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do termites like Ipe decking?<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, enough termites and other insects from Brazil and the United States tend to stay away from Ipe Decking.\u00a0 Not because Ipe decking isn’t delicious, but because this material is extremely<\/em> dense.\u00a0 Ipe is so impervious that insects, including termites, don’t stand a chance.\u00a0 Since they don\u2019t have the ability to actually digest wood, termites usually choose to enjoy softer species, or decomposing wood. Now, imagine you’re a termite. Before you is a piece of Ipe. Since Ipe is 8 times harder than California Redwood (which, as you might imagine makes this type of wood extremely hard and heavy), the choice couldn’t be clearer – Avoid it at all costs.\u00a0 Also, consider the natural oils\u2019 Ipe secretes helps fight and hold off even the biggest insects from Brazil to the United States.<\/p>\n

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Ipe decking is one of, if not the<\/i> best material to build a deck with.\u00a0 It\u2019s extremely strong and sturdy and can hold off any number of pests.\u00a0 To learn more about Ipe decking check out IpeDepot.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do termites like Ipe decking? Surprisingly, enough termites and other insects from Brazil and the United States tend to stay away from Ipe Decking.\u00a0 Not because Ipe decking isn’t delicious, but because this material is extremely dense.\u00a0 Ipe is so … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ipe-decking-benefits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipedepot.com\/deckblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}