it costs an arm and two legs, Ipe and Jatoba are cheaper substitutes, though they don't look much like teak, they do have the high umm weather resistance sought in teak. Difficult and heavy woods to work though.
Last winter HD offered some Hampton Bay Adirondack chairs made from "Amazon Teak" for half price with free s/h…..$99 each, which made them less than I could build them for. Now I'm wondering what species "Amazon Teak" really is….it's heavy, dense, is medium dark with some orange hues, looks like teak, but could be something else (like Ipe, Jatoba, or Lyptus).
Thanks everybody, the patio set with labor will run $3700. They have to mill it over (pun fully intended), but I'm booked solid for at least a month. Of course, if they go for it I will be sharing the whole project here at LJ. Should be a fun one.
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