I am supposed to begin a deck this week..my issue is that it is 3000 sq ft of purpleheart. I know its not certified wood. The supplier sells it at $1.50 linear ft which seems incredibly cheap to me. He will only tell me that it comes from the brazilian amazon. does anyone know much about the logging of purpleheart? i dont want to have anything to do with illegal logging in the amazon so some rich bastard can show off to his neighbors. thanks for any help.
Edited 3/16/2005 11:58 pm ET by jpeaton
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Post this over in knots too, they all know a lot about the exotics. Especially something like purpleheart, they should know the logging practices.
DDay
Where is 'knots too'?
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/
Another taunton forum that is dedicated to woodworking.
Bruce,
If you'll click on the word 'knots' which is right before the word 'breaktime' 'cookstalk' etc in the task bar underneath the Taunton Logo Banner at the top of the page it will take you to the Knots forum.
Cheers
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