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Wooden
decking boards

Terrace With Platowood Fraké Decking, you can elegantly extend your interior to the outdoors. These 100% sustainable decking boards feature concealed installation, have a warm appearance, and feel smooth to the touch. Thanks to our unique hydrothermal modification process — using only water and heat — the decking is highly dimensionally stable, helping it retain a sleek and clean look. Combined with Platowood Fraké Cladding and Window Frame Wood, it creates a uniform architectural appearance.

Nature beneath
your feet

Low maintenance

The decking boards are made from platonised Fraké. The platonising process makes it an ideal wood type for outdoor use, with a long lifespan. They require no finish, aside from annual cleaning, the boards are virtually maintenance-free.

Low environmental impact

Platowood Decking is made from Platowood Fraké — a sustainable alternative to materials with a higher environmental impact, such as tropical hardwood, bamboo, and composite plastics.

Concealed installation

For simple, concealed installation and a clean, seamless terrace, we supply Platowood Fraké Substructure Beams, Cobra Hybrid Mounting Clips, Cobra End Clips, and Cobra Bitudeck Tape.

Uniform appearance

By combining Platowood Decking with Platowood Fraké Cladding and Window Frame Wood, you create a consistent and aesthetic look.

Frequently asked questions

Wood is a natural material and will show signs of use over time, especially when walked on.

As decking, wood endures much more than when used as façade cladding. Think of rain, hail, sliding furniture, and shoe soles. When you install a deck with Platowood Fraké, you'll notice that signs of use—especially in the beginning—are quite visible.

You can compare planed Platowood Fraké to polished metal: the first scratches and marks stand out clearly. But over time, a more even appearance develops, as the wood accumulates more wear—just like brushed metal.

If you absolutely don’t want any streaks or stains, you could opt for slow-growing tropical hardwood or composite materials. However, keep in mind that both options are less suitable if environmental consciousness is an important factor in your decision.

Both thermal and hydro-thermal modification (the Platowood process) involve heating wood at high temperatures in an oxygen-poor environment, which causes chemical changes that reduce moisture absorption and improve dimensional stability—factors that contribute to increased durability of the wood. Thermally modified wood is also referred to as “thermowood.”

What’s the difference between thermal and hydro-thermal modification?

In hydro-thermal modification, the wood undergoes an additional step before the heating process: “cooking.” At Platowood, the wood is “cooked” in an autoclave under high pressure using saturated steam. This process increases the reactivity of the molecular structure, allowing the wood to be heated at relatively lower temperatures to achieve durability. This unique combination of cooking and heating is what we call platowooding. Platowood is the only wood processor that uses this specific modification technique.

The advantage of platowooding is that our wood becomes less brittle, which results in less material loss during installation. And that reduced brittleness comes with another benefit: Platowood is the only supplier that can deliver KOMO-certified window and frame wood made from fraké.