Cumaru Fencing

Cumaru fencing — commonly known as Brazilian Teak fencing — is the smart choice for homeowners who want a genuine hardwood fence without stretching to Ipe pricing. With a Janka hardness of 3,330 lbf, a Cumaru fence is nearly as hard as Ipe and dramatically harder than any cedar, redwood, or pressure-treated fence on the market. For large fencing projects where you're enclosing an entire property, the per-linear-foot savings over Ipe add up fast while delivering 90% of the performance.

Brazilian Teak fence boards are naturally resistant to rot, decay, mold, and termites without any chemical treatment. This makes Cumaru fencing safe for backyards where kids play, dogs run, and vegetable gardens grow — no copper, no arsenic, no preservatives touching your soil. The wood carries a Class A fire rating, the same as Ipe and concrete, meeting the most stringent building codes.

Fresh Cumaru fence pickets display warm reddish-brown to golden-tan tones with attractive natural variation between boards. This color range creates a rich, organic-looking fence that stands out against the monotony of uniform vinyl or the roughness of pressure-treated lumber. The warm tones of a Brazilian Teak fence complement virtually every home style. Untreated, Cumaru weathers to a silver-gray patina, or you can maintain the original brown with annual UV oil.

A Cumaru fence lasts 50+ years — roughly three times longer than cedar and four to five times longer than pressure-treated pine. When you calculate the cost of replacing a cedar fence twice or a pine fence three times over 50 years, Cumaru fencing is actually the most economical choice for long-term property owners. Cumaru fence boards work beautifully in privacy, horizontal slat, and board-on-board designs.

How does a Cumaru fence compare to cedar? Cumaru is nearly 10 times harder (3,330 vs 350 Janka), lasts 2.5-3 times longer, and never needs the chemical staining and sealing that cedar demands every 2-3 years to prevent rot. For the price of maintaining a cedar fence over its lifetime, you could have installed Cumaru once and been done.