NewTechWood Colour Guide For a ‘WOW’ Factor

 

In the world of home improvement and design world, colour holds a transformative power, shaping the ambience and character of every space it touches.

From small home renovation projects to big commercial spaces, the first step is to imagine and craft a space that resonates with the design vision.

Colours aren’t just colours – they’re the secret sauce that makes your space uniquely yours.

From the tranquillity of nature-inspired tones to the vibrancy of urban chic, our palette caters to every design vision.

Best of all, you can mix, match, and blend your composite decking, cladding, and screening with the same, complementary, or even contrasting colours from the NewTechWood range.

 

NewTechWood Cladding in Walnut, Decking in Teak

NewTechWood Cladding in Walnut, Decking in Teak

 

How To Choose The Right Composite Timber Colours?

 

 

The colour you choose will depend on a number of factors, including:

  • The existing colours of your home
  • Styling and design
  • Location
  • Fashion trends
  • Your personal favourite, individual taste!

 

NewTechWood Composite Timber Colour Selection

While NewTechWood, internationally, offers a wide range of colours, including unconventional shades of blues, greens, reds, and yellows – in Australia, we stock the most popularly requested colours of natural-looking composite timber for our customer base.

Our composite timber colours are modern and multi-chromatic and emulate the realistic variations of hues to deliver the natural timber look.

  • If you are creating a Bali theme, you might go for our Teak.
  • If you are into a coastal or Hamptons style, you’ll like our Beech, Canadian Cedar, Maple or Antique. 
  • If you’d prefer a cabin in the forest feel, you might like our Ipe, Walnut or Ebony. 
  • Feeling contemporary? You might like our Silver Grey or Silver Ash. 

 

How Different NewTechWood Colours Go Together

Having timber decking, screening and/or cladding all the same colour is a design choice and can look very classy, but some like to jazz things up a little.

So, if you are looking for something different, here are some ideas to help you mix and match effectively with the NewTechWood colour range.

 

Composite timber colours example: 2021 Channel 9’s The Block Winning home (with NewTechWood US54 Deck Antique & UH61 Castellation Cladding in Aged Wood)

2021 Channel 9’s The Block Winning home (with NewTechWood US54 Deck Antique & UH61 Castellation Cladding in Aged Wood)

As an example, we’ll use the profiles of US49 Terrace Composite Decking, the US36 solid composite screening, and the US31 Shadowline cladding board. 

 

In the US49 Terrace decking range we offer: Blackbutt, Antique, Teak, Ipe, Walnut and Silver grey

Composite timber colours

 

In the US36 Screening range: Blackbutt, Canadian Cedar, Antique, Teak, Ipe and Silver Grey

 

And in the US31 Shadowline Cladding range: Maple, Teak, Walnut, Silver Grey

Colours: Maple, Teak, Walnut, Silver Grey

 

As you can see from the above swatches, it is possible to match your deck with your cladding and your screening, in either the same colour, or colours that are different but fashionably complementary.

When you factor in the colour options available in the other NewTechWood profile ranges, your choice of colour combinations expand even further.

 

What Looks Good With What?

As we like to remind people, when it comes to styling, ultimately, it comes down to personal taste, and everyone’s tastes are different. 

However, if you want to stick to something traditional, which you may choose to do if you are planning to renovate and sell your home, these popular colour choices work well:

Red Brick homes with darker NewTechWood shades

Red brick homes look great with most colours, and contrast particularly well with the darker shades like Walnut, Ipe and Silver Grey. In fact, all the grey shades, Silver Grey, Antique and Silver Ash also work particularly well against red brick.

 

NewTechWood decking in Walnut by Decking Out Melbourne

NewTechWood decking in Walnut by Decking Out Melbourne

Cream coloured bricks look smart with a darker contrasting coloured composite decking. Think Walnut, for example.

Hampton style is in love with blonde and light shades.

Hampton and coastal style homes pair up perfectly with the lighter shades of Antique, Beech, Blackbutt and Maple.

Hamptons styling with NewTechWood Coastal Decking in Beech

 

Modern, Clean Look With Compatible Blondes

For a modern, clean look, combine compatible blondes across NewTechWood decking, cladding or even screening and fencing. In the example below, the owner achieved a contemporary, coastal look by combining Canadian Cedar on the feature wall, fencing and gate with Blackbutt decking.

 

Blackbutt is one of our most popular colours and it looks so close to original timber. This colour balances the advantages of Blackbutt timber’s appearance with improved water and stain resistance.

 

Indonesian Or Bali Style? We Have You Covered

Indonesian/Bali style and lighter brick or limestone homes always look good with Teak.

 

Prefer The Natural Look? Go With Our Natural Colour Trio

If you’re fond of a more traditional, timber-look style, Teak, Ipe and Walnut are a great trio that work well together. 

Composite Decking in Terrace (US49) in Silver Grey, Queensland

 

If you want to use lighter colours, you will find the colour combinations also work if you mix and match with Beech, Blackbutt and Maple.

 

Mix Contrast Colours For Dramatic Effect

Instead of pairing similar of compatible colours, you can go with the contrast. If you want to stick with Greys?  Antique and Silver Grey are the perfect companion pair.

Antique decking accentuated with Silver Grey picture frame gives this deck dramatic effect

NewTechWood Coastal in Beech by Pinnacle Carpentry

NewTechWood Coastal in Beech by Pinnacle Carpentry

 

Final Thoughts

While we all like to keep up with current trends and fashions, realistically, fashion is fickle and fads are fleeting, and our choices of today may not appeal in 5 years. 

The tried-and-true colours will last a lifetime because they never go out of fashion, so you can be assured your NewTechWood colour choice will never embarrass you today or in 20 years.

For all our Australian composite timber colour options, visit the website.

Don’t rely solely on the colours you see on your computer screen, because screens are not the same and what you see might not be accurate. 

Instead, visit your local reseller and grab a free sample to take home. If you are an architect or you don’t have a reseller in your town, contact us.

Does a NewTechWood composite deck cost more than a timber deck?

In the short term, it does. However, when you compare the maintenance, material, time and labour cost on traditional timber decks every year the costs really add up. In less than three years, you will be able to see all the time and money you would have saved by using NewTechWood composite timber.

We are the wholesale importers and thus we only supply the stores that sell NewTechWood and are unable to provide pricing because we don’t sell direct to the public. You can find the stores who do sell NewTechWood on our website here: or you can submit an enquiry through our website, and we will make sure to connect you with the nearest NewTechWood reseller to get an exact quote for you.

NewTechWood is an American family-owned company, which began in Houston, Texas. They then built their own, quality controlled, manufacturing plant in China. The American owners now manage the complete manufacturing process on site. (Manufacturing in China enables them to provide top quality products at an affordable price.)

What state are you in? Please send us your postcode and we will advise the closest reseller store to go, see display, get free samples and quote for your deck. Otherwise, you can find where the stores are listed on our Store Locator page. They all carry samples as well. Some have large displays, and some do not – you can give them a call.

We’re wholesalers and we don’t do the installation. However, we have a list of recommended installers on our website and you can find comprehensive Installation Guides on our website.

Whether or not any building product meets an Australian building standard depends on the application and the class of building on which it is being installed. For this reason, it is best to consult your architect, or Planning Officer at your local authority, for the particular standard(s) you need to meet. This will determine how it is to be constructed/used to ensure it meets the required Standard(s).

BAL Fire ratings and energy efficiency ratings are not absolute values specific to a particular product, but apply to the way in which the product is installed, or the system of building in which the product is an element.  

NewTechWood Cladding does not have a BAL bushfire rating. Refer to your building engineer as you may not require a BAL rating, and may be able to be used with an engineered, fire-rated system in place. Refer to the Materials Safety Data Sheet downloadable here:

https://newtechwood.com.au/technical-information/

NewTechWood, like all wood plastic composite products, will expand in hotter ambient temperatures and contract in the cooler temperatures. The degree of expansion will largely depend on the type and ratio of timber & plastics used.

NewTechWood profiles will expand around 1.1mm per metre from a 15°C to high ambients.

Our hidden fix systems allow for this natural expansion & contraction to occur without affecting board creep or the design of the deck.

When installed properly, taking into account the ambient temperature at the time of installation and leaving a sufficient but not excessive gap, the spacings between the boards should always be negligible.

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