Golden burmese teak

[Natural law]

The purists amongst us, the greens amongst us and the thrifty amongst us will all have a different view BUT maybe we can all agree on something?

I have over 400sq/m of re-teaking to do and have struggled for nearly two years to find alternatives to teak. her's the thing genuine teak has natural oils that lend itself much much better than any other type of wood. But the green in me says I should go fake teak but even then the carbon footprint of recycled plastic against FSRC teak is hard to beat. Chopping down hardwood seems akin to an oil field gas flare, why are we still doing that!?

But now I have found a factory in Thailand that has all the green credentials (FSRC) sourced golden burmese teak. Now all i have to do is find someone to fit it in the height of summer in...Dubai. Not an obvious choice. ... any ideas?

 

[ChromeDome]

Wood sounds OK to me.

OTOH I have no clue about labor in Dubai (because I only have what the press tell me).

I'm sure someone will work for you because you pay properly and offer benefits like lunch and refreshments.

Is sustainability a thing in Dubai?

 

[Natural law]

oddly enough sustainability has never been a thing in Dubai even though they have huge amounts of sunlight - until now - they are going green and investing billions in renewables for lots of reasons, the primary one is image. They are very big on image and do not take well criticism, 2ndly they know that their black gold is very limited (the cynics might say that they know that the smart money is going green!). Either way, Dubai and the world generally is gotting hotter-much quicker- and with temperatures hitting 50+ in Dubai massive a/c is required to keep cool. This is not not sustainable long term without going green. So hats off to them, whether they make money out of the petrol die hards refusing to change their economies, I dont think the UAE will be one of them...

 

[ChromeDome]

My impression is that not a lot of work has been done by any natives since they found oil. So your chance could be to find someone that can and will work and is fed up with local standards.

Shouldn't be too hard to offer something more attractive. Some of it even free to you - like a friendly and respectful attitude (I've heard)

 

[tico]

There's a guy on the Princess owners facebook based in Dubai having a load of work done on his boat there. Might be worth having a look and asking him.

 

[burgundyben]

Timber is an excellent carbon capture, so as I understand it, use of timber is environmentally ok.

I'd love a stash of decent teak for decking.

 

[Natural law]

thanks guys, i will search on the princess OFB forum.

As an aside, can anyone explain to me how i can load images, photos etc. as it comes up with a HTTP but that does not link to my computer. sorry for being a bit dim...

PS the teak factory in Thailand is supplying the teak at more than 50% cheaper than anywhere else I could find in the world!

They will even provide a team of carpenters willing to travel... so my plan is to fly them over to Dubai, live on the boat and re-teak!!

 

[ChromeDome]

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[Natural law]

sorted it!
photos now attached on my other thread - thank you

 

[Parabolica]

I thought Burmese teak was a complete “no no” these days, or is that just within the Uk ?

Scandal of luxury yachts built in the UK with illegitimate Burmese teak - EIA

 

[Natural law]

theres a difference between golden burmese teak and burmese teak. The former is the product, the latter is where it is sourced from. Ours is sourced from Thailand but is the Golden teak variety...and FSRC. You cant sell a big boat these days without showing proof of provanence and green credentials...