Custom Wood Forms

You’ve probably heard the expression “God is in the details.” Well, when it comes to creating a truly unique and beautiful deck design, the right mix of details can create a heavenly result.

Every deck is essentially a blank canvas. Adding design details such as ornamental post caps, decorative balusters and deck inlays, can turn your blank canvas into a custom deck that is a work of art.

Not sure which details will work best for your tastes and design parameters?

Deck design software can help you envision how your deck will look with the addition of certain details. The Deck Visualizer is a free online program that allows you to choose from a selection of scenes and then dress up each with a variety of designer details, such as wood color, railing design, and baluster and post cap accessories.

Designer touches are limited only by your imagination – and creativity in forming combinations. In addition to ornamental post caps and decorative balusters – which we’ve talked about before in this blog – there are many other ways to customize your deck, including:

• Deck inlays – A deck inlay can be anything from decorative stone or ceramic tile to a design made up of different colored composite deck boards placed at interesting angles.
• Reversible boards – Unlike standard deck boards, Latitudes Intrepid composite deck boards can be placed with either side facing up. Each side has its own unique texture (woodgrain or brushed) and color variance, allowing you to create an interesting design while using just one type of decking material.
• Picture framing – By installing a trim board around a deck, you can give your wood deck surface a unique appearance, and protect plank ends that can deteriorate over time when exposed to the elements.
• Hidden fasteners – Strategically placed nails or screws can be incorporated into a deck’s design, but for an ultra-clean look, consider Latitude’s Equator hidden fastener. Concealed below the deck surface, Equator composite deck hidden fasteners fit into the groove on the side of the deck board secured at each joist to eliminate pre-drilling and allow for quick and easy installation, leaving a deck looking smooth and sleek. Installing the right hidden fastener will make your composite deck barefoot friendly.
• Recessed lighting – Deckorators recessed lighting kits use compact, ultra-bright, low-volt LED lights to make decks more appealing and accessible after dark. Build them into stairs, step-downs and anywhere you need illumination both for looks and safetypurposes.
• Benches and boxes – Built-ins are a hot deck trend and you can use Latitudes composite decking to build curved composite benches and planter boxes around your deck.

Whether you choose to add just one detail or many, designer touches can truly make your deck one-of-a-kind – and make you feel like you have your own little slice of heaven in your own backyard.

Universal Forest Products delivers all of your concrete forming product needs coast-to-coast from California and Texas on to the shores of Virgina ...and straight to your job site. Direct from our lumberyards or from the mill, we'll provide you with the forming products that help you take form—pour after pour. Whether it's a run-of-the-mill forming project or a custom job, UFP is here to help you and your project look good. Our team of product experts will work with you to fulfill your needs on time and within budget.

UFP's wide range of innovative concrete forming products is just right for your formwork and shoring project needs. Universals forming products include dimensional lumber, architectural form plywood, wet curing blankets and floor protection material, concrete forming panels, OSHA-approved wood scaffold planks, engineered wood products, plated trusses, beam sides, edge forms, forming boards, load transfer products and even Gates Concrete Systems.

Need a concrete form designed? UFP's engineering department will design or engineer custom wood forms to meet your unique needs.

On the job site, the old adage "time is money" has never been more true than it is today. With crews looking to trim costs at every turn, they also want to deliver a quality product. When your job calls for it, Universal Forest Products has a wide variety of concrete forming options to maximize your crew's performance.

UFP offers dimensional lumber, panels, engineered wood products, plated trusses and beam sides. And because we operate our own fleet of trucks, we'll deliver your forming material on time to your job site in full or partial truckloads.

Our concrete forming dimensional wood is perfect for beam sides, walls, forms and stakes. It's made from treated lumber and available in all grades and sizes—including cut-to-length. Dimensonal lumber is also ideal for retaining walls.

Beam sides and edge forms can be pre-built or custom-built to exact specifications. They are suitable for support beams and are available in HDO, MDO, BB and PSF Phenolic surface finishes. The ends of the beam sides overhang to allow for proper concrete release.