Decking timber

Hi Guys & gils

I know this has probably been asked before but was not able to find much but if some one could point out some past posts that would be great.

The deck i am building is up against a cream rendered wall and i was planning on using Merbau for the boards but now i am not so sure. I am a bit conserned with the merbau staining the render. My question is are other boards such as Batu as good and long lasting as merbau? And what other options board options are there with a similar look (colour) to merbau?

If i do stay with the merbauhow likely is it to stain the render once it is oiled?

Thanks guys.


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