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Evertex Essence in Taupe

EvertexPVCSolid core

  • Wet Evertex Essence Taupe deck in a narrow courtyard between a timber fence and a rendered wall, with potted plants
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Board size
140 × 24 mm5.4 m lengths
Cap
Capped all roundA tougher outer shell that resists stains and fading
Core
Solid
Fixing
Hidden clips or face screwsHidden T-clip (one per joist, slid into the groove of the preceding board)
Warranty
25 years, residentialFade and stain: 25 years
Joist centres
400 mm maxResidential; 350 mm commercial

Profiled, not yet in the designer

The designer can’t fit this range until the sources publish no side gap published. You can still design with a similar board.

Taupe: render colour, indicative. Sampled from the maker’s swatch image (Maker’s web page) on 6 Oct 2026 for the designer’s 3D view; never the real board. Order a sample before you choose.

This colour page summarises the Evertex Essence page. Colour page canonicalised to its range: 0 hosted photos (need 6) and no notes unique to this colour.

Other colours of Essence (7)

Photos are the maker’s, credited. Render colours are indicative only.

Specifications

Every published fact, with its source and the day it was checked.

  • solid corecapclip groove14024

    Deck board 140 × 24 mm · 5.4 m, drawn with solid core, capped on every face, grooved on both edges for hidden clips

  • 14024

    Edge board 140 × 24 mm · 5.4 m, drawn with solid core, capped on every face, grooved on both edges for hidden clips

  • 20012.5

    Fascia 200 × 12.5 mm · 5.4 m, drawn with solid core, capped on every face

3 profiles drawn to one scale from the published sizes · Maker’s web page · checked . Interiors are schematic: cell shapes and cap thickness vary by maker.

The board

FactPublished valueSource · checked
Material
PVC (no wood fibre)
Maker’s web page · checked
Core
Solid
Maker’s web page · checked
Cap
Capped all round (360°)
Maker’s web page · checked
Deck board
140 × 24 mm, grooved both edges · 5.4 m lengths
Maker’s web page · checked

Installation

FactPublished valueSource · checked
Max joist centres, residential
400 mm
How this was read

Guide pp. 6, 8, 13: 400 mm maximum, boards at 90 degrees to joists, residential. The same table gives 350 mm at 60 degrees and 300 mm at 45 degrees.

Maker’s install guide · checked
Max joist centres, commercial
350 mm
How this was read

Guide p. 8 table and p. 13: 350 mm for commercial, at 90, 60 and 45 degrees.

Maker’s install guide · checked
Max joist centres, boards laid diagonally
300 mm
How this was read

Guide p. 8 table: residential at 45 degrees is 300 mm (350 mm at 60 degrees); commercial stays at 350 mm.

Maker’s install guide · checked
End gap rule
Gap by board length and air temperature: for an 1800 mm board: 2 mm at 15 °C, 2 mm at 20 °C, 1 mm at 25 °C, 1 mm at 30 °C; for a 2700 mm board: 2 mm at 15 °C, 2 mm at 20 °C, 1 mm at 25 °C, 1 mm at 30 °C; for a 3600 mm board: 3 mm at 15 °C, 2 mm at 20 °C, 1 mm at 25 °C, 1 mm at 30 °C; for a 5400 mm board: 4 mm at 15 °C, 3 mm at 20 °C, 2 mm at 25 °C, 1 mm at 30 °C · Install below 30 °C °C · To walls 3-5 mm · Cut boards 10-15 mm mm over length
How this was read

Guide p. 8 "Gapping requirements" table (end gap by board length and ambient temperature at install; worked example: 25 C, 5.4 m board = 2 mm) and p. 9 (install when below 30 C). Wall gap 3-5 mm and "cut each board 10-15 mm over length" are from the p. 16 diagram.

Maker’s install guide · checked
Butt joints
Board ends land on a double joist · computed, not quoted
Maker’s install guide · checked
Minimum clearance under the boards
150 mm
Maker’s install guide · checked
Subframes
timber and steel
How this was read

Guide p. 14 lists hidden-fastener screws and colour screws "for timber" and "for metal". p. 3: must sit on a compliant substructure, spanning at least three joists (p. 13).

Maker’s install guide · checked
Fixing: hidden clip
Hidden T-clip (one per joist, slid into the groove of the preceding board)
Maker’s install guide · checked
Fixing: hidden clip
Start clip (c-clip) on each joist at the first board
Maker’s install guide · checked
Fixing: hidden clip
Locking clip (one per board, on the joist nearest the board centre)
Maker’s install guide · checked
Fixing: face screw
Colour screw for timber or metal subframes (final and edge boards, two screws per joist)
Maker’s install guide · checked
Fixing: face screw
Invisible plug system
How this was read

Invisible plug system: 7 mm hole 10 mm deep, plug tapped in flush (colour-matched plugs listed for Essence only)

Maker’s install guide · checked
Installation guide
Maker’s guide
How this was read

23 pages, image-only PDF; no version or date printed. Read from rendered pages on 2026-10-06.

Maker’s install guide · checked

Tested performance

FactPublished valueSource · checked
Bushfire attack level (AS 3959)
BAL-29
How this was read

Intertek Shanghai report 250108015SHF-001 (client Big Quokka Pty Ltd): AS 1530.8.1:2018+A1:2024 Section 21 (decks), tested 13 Dec 2024, issued 8 Jan 2025 on the cover (page headers read 13 Jan 2025). Result is printed "BAL: AA29" (sic); the site and brochure call it BAL 29. Tested board: "Premium PVC Decking", model not stated, 140 mm wide x 24 mm thick, density 0.85 g/cm3, on a galvanised steel-tube joist frame with steel clips and self-tapping screws; the test was discontinued at 60 minutes as the method allows.

The 140 x 24 mm size matches this line; the report does not name the collection.

Intertek BAL test report · checked
Slip resistance (AS 4586)
P4 (wet pendulum)
How this was read

AWTA report 24-001971: "Evertex Essence Collection 140mm Groove Board", colour Brown, 24 mm, AS 4586-2013 Appendix A wet pendulum, Slider 96, tested length direction, unfixed, 14 Jun 2024 (issued 18 Jun 2024). Five swings 51, 52, 50, 51, 50; SRV 51 = P4. Brochure and site badges also show R11; no oil-wet ramp report was found.

AWTA Product Testing slip test report · checked

Warranty

FactPublished valueSource · checked
Warranty, residential
25 years
Maker’s web page · checked
Fade and stain warranty
25 years
How this was read

Home page: the 25-year warranty "extends for fade resistance, warping, cracking, mould and rot protection". Fade is named; stain is not.

Maker’s web page · checked
Other published facts (4)

Other published facts

FactPublished valueSource · checked
Recycled content (as published)
no recycled content claimed (virgin PVC) · computed, not quoted
Maker’s web page · checked
Composition (AWTA test report)
PVC: 47%; PMMA: 6.5%; additives (UV absorber, wax and similar): 2%; calcium carbonate/wood (lab category label): 39%; titanium dioxide/ASA: 5.5%
How this was read

AWTA report 24-001971 prints "nominal composition" for the Essence 140 mm groove board with a leading point before each number (".47%"); the five numbers sum to 100 when read as whole percentages. The lab label "calcium carbonate/wood" does not show whether any wood fibre is present; the manufacturer calls the board PVC.

AWTA Product Testing slip test report · checked
Colour-matched plugs
Colour-matched plugs are listed for the Essence Collection only (guide p. 14).
Maker’s install guide · checked
Curving (heat bending)
Described as curvable (heat-bendable) in the page and brochure badges.
Maker’s web page · checked

These are the rows for this colour’s board. The full specification, with every profile, is on the Evertex Essence page.

Every fact here carries its source and the day it was checked. Documents opened 6 Oct 2026.

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Documents

The maker’s own documents, linked where they publish them (never re-hosted).

All 6 sources behind this page
  1. Essence Collection page (sizes, colours, 360-degree double ASA capping, solid PVC) · Evertex · opened
  2. Evertex home page (collections, 25-year warranty, BAL 29 and P4 claims, sample-form colour lists) · Evertex · opened
  3. Essence Collection brochure (2-page PDF, image-only; includes Supreme Max colours and board drawings) · Evertex · opened
  4. EVERTEX Decking Installation Guide (23-page PDF, image-only; no version or date printed; read from rendered pages) · Evertex · opened
  5. AWTA Product Testing reports 24-001971 (Essence 140 mm groove board) and 24-001970 (Legacy 152 mm board), AS 4586-2013 App. A wet pendulum, client Big Quokka Pty Ltd · AWTA Product Testing · opened
  6. Intertek (Shanghai) test report 250108015SHF-001, AS 1530.8.1:2018+A1:2024 Section 21 decks, Premium PVC Decking, client Big Quokka Pty Ltd (19-page PDF, image-only; read from rendered pages) · Intertek · opened

Facts are taken from the highest-ranked source (certificates and test reports, then install guides and datasheets, then warranties, then web pages); when sources disagree the specification says so, and safety facts take the conservative value. Every plan the designer draws from these figures is a concept plan, not for construction: the span tables behind its framing have been checked by a structural engineer, but a builder, building surveyor or certifier must check the plan before you build.

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