Both of these companies produce high-quality decking products. Timbertech and Trex are two of the most popular composite decking companies in the decking industry. Composite decking is really the better choice for most people. Why? Composite decking lasts longer, there’s no sanding or staining involved, and they’re much more durable. In recent years, many homeowners have chosen composite decking over traditional wood. However, before you take the plunge, you’ll need to decide what kind of material you want your deck to be made out of. By investing in a quality deck, you can have your friends and family over for barbeques, you can sunbath during the warmer months, and gazing at the stars on those cool nights will be that much more fun. I'm pretty sure the superstructure will fail before the deck boards all require replacing.There are a lot of benefits to adding a beautiful deck to your home or cabin. I have about 6 boards that I need to replace in the next few years. My cedar deck gets really hot in the direct sun - I cannot imagine a plastic product - it would be unusable to me. Ignore it or do something stupid like paint it and you'll have to do something like I did to restore it. Most want no maintenance and I can sympathize but the maintenance take about a day a year. I think that the trick to maintaining a wood deck is to use a well-regarded penetrating oil stain and keep up on the maintenance coats which are easy if you commit to that. This summer, I set all of the nails (that took three weeks of after-work monotony), rented a floor sander for a long day, then oil stained the deck. When I bought the house, the deck was painted (yeah, they painted over old-growth cedar!) and in disrepair. I have a 1000 sq ft Western Red Cedar deck that is nearly 30 years old. If I were building a deck I would go poly or poly capped. I am sure there are many more options now for decking than in 2011 and perhaps some of the shortcomings of composite has been addressed. The deck was build with joists 12" on center and is solid.
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We went with Trex Transcends as we determined we wanted full poly, but could not afford it. The composite boards really faded, the best I could describe it is that the cut end on a new board is about the color it will fade to. One side was built with boards that had sat out for a year, the other side was done with fresh boards. The local lumberyard had a deck built in their show room with all the composite decking they offered in most the colors. This was critical for us as the deck is under a walnut tree. They also got blueberry, raspberry, and coffee grounds smushed on them and sat for a day. She would drop a cement block on it while one end was supported on a brick to see how they handled impacts. We looked at over a dozen different decking options.
Time will tell, but it would appear to working much better than leaving exposed holes in the top of the joist to fill with water. When putting the new decking down the hardware screws are sealed by the butyl rubber. Anyway, with the tape installed and the "wings sticking out very little of the joists actually get wet and any joints stay pretty dry. It spanned over the top where the joist would meet ledger board. So actually it was really only in contact on the very top of the joist. When it was installed it would stick on the side of the joints but eventually popped up like little wings. The joist tape that I purchased was like butyl rubber on a very thin plastic sheet-sticky on both sides though. The holes from previous decking were holding water for days after the rains. The joists were exposed to rain while we were replacing the rim joist on the house. In our case we removed a previous deck and kept the original joists, The ledger board had some rot(very small and was able to remove/replace) where it was holding water between the OSB sheeting on the home. I understand what you are saying about trapping water.
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