composites can mold, PVC/Vinyl can squeak, there will always be trade-offs. Check out this link for some more information. http://www.mrdeck.com/products_files/Plank_Comparisons.htm I had my deck built with a product called Quadra which is a PVC/Vinyl product. It has pros and cons. I posted a link a while back to some pictures you should be able to find it by searching.

We put down a trex deck on east side of our home with lots of shade 3 years ago. No problems with mold until we had a very wet spring and summer in minnesota this year. I expected to have to wash and maintain this low maintenance deck. We had lots of mold staining everywhere on deck. After tring Behr deck mold and remover with no luck I was extremely unhappy. Tried Simplying Green full strength with no luck. After pulling out my hair and complaining to my husband about why he wanted composite instead of wood I told him I would have been better off spending 2 days staining a real wood deck. After lots of reading on various threads on composite decking problems and trex websites on how to clean it,I finally found a product that working amazing! I used Mold Armour ez deck wash from Home Depot. I know the product contains a bleach solution but it worked in a matter of min. I did wet down the surrounding areas with a water hose including the railings and grass. Wet down the deck boards first before applying the product with a soft brush in an ice cream pail. No scrubbing was required but I had control with application by this method. I did small section at a time and rinsed off after only 5 min or so. You can see the product work! Be careful not to let solution on boards to long because it does contain bleach and bleach will fade anything it comes in contact with. I did this project on July 4 and want to see how long mold stays away. I plan on buying a more eco friendly product in future like Corte Clean but didnlt try it this time because no stores in our area carry it and it is quite expensive. You also have to watch expiration date and have to buy it on line. Has anyone had luck with this product with mold spots and how long does the mold stay away with Corte Clean or Mold Armour? By the way my deck looks amazing and has no structure problems like some I have been hearing about. My husband built deck himself and followed all the proper guidllines to install. We also used hidden fastener system for instalation and used proper support system underneath. We have the saddle color with accents brand. Hopefully the mold issue will be a controllable one since we plan on staying ahead of it this time and not wait so long to wash it. We also had alot of snow this winter and I didnt always get out there to promply to remove snow. Let me know if you have had better luck with other products as I dont want to use a product so often that contains bleaching agents. Still wish my husband would have agreed with me to use cedar but I lost the battle and had to settle for composite. I keep telling him I told you so about composite and I am stuck with an $8,000 deck that is not low maintenance. I appreciate any feedback on a sealer or something to put down so i only have to wash deck to maintain and keep mold spots at bay. Any luck with sealers or stains?

desertsteph- I just looked it up, and it's a Pegasus sink by HD, you are correct, Glacier Bay is their faucet line (we have one of those too, in the pantry). My apologies, I really thought it was Glacier Bay. It came with a stainless colander and bowl set, a glass c utting board and a wooden c utting board, all of which fit niftily into the sink. Price was $330+- and the black is a stock item. The link to the actual sink is below, the one pictured is brown, ours is black. sandyponder Here is a link that might be useful: HD Pegasus sink

Title is fairly self explanatory but .... Typically the MoistureShield line is double the price of the Veranda but I have the opportunity to purchase it at roughly the same prices as the Veranda. MoistureShield = https://www.lowes.com/pd/MoistureShield-Actual-1-in-x-5-4-in-x-16-ft-Vantage-Cape-Cod-Gray-Composite-Deck-Board/1000044953 Veranda = https://www.homedepot.com/p/Veranda-1-in-x-6-in-x-16-ft-Gray-Grooved-Edge-Capped-Composite-Decking-Board-TABRDVCGG16/313623602 *Note* - I am not purchasing through either of these two stores so don't let that weigh your recommendation. :) I've gotten different responses from the lumber yards and contractors I've talked to. Some recommend the MoistureShield and some say they are about the same. Wanting to pose the question to the experts here! Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Always tough making these large costly decisions when you're not well informed in the area.