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Comments (19)A side note: Those stair kits will never pass code unless you have a perfectly level, flat ground under the deck. Precut stair stringers are a joke! A person can't even lay out stairs correctly until they mark a minimum of 3 elevations: 2 at the first riser and another for the deck surface. Only then can you lay out the stringers so all the steps meet code. To: Mr Aidan M. I don't sell stair kits. The deck packages are a pile of lumber that still needs to be cut. Primary focus of thedeckbarn is aluminum balusters. Which if you quit railing off on the mouth you could save a lot of money buying by knowing me. I am in this to save you money on quality products period. I flat out am sick and tired of the retail prices larger manufacturers want to impose on deck builders, most of whom are hard working guys trying to make a buck. While various greedy muck racking profiteers sit in their boadrooms and are only concerned with market share. John Hyatt: You could have a very valid point in your statement about the different areas of the country affecting products differently. To which one might surmise that this whole deal is a regional issue and there is no perfect decking for any one area. With the SA and Chinese you still have the arguements about imports, buying american etc. What I do know for as fact is that Trex works up here and so does NewTech Composite. I have built enough decks up here to know. NewTech is coming out with capstock decking and it will be available Mid March. NewTech has 4 regional warehouses, California, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Texas. It is sold in Europe, Australia, China and THE United States. They have 43 dedicated lines making decking 24/7 365. Their lines ares dedicated to a single color to avoided the variances in batches caused by having to purge the extrusion lines for color changes. Steve Scholl MR SPAM...See MoreDouglas Fir for decking?
Comments (13)Our decking contractor built us a deck out of Trex Transcend (wood grained plastic coating on the top and sides Trex--"rope swing" color) on the top side and dark burnished chocolate brown on the underside of the Trex boards. The framing, floor joists, posts, and glulam beams are all out of" Douglas Fir." The posts are all being wrapped in white vinyl. The fascia perimeter is also covered with Trex Transcend. We had to add additional post to make the deck freestanding, because of the brick veneer. They will also be wrapped in vinyl. I would love any suggestions on how to make the the beams on the inside next to the house look better too. I would greatly appreciate any input on what is the a very good low maintenance long lasting sealant for Douglas Fir wood that will look good with this white and taupe color combo. I have heard that solid body stains will eventually flake and peel and have to be sanded down and restained in 5 years, which isn't very appealing, although I like that look a lot and it covers up most of the woods' imperfections. Clear (non-pigmented) stains can be sprayed on with a garden sprayer, but I've heard it's better to brush it on, so it'll soak in better, and doesn't risk getting spray droplets on the top side of the boards that might stain them. Transparent or translucent stains with pigment look very nice, but really show when they need to be re-done, and you have to mask everything off to avoid getting stain on the Trex boards. Our deck is on the west side of our home and wraps around to an upper smaller deck on the south. About half of it has a roof over it. Does anyone have a stain/sealant they've used that they really like? How long did it last before having to be re-done? Also, it's too late to seal the top side of the floor joists, which I now know should have been done. Any suggestions or tips about which sealer(s) works best and how to protect the bare "Douglas Fir" wood that shows between the Trex boards, now that the deck is nearly completed. We have the metal hidden fastener system. Anyone have any info or experience about which lasts the longest--oil or water based stains? How long you can go before having to re-seal them? How long will a Douglas Fir framework last if you keep it sealed? Which last longer primer & paint or stain? Many thanks for your help!...See MoreWhat's the best moderate priced composite decking?
Comments (12)Not speaking for pressurepros, but I think his comment was more approving of this statement rather than the whole post: "You should plan on a good cleaning EVERY year, no matter what material you use. For perspective, how often do you wash your car?" Composite is by far NOT the only way to go. Many folks here have IPE or (real) mahogany in harsh environments with great results. I spend 2-3 hours a year maintaining my mahogany deck, that's all. That's no more than I would spend with composite, that's for sure. Composites, in my opinion, are a distinctly personal decision like between a MAC or PC. Wood or composites have their respective pros and cons, but in the end, some don't mind the downsides of composites. Regardless, I think we will all universally agree that there is no such thing as a "no maintenance" composite. Also, coupled with the fact that most composite companies (or their products) haven't been around long enough to know how they'll be holding up in 10, 5, or even 2 years, you'll see a somewhat anti-composite bias on this board....See MoreCorrectDeck??
Comments (29)We recently finished building our dream home in NW Wyoming which included a110' long x 14' wide x 11' high elevated deck on the east side of the house that's 140'+ long. We used Trex grooved deckboards ( 225 16 footers ). Along with Trex hidden fasteners. Just the deckboards, fasteners, and labor to install costs $22,000. It's a beautiful deck but we have one problem,it howls when the Wyoming wind blows 15 -22 miles per hour, which is a lot. After researching this extensively, we believe that this is caused by grooved deckboards and the elevation of the deck. You had a post 8 years from Jeremy in 2006 which had the same problem. We have contacted Trex and they are saying that the problem is site specific and isn't related to grooved deckboards or hidden fasteners, therefore can't aissist in materials or labor for fixing this problem. My family moved in to the new home the 1st of Aug. with our master bedroom right inside the howling fog horn sound that lasts 3-6 seconds but repeating over and over again throughout the night and day.It actually has a harmonic vibration on the deck and even inside our home. My wife says it's unbearable and cannot sleep those windy nights, it's driving us nuts. Going underneath the deck and sticking your head up between the 16" spaced joists during the howling is deafening. We believe the fix is replacing the entire deck with non grooved deckboards and screwing it down.unfortunately with no help from Trex that's going to cost another $13,000,we paid an extra $4000 to have Trex's latest and greatest hidden fastener system hiding the screw heads. If you or any of your members have any ideas for us, please reply back..We've got to fix and eliminate this nightmare, so we can enjoy our new home and save our marriage. PS I did try to e-mail. Jeremy but haven't had a reply as of today.Thanks again and please help....See Moredeckman22
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