reuse or sell old trex deck
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Comments (21)Decks should last 15 years or so, 8 months is very short term. Come back in 5 years, and if you haven't had any problems by then, that's a more interesting data point. On the other hand, I hope that you don't ever have any of the problems that Trex is famous for. -Roger...See Morecleaning composite trex decks
Comments (33)I live in the suburbs of NYC. I have trex decking, around my pool, two decks, upper and lower, three sets of trex stairs, and along the whole side of my house up to the front, pretty extensive. I had it installed 10 years ago. I used two different colors, the brown with lighter tan treads, spindles, railings etc, it's very nice looking. It gets some mold on it, in some spots, not everywhere, and some stains from the bbq, and food droppings, etc, BUT, I would rather clean my deck every year, or more often if I need to, and be done with it, even with some some stubborn stains remaining and the fading of the color, than have this much wood decking that would require so much more attention and other worries, any day. I like the fact that it gets cleaned and disinfected every year. My husband once upon a time, installed wood decking, and refinished wood decks, etc etc, and he would NEVER put this much wood deck around our house. The composite is soft and feels good on your feet, without the worry of splinters, and thats a big deal for me with children. It does get hot like sand sometimes, in the summer sun, so we keep a hose near the pool to cool off the deck, and it looks nice wet anyway. It has it's issues, but they are not even noticeable in the big picture. They are coming out with new cleaners, and now you can paint and stain it if you want. The benefits of trex, when installed properly, far outweigh the inevitable, over time, every year, and every day, issues you will have with a wood deck. We paid a lot of money to avoid the problems you have with wood decks because of my husbands experience and knowledge of wood decks, and I hope this doesn't jinx us (knock on wood) but, we are very happy with ours, we would do it again in a second. Just my opinion....:)...See MoreGot rid of the mildew on my Trex deck
Comments (67)I have had my trex about 7-10 years I am guessing. I was so excited, maint. free and all. Boy was I wrong. Still looks nicer than any wood deck but need to clean mold/mildew twice yearly is a pain and I have a very large deck. Today for the first time I used a power washer on low pressure with the cleaner that came with it "G Clean", didn't do much as far as I'm concerned, for mold mildew etc, NOT. Its cleaner but all mildew/mold spores are still there so i thought I am going to try a test area with vinegar/baking soda and see what that does, pretty much nothing again. I can deal with the way it looks as the spotting doesn't show when dry so thats good but I am looking into prevention more than anything now. Any luck out there? I want to stay as organic as possible and may just do vinegar and baking soda and see how it goes. Not feeding the mold/mildew is probably better than anything. I live in MN which can be very wet at times and my deck is East facing primarily with some South sun as it passes on by to set in the West. I love everything about my trex except the mold issues http://www.maids.com/blog/3-non-toxic-ways-to-clean-mold/...See MoreTrex vs other composites?
Comments (8)Actually John, the current Trex company was formed in a leveraged buyout from Mobil Oil in 1996, so they've been on their own for quite a while now. I don't know much about their warranty other than it seems to include only the materials, not the cost of replacing it. How does that compare to other manufactured decking materials? Of course, covering only materials isn't exactly uncommon. The fine folks at KitchenAid are willing to buy me a new control board for my range but not pay for the labor to put it in. Western Digital warrants their drives for 5 years but they aren't going to pay for data recovery if their drive craps out in that time period (nor the labor to install the new drive). I don't have any interest in the Trex company (financial or otherwise) but it seems to me that you can't sell hundreds of millions of dollars of complete garage year after year and still stay in business, no matter how much you advertise. If every one of the decks you built this year failed, do you think you would be in business next year, much less a decade from now? If you don't like Trex, that's fine with me and quite frankly I probably wouldn't use it for my house. All I'm asking if there might be a little more to the story that isn't being told. After all people are something like ten times more likely to complain that praise....See Moremr_dre
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