Composite decking has a lot to offer over traditional wood options. Easy maintenance, for one. Composite decking—an amalgam of ground-up wood and plastic formed into planks—doesn’t ever need to be ...

How a CR home editor dealt with material shortages and higher prices as he searched for the best decking material April 2022: Our finished deck, two years in the making. By Paul Hope In early 2020, my ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Traditional wood decking can be beautiful—picture the silvery-gray patina of aged cedar—but one thing is ...

The first thing to do while deck building is to ensure your deck looks like it belongs with your home and to closely consider ...

The decking manufactured by Winchester, Va.-based Trex Co. Inc. has always been marketed as "good, better and best," but now there's another grade called Signature that was launched as the ...

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Decking with Cool Tread Technology boasts a surface that’s up to 25% cooler, with up to 33% better traction and up to 61% ...

Trex Company leads the composite decking market, leveraging its pioneering status, strong brand, and innovative recycled-materials products. TREX is expanding manufacturing with a new Arkansas plant, ...

MoistureShield®, a signature brand from Oldcastle® APG, today announces an expanded color selection for its Meridian™ composite decking and Traverse™ composite deck railing lines. MoistureShield ...

Q: Our deck was installed in 2007 with EverGrain composite. (We chose the redwood color.) One of the planks is deteriorating. Replacing the whole plank is one option, but we’d have to take apart the ...

Q: Our vacation house has vintage Trex decking. After a few years, it became horribly ugly, and no amount of cleaning or brightening ever did more than just lighten the stains. More than five years ...