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Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski
Post Number: 1244 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 09:23 am: | |
Does anyone have new information regarding the composite lumber decking? Last thing was a discussion of the lawsuit against "trex"... |
David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1180 Registered: 03-2002
| Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 03:12 pm: | |
What would you like to know? |
Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski
Post Number: 1245 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 03:23 pm: | |
Friends are considering using the material for decks in the north woods. They've heard about the mold problem and are leery. Should they be or has that issue - and all the other issues - been resolved and this is now the best thing since sliced bread? (and what was the best thing before sliced bread, anyway?) |
Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEEDŽ AP Senior Member Username: ecwhitby
Post Number: 102 Registered: 03-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 - 03:31 pm: | |
"the best thing before sliced bread" = Bottled Beer. ;-) |
Jim Sliff Senior Member Username: jim_sliff
Post Number: 53 Registered: 08-2010
| Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 - 10:02 pm: | |
I personally used Trex on my deck a few blocks from the beach; it's been 12 years and I've had no mold/mildew issues (and we did with "natural wood" products previously on most of the northern exposure). I didn't paint it - we used the smooth stuff with no grain and it weathered to a fairly consistent brownish/gray (I've painted my decks before and regretted it...and I SHOULD know better. A maintenance nightmare). A neighbor just got a proposal for a new deck using Trex and we both did some web surfing...didn't come up with any problems. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 07:43 am: | |
I installed a Trex deck on my home in Indiana in 2002. I haven't had any major problems. In one corner of the deck where it gets almost no sunlight there was some mold growth. But the mold was growing on the vinyl siding also. I didn't paint mine either. I washed my deck with standard deck wash once or twice a year and any mold or stains were washed away. |