composite wood decking

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Author Message Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 496 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 03:38 pm:    Is there a generic guide specification for composite wood for decks and siding? Probably HDPE, maybe LDPE or HDPP. Any thoughts on which is the better material? This was just called in as an add to an existing project, don't have much time for research. Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wayne_yancey Post Number: 468 Registered: 01-2008 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 03:45 pm:    Sheldon, I can provide a spec for Trex decking and railings. e-mail wayne.yancey@callison.com Ronald L. Geren, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, SCIP Senior Member Username: specman Post Number: 953 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 03:49 pm:    If you have MasterSpec, look at their Exterior Rough Carpentry section. Ron Geren, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, SCIP www.specsandcodes.com Richard L. Hird (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 08:06 pm:    Wayne: Genereic description I used v2006; colors based on A. Acceptable Products: Trex Wood Composite Lumber Decking: B. Material Description: Solid composite material consists of approximately 50% wood fibers by weight with the remainder of the material being a thermoplastic polymer plastic material. Color: Natural Winchester Grey] [Woodland Brown] [Madeira] If you need the installation requirements Email me at SpecEst@SBCGlobal.net Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 497 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 05:56 pm:    Thanks to David Metzger, Wayne Yancey, and Richard Hird! Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 421 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 07:15 pm:    To the best of my knowledge it has lousy screw-holding performance if you try to fasten anything to it. John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1323 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 04:28 pm:    My research a few years back showed that there were many recipes. Some products use recycled resinous material, some do not; fiber reinforcing varies. I'm not sure you'll be able to spec these products this way as a result.