"Brian Henderson"

Exactly, every deck I've done in the last couple years has been done
with Trex or a similar composite product, not only because of the ease
of construction, but the years of nearly maintenance-free use. I
can't imagine why you'd want to use real wood for a deck these days.

I've been using "Weatherbest" for the decking lately, and "ChoiceDek"
components for rails and balusters (the latter because they match the
Southern architectural style we primarily use, you can run over to any BORG
and get what you need of the ChoiceDek quickly, and it paints _white_ nicely
(after priming) ... I'm not a fan of their Choicedek decking however).

The Weatherbest decking is pricey upfront (AAMOF, I have a fresh invoice,
dated today, for 20 pieces of 5/4 x 5 1/2" x 20' (actual dimension) for
$1354.80, or $3.39 LF), but it is _well_ worth even that cost in the long
run.


--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/25/07
KarlC@ (the obvious)