On 4/26/2017 3:56 PM, Tekkie� wrote:
On 25-Apr-2017, Frank "frank wrote:

Transcend is the highest grade and Select the lowest. I do not know if
all today are cladded. I did see a Select board at Lowes but had no
other there to compare with and there was nobody there to talk to. That
is the reason I went there. Friend had told me I could see example of
their different products. I just made arrangement with sales clerk for
their man to come out tomorrow afternoon.

What is the lifetime of the "cladding"? Your future needs/wants may affect
your decision.

I won't offer an opinion on the contractor because it is a crap shoot.
Remember gets a spiff off the contractor for the referral so that affects
the price. Does that give you peace of mind in job quality or problems? IDK


I believe he said 20 year warranty flat to 10 years and then prorated.
In our late 70's that makes it a lifetime warranty.

We still have some kinks to work out but I like what he said. They use
only one decking contractor to do all their work but I will only have to
deal with Lowes and they will guarantee the work. The two friends that
had new Trex decks installed were happy with the result but could not
recommend the contractors. There are dozens of contractors in this area
recommended by the Trex site but I'd be working through them and some
you look up do not even have a business location and work out of their
house. It would be a crap shoot to deal with them.

Just as expensive as the Trex the new county code requires construction
to survive a nuclear blast. Support posts cannot rest on patio as they
do now but concrete footers must be put in. To secure to the house
would require breaking through drywall ceiling of my family room to
bolt. Longer stair steps require complete redesign. Need for building
permit and inspection at stages stretch a 2-3 day job to over 2 weeks.

Wife was not home during visit and he will have to return to see if we
can work something out. I tried to ditch the stairs because there was a
problem with stairs detaching but wife wants them.