gregstaten
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- Aug 1, 1997
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Now that spring is FINALLY arriving in New England, it is time to build a couple of decks off the back of the house. I was all ready to build it with a good hardwood such as ipe, but have had a couple of friends recommend that I look at building it with a composite decking material such as TimberTech or Trex.
I have to admit that they composites have a few nice features, including very little maintenance and appear to be easier to work with than ipe. (Ipe also have very little maintenance, but is so hard that you have to predrill them and they're tough to cut.)
Have any of you built (or had built) decks using TimberTech or a similar composite decking? How do you like the deck? What did you use for the railings?
Thanks!
-greg
I have to admit that they composites have a few nice features, including very little maintenance and appear to be easier to work with than ipe. (Ipe also have very little maintenance, but is so hard that you have to predrill them and they're tough to cut.)
Have any of you built (or had built) decks using TimberTech or a similar composite decking? How do you like the deck? What did you use for the railings?
Thanks!
-greg