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Nice deck
March 21, 2018 at
03:58 PM
Ok now that I got that out of the way...
Composite vs wood decks discuss.
The builder who made this little neighborhood of home has added decks to most and I can pay to have one added to mine but they are plain wood.. looks like just pine, I will assume treated wood but it's pretty basic. And their quote sounds pricey to me...
I will wait until I move in and shop around for someone to add a deck. I'll have to get stupid HOA approval but think I can get better than what I see on the other homes by doing my own deck shopping.
I am thinking about a composite deck (trex or maybe not)...but have read some bad reviews in that the cold weather makes them contract and break free of the "hidden" bolt things and then it's all warped and unusable.
Does anyone have experience with trex or any other composite decking in cold climates?
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I'd love to do composite decking...it's still considerably more expensive than wood, isn't it?
And yeah, you're likely better off hiring a company than specializes in this type of thing, rather than going through the builder. You'll likely get better quality at lower cost than what you'd get from the builder. Maybe you can get a bigger deck without paying the premium. /twss
I'd love to do composite decking...it's still considerably more expensive than wood, isn't it?
And yeah, you're likely better off hiring a company than specializes in this type of thing, rather than going through the builder. You'll likely get better quality at lower cost than what you'd get from the builder.
Hopefully you'll get some actual useful input from someone on here.
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It's a little more money up front but if they put the pavers in, in the correct way the patio should last for 20 to 30 years perhaps longer. Our patio guy dug down, put in some drainage (because we had a slope towards the house) and then built a paver patio with a concrete and rebar shoulder underneath the ground so the pavers wouldn't move with frost and thaws over the years.