Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Experience with plastic or composite decking?

DickR · 04-21-2015, 07:14 PM

I posted this for a similar thread on hearth.com:

We used Fiberon composite decking on ours, now about four years old and still looking good. It has the grooves for use of hidden fasteners. If you use that type of fastening system, however, be sure the deck framing underneath is adequately braced against racking. The use of hidden fasteners doesn't provide suffient racking resistance. When selecting a product, check also the maximum allowed joist spacing. Some require no more than 16" oc, or 12" if the decking is laid diagonally to the framing.

04-21-2015, 07:14 PM	#6
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 755 Thanks: 4 Thanked 259 Times in 171 Posts	I posted this for a similar thread on hearth.com: We used Fiberon composite decking on ours, now about four years old and still looking good. It has the grooves for use of hidden fasteners. If you use that type of fastening system, however, be sure the deck framing underneath is adequately braced against racking. The use of hidden fasteners doesn't provide suffient racking resistance. When selecting a product, check also the maximum allowed joist spacing. Some require no more than 16" oc, or 12" if the decking is laid diagonally to the framing.