composite vs. pressure treated decking

Biggd · 03-25-2018, 09:38 AM

They all look nice for the first few years. The wood decks just require more work to keep them looking that way 10 to 20 years later.
I have 3 houses, one with a mahogany deck that is 22 years old that needs to be completely redone and another with a Trex deck that is 12 years old that, after washing every spring, looks almost like the day it was built.
My Meredith home has 2 small ground level pressure treated decks that have to be redone and I'm going to do them over in Trex but I also want to build a roof top deck which I will build in pressure treated wood. I just did the roof over so I figure it's good for 20 years, then the deck would have to come off to reroof.

03-25-2018, 09:38 AM	#4
Biggd Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Waltham Ma./Meredith NH Posts: 4,136 Thanks: 2,233 Thanked 1,193 Times in 759 Posts	They all look nice for the first few years. The wood decks just require more work to keep them looking that way 10 to 20 years later. I have 3 houses, one with a mahogany deck that is 22 years old that needs to be completely redone and another with a Trex deck that is 12 years old that, after washing every spring, looks almost like the day it was built. My Meredith home has 2 small ground level pressure treated decks that have to be redone and I'm going to do them over in Trex but I also want to build a roof top deck which I will build in pressure treated wood. I just did the roof over so I figure it's good for 20 years, then the deck would have to come off to reroof. Last edited by Biggd; 03-26-2018 at 06:59 AM.