Wood Deck

Need a new deck? Building a deck? There are a lot of choices; wood, cedar, and the top of the line products for PVC (Azek).

Wood decking is the lowest cost and the highest maintenance.  The costs can really start adding up when you get going on your decking project; adding railings, stairs, benches and planter boxes when using items such as composite decking, Trex, or TimberTech can really get costly. Both companies offer a broad line of decking materials from composite (wood and plastic) to PVC materials for decks and materials. In the long run though, these materials will last and last and are very low maintenance for the homeowner.

Azek Deck

A wood polymer composite deck material, made from reclaimed plastic and wood fiber, are relatively maintenance free. Trex takes recylced plastics and utilizes them in the decking boards.  Composite and PVC decking materials have been used extensively over the years in playgrounds, city parks, residential and commercial property decks.  The decking materials today, such as the composite or PVC products are highly resistant to moisture, which stops the decks from decaying and maximizes the life of the deck.

Below is a simple chart to provide pricing from wood products to PVC products

Decking Options
- – - – - -   2×6 Pine #1, Treated       5/4×6 Cedar        5/4×6 Composite      Azek PVC

10′x8′                $210                              $285                          $560                      $670
12′x8′                $265                              $460                          $655                      $770

Summing up what products to use? I personally like the PVC and Composite materials.  As a builder and developer, I love wood, though used in the right area, wood can look beautiful and be used where there is less maintenance needed.  The added costs for the composite and PVC products really do pay off and it doesn’t take that long once you consider all the work an  costs for a maintaining a wood deck. Pay now or pay later.