"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Traditional wood decking can be beautiful—picture the silvery-gray patina of aged cedar—but one thing is ...

Composite decking has a lot to offer over traditional wood options. Easy maintenance, for one. Composite decking—an amalgam of ground-up wood and plastic formed into planks—doesn’t ever need to be ...

CR tests composite decking for three years under severe conditions, evaluating planks from brands such as Azek, Fiberon, and TimberTech Composite decking, like the TimberTech Azek boards shown above, ...

MAUMEE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Both Fiberon PVC decking lines – Paramount and Promenade – have recently been tested for use around fresh water, salt water and chlorinated water environments without ...

The low-maintenance decking materials currently on the market include hardwoods like ipe and cumaru and metals like aluminum and galvanized steel, but the two most popular are composite and cellular ...

Q: Our deck was installed in 2007 with EverGrain composite. (We chose the redwood color.) One of the planks is deteriorating. Replacing the whole plank is one option, but we’d have to take apart the ...

SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 19, 2015 /CNW/ -- AZEK Building Products, a leader and pioneer in cellular PVC exterior products including AZEK Deck, is upping the ante in the decking industry with its newest ...

Just days after top competitor TimberTech Ltd. made a similar announcement, Trex Co. Inc. is adding cellular PVC deck board to its product portfolio. Trex Escapes, a foamed vinyl reinforced with ...

Question: I’ve got 1,500 square feet of lakefront boardwalk made from composite decking. The brand is Trex Accents. It started developing black spots within two years of the installation. I’m mad as ...