New Deck, Timbertech or treated wood?

[CTdiznymom]

I would not go with a composite, it gets mold which is impossible to get off. We put an Azek deck on our home last year DH is 60 I am 58. We were sick of staining our pressure treated deck....too old for that. Love the Azek, very costly but beautiful. enjoy your new deck.

I posted earlier about the Veranda product. We did use the Azek for all the trim work and it has held up beautifully. If I knew then what I know now, I would have done the whole deck in Azek.

 

[amshowers]

Another vote for composite, I have 2 composite decks and love them. I have never had a mold problem and we a very large composite deck around our pool. They are so much more maintenance free there our old wood deck.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

I would do composite. Put forth the money and then you can sit back and enjoy it. No yearly up keep like there is with wood.

 

[ldo]

we did Trek (composite) 10 years ago for decking and supports, rails, etc. are all wood--we could not use the composite, as rails had to be painted a specific off-white per HOA regs--it has worked fine. I would never use wood for decking again. We repaint wood parts every 5 years and the Trek needs a handheld powerwash every 5 years to get gunk and any mold off. Looks great at 10 years. Neighbors built a deck the same time with wood--they just replaced decking with composite.

 

[scbelleatheart]

Thank you guys for all the help. We are going composite (I knew I would lose that argument ). Put in 9 posts today, only 10 more (total 30) to go BUT it was raining, I was wearing hip waders and the more mud I stepped in, the heavier the boots got. I was waiting for my feet not to follow my body and go face first in the mud! I was sludging around with a tape measure and a level just waiting to be covered in mud.
Did I mention it was 44 degrees? Lord, I must love my husband.