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Where to buy composite decking, plastic deck boards or synthetic decking boards & construction materials.
This article series describes critical safe-construction details for decks and porches, including avoiding deck or porch collapse and unsafe deck stairs and railings. Our page top photo shows several colors of synthetic decking installed at a New York building supply outlet.
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Where to Buy Composite & Plastic Decking Materials
Building Supply Stores such as Home Depot & Lowes stock a variety of composite and synthetic decking products including those shown in the photographs above. At left is an image of the Veranda Composite Decking warranty.
Certainteed Corp.
www.certainteed.com
Boardwalk solid composite decking with hidden fasteners
and optional railing system
Composite Building Products International
www.xtendex.com
Xtendex hollow composite decking system with optional
railing
Correct Building Products www.correctdeck.com
Solid composite decking with hidden fasteners and
optional railing system
Fiber Composites www.fibercomposites.com
Fiberon solid composite decking and optional railing
system
Kadant Composites www.geodeck.com
Geodeck hollow composite decking and railing
system
Kroy Building Products www.kroybp.com
Timberlast solid composite decking with optional hidden
fastening system
Louisiana-Pacific Corp www.weatherbest.lpcorp.com.
WeatherBest solid composite decking, railings, and
accessories
Nexwood Industries Limited www.nexwood.com
Hollow composite decking and railing systems
Tendura www.tendura.com
TenduraPlank solid tongue-and-groove composite flooring
for porches; natural finish or primed for painting
Thermal Industries www.thermalindustries.com
Dream Composite solid tongue-and-groove composite
decking system with optional vinyl railings
TimberTech Limited www.timbertech.com
Floorizon hollow composite decking system, solid
composite decking planks, and optional railing system
Trex Company www.trex.com
Solid composite decking
Weyerhaeuser Building Products www.choicedek.com
ChoiceDeck solid composite lumber and optional railings
Plastic Decking Systems
Kroy Building Products www.kroybp.com
Classic Manor embossed vinyl decking with clip system
L.B. Plastics www.lbplastics.com
Sheerline interlocking vinyl decking system and deck
cladding systems
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In addition to any citations in the article above, a full list is available on request.
[1] Steve Bliss's Building Advisor at buildingadvisor.com helps homeowners & contractors plan & complete successful building & remodeling projects: buying land, site work, building design, cost estimating, materials & components, & project management through complete construction. Email: info@buildingadvisor.com
Steven Bliss served as editorial director and co-publisher of The Journal of Light Construction for 16 years and previously as building technology editor for Progressive Builder and Solar Age magazines. He worked in the building trades as a carpenter and design/build contractor for more than ten years and holds a masters degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Excerpts from his recent book, Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, Wiley (November 18, 2005) ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, appear throughout this website, with permission and courtesy of Wiley & Sons. Best Practices Guide is available from the publisher, J. Wiley & Sons, and also at Amazon.com
[2] Decks and Porches, the JLC Guide to, Best Practices for Outdoor Spaces, Steve Bliss (Editor), The Journal of Light Construction, Williston VT, 2010 ISBN 10: 1-928580-42-4, ISBN 13: 978-1-928580-42-3, available from Amazon.com
[4] Mark Morsching, Everflashing, Tel: 800-550-1667, Email: everflashing@gmail.com. The Everflashing product comes in G-185 and Stainless Steel and is intended for use with treated lumber with copper in it. Everflashing produces a variety of specialty flashing products including flashings for use with decks at deck ledgers and deck perimeters.
[2] Manual for the Inspection of Residential Wood Decks and Balconies, by Cheryl Anderson, Frank Woeste (Forest Products Society), & Joseph Loferski, October 2003, ISBN-13: 978-1892529343,
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Carson, Dunlop & Associates Ltd., 120 Carlton Street Suite 407, Toronto ON M5A 4K2. Tel: (416) 964-9415 1-800-268-7070 Email: info@carsondunlop.com. Alan Carson is a past president of ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors.
Carson Dunlop Associates provides extensive home inspection education and report writing material. In gratitude we provide links to tsome Carson Dunlop Associates products and services.