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On Aug 15, 6:51 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:05:05 -0700 (PDT), JimH
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On Aug 15, 5:55 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:43 -0700 (PDT), JimH
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On Aug 15, 4:34 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT), JimH
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That about sums it up.

What you need is a good, thin crust five cheese pizza.

Which is exactly what I'm going to eat at this very moment. :)

Sounds good. Burgers on the grill for us tonight.

We can finally use our deck tonight and cook out. Our 13 year old
cedar deck was beat up and I got tired of trying to maintain it. We
had the flooring replaced with Eon Ultra deck boards and Trex
railing.
The contractor started on Monday and finished the decking and railing
today. The skirting will be finished on Monday.

So..........we can now use the deck and it looks great!

I've been thinking of replacing the deck on our house - been looking
into the same deck boards and railing.

Don't know if I want to do it myself though.

You do not want to do it yourself if you want professional looking
results. The guys doing our job were certified by Eon and Trex as
neither the decking or railing are a simple installation like wood is.

Eon decking was rated best by Consumer Reports testing in a variety of
categories. Mechanical fasteners are used below the deck face with no
fasteners used on the face of the decking resulting in a very clean
look. Our contractor upgraded us to Ultra (heavier) at no cost.

Can't be that hard - my next door neighbor did his deck with it and
he's a half-wit. :)

Came out pretty good.

Eon decking, unlike Trek and similar composites is 100% plastic. We
considered it at one point but were convinced to stick with the
composites.
Apparently, it is tricky to install properly and tends to "pop" and
"squeak" due to a higher thermal expansion coefficient. It also is
reported to scratch easily. We were told that most contractors try to
advise against it.

Not knocking the OP's choice .... just stating our experience for the
benefit of others. Research first.

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If you are in the sun, the plastic gets hotter than fire, too! My
neighbor did an Eon deck, and took the boards up the next year and
used good old PT deck boards


The composites get hot too.

They just don't bend out of shape like Eon.

Eisboch