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"YukonBound" wrote in message ...


"Harry®" wrote in message
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It's the product of choice if you aren't concerned by the lack of
appearance of real wood. *It wood look good* with your new French door.

The wood is for Donny to jump on. Snicker!
Harry
"The 'C' students run the world."


Say what??
"It wood look good"???



Say what yourself. I warned you about it and you still bit.

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"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message m...
On 10/1/10 3:57 PM, YukonBound wrote:


"Harry®" wrote in message
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It's the product of choice if you aren't concerned by the lack of
appearance of real wood. *It wood look good* with your new French door.

The wood is for Donny to jump on. Snicker!
Harry
"The 'C' students run the world."


Say what??
"It wood look good"???


The ID Spoofing Harry's wife hasn't seen real wood for 20 years.

--
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No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals


Krause's wood is holding his deck up. He has no other use for it.

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Harry
"The 'C' students run the world."

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On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:55:54 -0400, Harry®
wrote:

It's the product of choice if you aren't concerned by the lack of
appearance of real wood. It wood look good with your new French door.

We just got a proposal to replace our remaining wood dock and they are
selling us a brown, wood look trex type product. It is "redwood"
color. There is also a tan "natural pine" color.

I have some Trex that has failed. Trex is going to replace it, but not
labor and screws. Takes about $230 of screws last time. They had some bad
plasticizer. The redwood Trex looks phony, as Redwood weathers to grey. I
have the grey and looks good. The east coast has available a Trex type
product with a rock filler and not wood. Saw it on a boating show. May
hold up better.

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"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message
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On 10/1/10 1:41 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of building a new deck, approximately 15' x 25',
approximately 9' above grade.

I have no concerns about structure; I know what to do about that.

I'm considering using the newer "composite lumber" (Trex is one brand
name) for decking, rails, balusters, stairs, et cetera...you know, the
stuff that shows. I'm wondering how well it resists weathering, rot,
checking, splitting, whether it needs any maintenance aside from a
good washing, et cetera.

The last time I built a deck, I used cedar over pressure treated
supports. The cedar was fine, but it did require a coat of transparent
stain every season.

Experiences with "trex" or other similar products?

Thanks.




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No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals

My dad used one of those (forget the brand). The results are pretty good
as far as weathering/looks goes (a bit too much on the subdued pink
color I thought, but...), but they tend to expand/contract a lot and can
sometimes pop out of the brackets at the end of long planks. So, his
advice to me (I was considering a deck upgrade, but went with concrete
instead) was to try and use shorter vs. longer sections.



Thanks! :)

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No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals

I can find out the exact name of it if you want...

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"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message
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There are several trex colors. I like the "saddle" color. The ID
spoofing
"Harry" likes to knock the projects/possessions of others but of course
he
never brings up his, or photos of his.



Saddle this, SpooferBoy!


Uh oh, I thought you were over doing that tired, stupid sounding crap
little buddy!


Naw... it's aimed at a "tired, stupid" doper.

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Secular Humoresque wrote:
I'm thinking of building a new deck, approximately 15' x 25',
approximately 9' above grade.

I have no concerns about structure; I know what to do about that.

I'm considering using the newer "composite lumber" (Trex is one brand
name) for decking, rails, balusters, stairs, et cetera...you know, the
stuff that shows. I'm wondering how well it resists weathering, rot,
checking, splitting, whether it needs any maintenance aside from a
good washing, et cetera.

The last time I built a deck, I used cedar over pressure treated
supports. The cedar was fine, but it did require a coat of transparent
stain every season.

Experiences with "trex" or other similar products?

Thanks.




A man with your means would use Ipe'. There is no substitute.

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Secular Humoresque wrote:
I'm thinking of building a new deck, approximately 15' x 25',
approximately 9' above grade.

I have no concerns about structure; I know what to do about that.

I'm considering using the newer "composite lumber" (Trex is one brand
name) for decking, rails, balusters, stairs, et cetera...you know, the
stuff that shows. I'm wondering how well it resists weathering, rot,
checking, splitting, whether it needs any maintenance aside from a
good washing, et cetera.

The last time I built a deck, I used cedar over pressure treated
supports. The cedar was fine, but it did require a coat of transparent
stain every season.

Experiences with "trex" or other similar products?

Thanks.




Did you try Google for opinions?

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Secular Humoresque wrote:
On 10/1/10 1:17 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:21:07 -0400, Secular Humoresque
wrote:

I'm thinking of building a new deck, approximately 15' x 25',
approximately 9' above grade.

I have no concerns about structure; I know what to do about that.

I'm considering using the newer "composite lumber" (Trex is one brand
name) for decking, rails, balusters, stairs, et cetera...you know, the
stuff that shows. I'm wondering how well it resists weathering, rot,
checking, splitting, whether it needs any maintenance aside from a good
washing, et cetera.

The last time I built a deck, I used cedar over pressure treated
supports. The cedar was fine, but it did require a coat of transparent
stain every season.

Experiences with "trex" or other similar products?

Thanks.
We have a couple of docks here decked with trex. They are doing fine.
Just watch your spans. It is not as rigid as wood. Use wood for the
structural parts. The supplier will have a span chart for the decking.

I'll be using 2x12's on 12" centers for the joists. Deck will support
a 45 PSF live load. I'll be using Lowe's "Top Choice Structural
Treated" lumber for structure.
You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. 12" centers for a
15' span of 2X12's? You may be a fat-ass but 2X10's 16" OC will carry
you and Don. The 45PSF is bull****, too.

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Secular Humoresque wrote:
On 10/1/10 2:40 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:28:05 -0400, Secular Humoresque
wrote:

On 10/1/10 1:17 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:21:07 -0400, Secular Humoresque
wrote:

I'm thinking of building a new deck, approximately 15' x 25',
approximately 9' above grade.

I have no concerns about structure; I know what to do about that.

I'm considering using the newer "composite lumber" (Trex is one brand
name) for decking, rails, balusters, stairs, et cetera...you know,
the
stuff that shows. I'm wondering how well it resists weathering, rot,
checking, splitting, whether it needs any maintenance aside from a
good
washing, et cetera.

The last time I built a deck, I used cedar over pressure treated
supports. The cedar was fine, but it did require a coat of
transparent
stain every season.

Experiences with "trex" or other similar products?

Thanks.
We have a couple of docks here decked with trex. They are doing fine.
Just watch your spans. It is not as rigid as wood. Use wood for the
structural parts. The supplier will have a span chart for the decking.

I'll be using 2x12's on 12" centers for the joists. Deck will support a
45 PSF live load. I'll be using Lowe's "Top Choice Structural Treated"
lumber for structure.

I would go to a marine contractor and get real PT at .80 CCA and not
the green washed ACQ they sell at HD/Lowes. (just don't let your kids
eat it)
Also note that ACQ requires hot dipped galvanized or stainless
hardware.



There's an idea... already planned on using stainless.

You can't afford it.