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Decking Materials - Redux
"Secular Humouresque" wrote in message ... On 10/10/10 8:50 AM, YukonBound wrote: "Califbill" wrote in message m... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. I judge you to be not very smart. An asshole probably when you were a government employee also. One of those who give government workers a bad name. I wasn't a "government worker", dummy. Bilious Bill was an unlicensed home handyman who hired his undocumented workers at shape-ups. -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Actually I was a high paid Silicon Valley engineer. Good enough I got raises while Bob did not. |
Decking Materials - Redux
"Califbill" wrote in message m... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. I judge you to be not very smart. An asshole probably when you were a government employee also. One of those who give government workers a bad name. I wasn't a "government worker", dummy. You worked for a government owned corporation. Unless you worked for the Hudson Bay company as a clerk. Definition: A federal Crown corporation in Canada is a corporation established by the federal government to deliver public policy when the government feels that government departments, other levels of government or the private sector cannot adequately do so. A Crown corporation is wholly owned either directly or indirectly by the government. Duh! Still not considered a gov't worker... The government didn't pay me when I worked & doesn't send me my pension cheques. Does the term 'arms length' mean anything to you? BTW.. the current conservative gov't headed by our own version of a watered down Cheney/Bush clone can say what they want... I go by how things were run in my working days. |
Decking Materials - Redux
On 10/10/10 12:29 PM, Califbill wrote:
"YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. I judge you to be not very smart. An asshole probably when you were a government employee also. One of those who give government workers a bad name. I wasn't a "government worker", dummy. You worked for a government owned corporation. Unless you worked for the Hudson Bay company as a clerk. Definition: A federal Crown corporation in Canada is a corporation established by the federal government to deliver public policy when the government feels that government departments, other levels of government or the private sector cannot adequately do so. A Crown corporation is wholly owned either directly or indirectly by the government. Working for a government owned corporation doesn't make one a government worker, not that there is anything wrong with being a government worker. -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals |
Decking Materials - Redux
"YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. I judge you to be not very smart. An asshole probably when you were a government employee also. One of those who give government workers a bad name. I wasn't a "government worker", dummy. You worked for a government owned corporation. Unless you worked for the Hudson Bay company as a clerk. Definition: A federal Crown corporation in Canada is a corporation established by the federal government to deliver public policy when the government feels that government departments, other levels of government or the private sector cannot adequately do so. A Crown corporation is wholly owned either directly or indirectly by the government. Duh! Still not considered a gov't worker... The government didn't pay me when I worked & doesn't send me my pension cheques. Does the term 'arms length' mean anything to you? BTW.. the current conservative gov't headed by our own version of a watered down Cheney/Bush clone can say what they want... I go by how things were run in my working days. Just like the US Post office. Government workers. |
Decking Materials - Redux
"YukonBound" wrote in message ...
"LG" wrote in message ... YukonBound wrote: "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. 6331 2209 You two exchanging house numbers now? -- I'm the real Harry, and I post from a PC or a MAC, as virtually everyone knows. If a post is attributed to me, and it isn't from a PC or a MAC, it's from an ID spoofer who hasn't the balls to post with his current ID. The magnificent Boatless Harry |
Decking Materials - Redux
"Harry®" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "LG" wrote in message ... YukonBound wrote: "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. 6331 2209 You two exchanging house numbers now? -- I think Ditzy is looking for a 'hook-up'. Please tell him I'm not 'his kind'. |
Decking Materials - Redux
"YukonBound" wrote in message ...
"Harry®" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "LG" wrote in message ... YukonBound wrote: "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. 6331 2209 You two exchanging house numbers now? -- I think Ditzy is looking for a 'hook-up'. Please tell him I'm not 'his kind'. I don't have his number. -- I'm the real Harry, and I post from a PC or a MAC, as virtually everyone knows. If a post is attributed to me, and it isn't from a PC or a MAC, it's from an ID spoofer who hasn't the balls to post with his current ID. The magnificent Boatless Harry |
Decking Materials - Redux
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says... "Harry®" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "LG" wrote in message ... YukonBound wrote: "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. 6331 2209 You two exchanging house numbers now? -- I think Ditzy is looking for a 'hook-up'. Please tell him I'm not 'his kind'. That's for sure, what would he want with a washed up old public servant with a drunk son? |
Decking Materials - Redux
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says... "Califbill" wrote in message m... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Califbill" wrote in message m... wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:12:15 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/7/10 10:35 PM, nom=de=plume wrote: "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... A quandary: I have been planning to use TREX composite lumber for the decking, railing, trim, stairs, on the deck I'll be building soon. TREX is a composite wood and plastic material and in certain colors looks pretty much like wood as opposed to looking like plastic. Another material I'm told I should consider is Fiberon PVC decking which, in certain colors, also looks like wood, though a bit less so than the TREX. The Fiberon PVC has a composite core similar to that of the TREX, but it is wrapped in PVC, sort of like milk chocolate covers the nougat of a MARS bar. :) The appearance of either is acceptable. I'm wondering about actual durability, wear, resistance to fading, chalking, stains, et cetera.I have a feeling the PVC coated material looks the same longer, but I wonder how durable the PVC is to abrasion. Comments? Suggestions? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals Here are some relatively recent pics of Trex being install. Apparently, it does "rot" whatever that mans. My dad had to replace most of the back deck, which he got from the company for free, apparently... Not sure who took the pictures. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2aenv2e&s=7 Thanks! The plastic wood product they are pitching us for our docks is a 1.5" x 5.5" thick trex like product except it doesn't have a wood filler. The color goes all the way through. The Trex did not rot. I have a claim in on my deck. They had a couple years of bad plasticizer which causes the Trex to break down. Are you sure the problem wasn't caused by all the liquor you slosh on the deck? As I said asshole, do not judge the rest of us by you and your son. No, I judge you by a lower standard Swill........ as evidenced by your posts in this newsgroup. I judge you to be not very smart. An asshole probably when you were a government employee also. One of those who give government workers a bad name. I wasn't a "government worker", dummy. You were a public servant for Crown Corp. Crown Corp. is a government compmany. |
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