On Aug 15, 5:55*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:43 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:



On Aug 15, 4:34*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

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.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:05:05 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

On Aug 15, 5:55*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:43 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:



On Aug 15, 4:34*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

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.

On Aug 15, 6:21*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:05:05 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:



On Aug 15, 5:55*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:43 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

On Aug 15, 4:34*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

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. *

Besides wanting a professional looking result I am at the point in my
life where I hire professional contractors to do the big house
projects I used to do.

I constructed 2 wood decks......with the first taking close to the
entire summer because I was out of town just about every week. It
was a bi-level beauty wrapping around 2 oak trees and was pretty big.
No more deck building for me.

The only projects I will now do myself are minor fix-up things.
Other than that...........I get quotes from 3-4 professional
contractors having good credentials and customer reviews.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:29:34 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

On Aug 15, 6:21*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:05:05 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:



On Aug 15, 5:55*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:43 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

On Aug 15, 4:34*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

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. *

Besides wanting a professional looking result I am at the point in my
life where I hire professional contractors to do the big house
projects I used to do.

I constructed 2 wood decks......with the first taking close to the
entire summer because I was out of town just about every week. It
was a bi-level beauty wrapping around 2 oak trees and was pretty big.
No more deck building for me.

The only projects I will now do myself are minor fix-up things.
Other than that...........I get quotes from 3-4 professional
contractors having good credentials and customer reviews.

I totally understand where you are coming from.

I'm just not at that stage yet. :)

I suspect it won't be long though. :)

On Aug 15, 6:47*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:29:34 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:



On Aug 15, 6:21*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:05:05 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

On Aug 15, 5:55*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:43 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

On Aug 15, 4:34*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT), JimH
wrote:

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. *

Besides wanting a professional looking result I am at the point in my
life where I hire professional contractors to do the big house
projects I used to do.

I constructed 2 wood decks......with the first taking close to the
entire summer because I was out of town just about every week. * It
was a bi-level beauty wrapping around 2 oak trees and was pretty big.
No more deck building for me.

The only projects I will now do myself are minor fix-up things.
Other than that...........I get quotes from 3-4 professional
contractors having good credentials and customer reviews.

I totally understand where you are coming from.

I'm just not at that stage yet. *:)

I suspect it won't be long though. *:)

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/hom...door%20decking

http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ratingsmp7.jpg

YMMV.

"JimH" wrote in message
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http://blogs.consumerreports.org/hom...door%20decking

http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ratingsmp7.jpg

YMMV.

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Well, it's done, so enjoy it.

But, for the benefit of others, I wouldn't rely simply on Consumer Reports.

Here's a few comments about the stuff made by professional contractors:
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"Simply put, Eon SUCKS! Don't waste your money on this poorly engineered and
unbelievably misrepresented (Consumer Reports 04 endorsement) product."

---------------------------------------------------------------------

"Eon decking is the worse decking material I ever used. My client picked it
out. Trying to use the installation instructions, we spent two days trying
to install the decking. It was impossible to install the decking per
instructions and we did the best we could with it. The expansion and
contraction of the decking material is so great that it is dangerous to walk
on.

After three years, my client (whose husband has died) called me in tears
wanting to know what could be done with the decking. She had written to Eon
and they wrote back and said the decking was installed improperly. After we
had installed it, we found they had just changed the installation
instructions!

Stay away from Eon, it is the worse of the worse decking made."

----------------------------------------------------------------------

" .... I won't offer any warranty on Eon decking anymore.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message
...

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/hom...door%20decking

http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ratingsmp7.jpg

YMMV.

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Consumer Union would get more accurate product reviews if they used a
dart board.



But, for the benefit of others, I wouldn't rely simply on Consumer Reports.

Here's a few comments about the stuff made by professional contractors:
----------------------------------------------------------------------

"Simply put, Eon SUCKS! Don't waste your money on this poorly engineered and
unbelievably misrepresented (Consumer Reports 04 endorsement) product."

---------------------------------------------------------------------

"Eon decking is the worse decking material I ever used. My client picked it
out. Trying to use the installation instructions, we spent two days trying
to install the decking. It was impossible to install the decking per
instructions and we did the best we could with it. The expansion and
contraction of the decking material is so great that it is dangerous to walk
on.

After three years, my client (whose husband has died) called me in tears
wanting to know what could be done with the decking. She had written to Eon
and they wrote back and said the decking was installed improperly. After we
had installed it, we found they had just changed the installation
instructions!

Stay away from Eon, it is the worse of the worse decking made."

----------------------------------------------------------------------

" .... I won't offer any warranty on Eon decking anymore.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Eisboch

On Aug 15, 7:20*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message

...

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/hom...-decks.html?re...

http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ratingsmp7.jpg

YMMV.

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Well, it's done, so enjoy it.

But, for the benefit of others, I *wouldn't rely simply on Consumer Reports.

Here's a few comments about the stuff made by professional contractors:
----------------------------------------------------------------------

"Simply put, Eon SUCKS! Don't waste your money on this poorly engineered and
unbelievably misrepresented (Consumer Reports 04 endorsement) product."

---------------------------------------------------------------------

"Eon decking is the worse decking material I ever used. My client picked it
out. Trying to use the installation instructions, we spent two days trying
to install the decking. It was impossible to install the decking per
instructions and we did the best we could with it. The expansion and
contraction of the decking material is so great that it is dangerous to walk
on.

After three years, my client (whose husband has died) called me in tears
wanting to know what could be done with the decking. She had written to Eon
and they wrote back and said the decking was installed improperly. After we
had installed it, we found they had just changed the installation
instructions!

Stay away from Eon, it is the worse of the worse decking made."

----------------------------------------------------------------------

" .... I won't offer any warranty on Eon decking anymore.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Eisboch

I thought you promised to ignore me.......

Regardless...........I did not rely only on CS. I relied on several
contractors and their opinion of various decking materials.

For every negative comment you find on the internet about
Eon..........I can find 5 positive ones. I think the quality of the
contractors installation has a lot do do with the complaints.

We found a good one.

I do not know why you (and others here) decided to make this a ****ing
contest Dick but that is what some folks want this place to be
about.

Have a good evening.

PS: Tom: I will give you an update on the deck material over the
remaining season if you want me to.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:20:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
...

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/hom...door%20decking

http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ratingsmp7.jpg

YMMV.

--------------


Well, it's done, so enjoy it.

But, for the benefit of others, I wouldn't rely simply on Consumer Reports.

Here's a few comments about the stuff made by professional contractors:
----------------------------------------------------------------------

"Simply put, Eon SUCKS! Don't waste your money on this poorly engineered and
unbelievably misrepresented (Consumer Reports 04 endorsement) product."

---------------------------------------------------------------------

"Eon decking is the worse decking material I ever used. My client picked it
out. Trying to use the installation instructions, we spent two days trying
to install the decking. It was impossible to install the decking per
instructions and we did the best we could with it. The expansion and
contraction of the decking material is so great that it is dangerous to walk
on.

After three years, my client (whose husband has died) called me in tears
wanting to know what could be done with the decking. She had written to Eon
and they wrote back and said the decking was installed improperly. After we
had installed it, we found they had just changed the installation
instructions!

Stay away from Eon, it is the worse of the worse decking made."

----------------------------------------------------------------------

" .... I won't offer any warranty on Eon decking anymore.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Eisboch



This is what we used when we had our dock built 4 years ago:

http://www.weatherbest.com/composite...g/default.aspx

It still looks great after 4 years in the Florida sun. It does
require closer spacing on the stringers however. I was ready to go
with wood decking until I saw the WeatherBest at a neighbors.
Ours is installed with stainless steel, square drive screws. They
have a small head which recesses into the deck when driven and become
almost invisible.

JimH wrote:


I suspect it won't be long though. :)

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/hom...door%20decking

http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ratingsmp7.jpg

YMMV.


Next time you want to do some research, instead of using CR, try
flipping a coin or using a dart board.

Here are some expert reviews concerning the problems with CR reviews:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Reports

http://www.allpar.com/cr.html

http://hybridreview.blogspot.com/200...r-reports.html

Remember I am the person who told you that you should follow the mfg'ers
recommended maintenance schedule for changing your impeller, that you
should not install an incorrect thermostat just because that is the one
the dealer has in stock, and warned you about the severe problems people
have had with Vista. I have been batting a 1000 with my recommendations.

I am here to help.