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Trex decking material - cme4dk - 05-19-2017
I am about to remove the old wolmanized decking material from my deck and replace it with a Trex plastic decking material. The deck is in the sun all morning and most of the afternoon. The color of the product that we are about to order is a dark grey. Will the dark colored composite heat up from the sun?
RE: Trex decking material - AUswimKC - 05-19-2017
If your deck gets that much sun I would seriously go see some others not real life with similar exposure first. In my experience plastic composite decking is HOT.
Also, maybe I am not remembering correctly, but doesn't trex require 12" joist spacing?
RE: Trex decking material - cme4dk - 05-19-2017
My deck does have the 12 inch joist spacing.
RE: Trex decking material - Robert Adams - 05-19-2017
Trex and other composites get extremely hot regardless of the color. A water park here used it for a few areas and it was so bad they ended up putting water sprayers on it and then they had to cover it in astroturf. Its also a bad material for handrails as it burns hands.
I like trex and others but not in a full sun area.
RE: Trex decking material - shifty - 05-20-2017
My experience with it has been that they do get very hot, and it also fades quite a bit.
RE: Trex decking material - whatline - 05-20-2017
I was floored by how much it expands. I assumed some but those products move a lot
RE: Trex decking material - Robert Adams - 05-20-2017
(05-20-2017, 06:59 PM)whatline Wrote: I was floored by how much it expands. I assumed some but those products move a lot
Yeah and it flexes very easily. Its basically wood fiber and recycled shopping bags but sure is expensive for what it is.
RE: Trex decking material - jcredding - 05-21-2017
As others noted, gets very hot. I live in Southern California and put one in. It lasted exactly 1 summer and I tore it out and went back to wood - it was just too hot for bare feet. I was a warned, so the wasted expense was all on me.
RE: Trex decking material - museumguy - 05-21-2017
(05-21-2017, 11:49 AM)jcredding Wrote: As others noted, gets very hot. I live in Southern California and put one in. It lasted exactly 1 summer and I tore it out and went back to wood - it was just too hot for bare feet. I was a warned, so the wasted expense was all on me.
Have always heard this, never actually heard from someone that did it. Sorry for the expensive lesson learned.
RE: Trex decking material - EdL - 05-21-2017
My wraparound covered porch is trex. Since it faces east & north the sun / heat isn't a problem.
In my application it can't be beat.
Ed