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I redid my deck with trex in hot and sunny central Florida right after hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. So 15 years ago. It's still in outstanding shape today. And still no splinters. My experience is nothing but positive.
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So I checked ALL of my decks[about 1,000 sg ft]
All originally built using 5/4 decking. One[exposed now has Trex], the Trex is 10 years old and original 5/4 wood is 20 years old.
ALL on 16" centers. Not one warped board to be found. Not even with the exposed boards we replaced[I reused those in other projects]. I had used a metal shovel early on and done some damage plus I was tired of near annual finish maintenance of those.
I suppose our builders won't be going to the Bwana school of deck building anytime soon.......
lol, idiot confirmed
Last edited by Bwana_1; 07/22/19.
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So I checked ALL of my decks[about 1,000 sg ft]
All originally built using 5/4 decking. One[exposed now has Trex], the Trex is 10 years old and original 5/4 wood is 20 years old.
ALL on 16" centers. Not one warped board to be found. Not even with the exposed boards we replaced[I reused those in other projects]. I had used a metal shovel early on and done some damage plus I was tired of near annual finish maintenance of those.
I suppose our builders won't be going to the Bwana school of deck building anytime soon.......
lol, idiot confirmed Hmmm, liberal much? Your 'facts' refuted and this is all you've got? YOU came on here proclaiming yourself as "master" of deck building [see my screen name definition] yet have nothing beyond calling me a idiot.
FJB & FJT
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So I checked ALL of my decks[about 1,000 sg ft]
All originally built using 5/4 decking. One[exposed now has Trex], the Trex is 10 years old and original 5/4 wood is 20 years old.
ALL on 16" centers. Not one warped board to be found. Not even with the exposed boards we replaced[I reused those in other projects]. I had used a metal shovel early on and done some damage plus I was tired of near annual finish maintenance of those.
I suppose our builders won't be going to the Bwana school of deck building anytime soon.......
lol, idiot confirmed Hmmm, liberal much? Your 'facts' refuted and this is all you've got? YOU came on here proclaiming yourself as "master" of deck building [see my screen name definition] yet have nothing beyond calling me a idiot. Liberal ??? wtf does that have to do with construction framing ?.....idiot definitely confirmed Facts refuted lol, by a moron.
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Facts refuted so 'the master' resorts to.........
Nary a word RE; 20 year old decks built out of your specs doing fine?
BTW, my builders weren't told to 'save money' by doing things such as using 16" centers for the decking joists.
So what gives? Why aren't my decking boards warping and or falling in?
FJB & FJT
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