Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Aldeer General Forum $$$-Treated Lumber vs Composite Decking?

Does anyone have experience with installing composite decking vs treated lumber. I have been told that it cost about twice as much to install composite but since lumber prices have skyrocketed it may be worth it now. I've heard prices have almost doubled for lumber.
Also, does anyone know if composite decking is allowed for pier building on Eufaula? The Shoreline Management Guide hasn't been updated in 20 years.

Depends what product you use.

I would say material wise, 3-4x the cost. If going composite, I wouldn't go with the cheap stuff.

Conventional should be reaching the price of composite

I was going to put a new floor in my utility trailer (5x10). The treated 2x8’s and screws was $200 About had a stroke, the 2x8s were about $20 a piece

Yup, imagine trying to build a house...ouch.
Glad I'm not needing any lumber right now.

One of our new builders was getting ready to build her house. She decided to wait when she got the new lumber package price. $20,000 over original quote.

My sister and BIL are in this predicament now. They started a new house a week and a half before lumber prices skyrocketed.

I checked earlier this week and 5/4 treated decking had almost tripled and composite was only a little more expensive than treated. Ridiculous, I'll wait a while

Then I’d buy composite. Won’t splinter and lasts forever.

that gives me a good ideal to put composite lumber on my trailer. that trailer lumber seems to rot faster than anything

Y’all hurtin rebelmans feelings. All this composite talk

With the way lumber is priced right now, I'm pretty well convinced I'll be going with a red iron building.
No wood to rot or termites.

Better put your joist on 12" centers with composite

I'd probably do the same. Back in normal lumber price times, I coated my trailer lumber with herculiner. It's done pretty good.

I build a ton of decks with composite. I use the hidden screw fastner system. I also set my hoist on 12 inch centers to prevent warping

I’ve had a composite deck in the past it was so hot in the summer you couldn’t walk barefoot on it at all, grandkids hated it.

And they think alot of those fastners

I am building a 12x40 deck with trex right now. I appreciate the consistency of each board but they offer no structural stability. Trexs recommendation is to put them on 16” centers. My preference is composite but if I were building a dock then I would use 2x4s

I have a 16" centered composite deck, trex's premium product that I installed. It's great. It's hot when the sun is on it but by 2:30 pm or so, our deck is out of the sun and you can walk on it barefoot. I've got a cooking station sitting on it with concrete countertops and a primo, I'm guessing 600+ lbs. No sag.

Our sealed x2 wood deck had boards rotting after 8 years. I'm not sure I'll ever have a wood deck again.

Having said all that, you could get board feet of wood deck for 1/3 to 1/4 what that trex product costs. You are talking $4.00+ per linear foot. I would spend it again in a heartbeat though.

Any way you would take up Brazillian hardwood (IPE) and
replace it Trex?
Don't think some people here at our condo realize the
heat from Trex and the flexibility.
IPE is 15 years old and some folks have gotten splinters
in their feet.
I feel like the IPE could last at least 50 years.