Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

Up here in the Pacific Northwest, we like our wood decks (and cedar-sided houses, cedar shingles, etc.). I guess it’s because there are a lot of trees and we like our houses to match the trees… The problem? It’s soggy up here. Even in the summer, that dampness persists, and it makes it challenging to keep wood decks in good repair. If your climate is similar, or you just like low maintenance home improvements, you might check into Trex decking.

Trex is a composite decking made to look like wood, and it’s available in a number of “species” and styles. The boards don’t rot, splinter, or warp (though I’ll wager our PNW mold and mildew could still get a hold on it), and unlike with wood decking, you’ll never have to stain or paint it for protection.

Trex offers different accents and contours (just in case you like that hand-scraped wood feel underfoot), and they’ve even got a fire defense version that is “self-extinguishing even under extreme fire exposure.” We don’t worry about those fires too often up here, but for those of you in drier climates, that might be another reason to consider composite decking over real wood.

http://www.trex.com