CertainTeed says it employed new technology to replicate wood grain in its Danbury with Select Cedar line of traditional picket fences.
Perennial Wood is decking made from Southern pine that has been converted through an acetylation process into a tougher, more stable, and more moisture-resistant piece of wood.
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A dozen new products from chemical companies, exterior products manufacturers, interior finish and fixture suppliers, and many more.
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Demand nationwide for wood-plastic composite and all-plastic lumber--including decking, molding, trim, windows, and doors--will rise 13% per year through 2015 to become a $5.4 billion market, Freedonia Group forecast.
Spend time with decking manufacturers and you get the feeling they live in dog years. The big question for dealers today is whether those manufacturers' products do the same.
Homeowners love composite decking because it's easy to clean up and lasts a long time. But that doesn't mean the installers don't get plenty of callbacks from clients who mistake "low-maintenance" for "no-maintenance."
Trex takes its composites to the porch with the Transcend Porch Flooring and Railing System.
Deck pros share 10 railing design tips to take your customers' decks to a higher level
"Building a large deck," notes Maumee, Ohio, deck builder Justus Lambros, "is really just like building several smaller decks. Everything is multiplied." So the owner of Signature Decks needs more time to plan, design, coordinate, and build when the job calls for a deck that's 800-square-feet or...
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By year's end there will be at least one fewer entry in the ultracompetitive composite decking industry. GAF Materials Corp. plans to cease manufacturing and close its composite decking manufacturing facilities in Lenexa, Kan., and Biddeford, Maine.
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Weyerhaeuser Co. abandoned the "iLevel by Weyerhaeuser" name it has used for the past five years to brand its wood products businesses and instead will simply call them "Weyerhaeuser." The transition took place on Sept. 6.
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The Principia Decking and Outdoor Living Products Conference offers participants one of the deepest, most intense dives available anywhere into the world of wood-plastic composite (WPC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and traditional treated lumber decking.
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Dealers should help boost deck sales by accompanying contractors into homeowners' houses to help the contractors close sales and by pushing deck safety issues with homeowner associations and other parties, two decking industry leaders urge.
Builders of award-winning decks typically don't set out to snag honors and accolades, says Colorado deck builder Barry Streett; they aim to design structures that will please their clients and suit their lifestyles.
LiteForm Technologies invented a new insulating concrete form decking system, the LiteDeck WRS (Wood Rib System).
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North American demand for decking and railing will increase by an average 8% per year through 2013, Principia Partners predicts.
The owners of a 1930s-era bungalow had a simple request for Minneapolis remodeler Mike Otto: "They said they wanted a porch on the back of their house," he recalls.
Creating a consistent product isn't easy when the ingredients are changing daily.
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Manufacturers of wood-plastic composite (WPC) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) products closely guard their recipes for making their goods, even when they list in Material Safety Data Sheets the ingredients they use.
What's in composite and PVC products? How are they made? Manufacturers often won't give you much of an answer. We do.