I am wondering if there are any special accomadations to look out for that may not be mentioned in the installation manual.
Any tricks to working with this stuff or any thing to watch out for in order make everything come out pretty.
Big concern is with the price of the material I sure don’t want to be learning on my own if there is some experience out there to help me!
Will also be using some of thier trim material and rail system.
Thanks for any help you may have for me.
Jim at Great White
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I don't know if this will be any help to you because I have not used Azek Porch but I have used Tendura (since bought and changed the name to CorrectPorch I think) on a porch a couple of years ago. Before I used it I did my homework and the installation and result look great. I actually used ss trim head screws into the joists.
The reason I'm bringing this up is that someone posted on here five or six months ago that they had a terrible experience with it, and would never use it again, and how the company was no help, and that there were many complaints about the stuff which the company was trying to hide etc. etc. etc. I don't remember who posted it but he was pretty vocal about it.
The Tendura/CorrectPorch looks almost identical to Azek Porch but as I recall the Azek product did not have the roof-over-it requirement that the Tendura had. I think that was because of expansion issues in the direct sun.
Based on the size and clout of the Azek company, I would not hesitate to use their porch T&G product. Just follow their installation instructions perfectly to avoid any warranty issues down the road.
Azek T & G Porch
Hubby is making repairs to our small enclosed front porch at this time and we'd hoped to replace the floor before the snow flies but are running out of time. : ) Each manufacturer states that their product is superior so it would be nice to hear from someone who has installed it. After narrowing it down to Aeratis and Azek, I'm leaning toward Azek (my only complaint is I don't like the colors offered and they don't recommend painting it).
I saw this thread and you stated that you were going to install Azek and I'd like to how you like this brand of flooring. Was it easy to install and if you have any tips regarding installation having been through the process? Any problems with mold?
Lisa
I just finished an Azek deck for DWs' kennel building. 32x14' using Asek Brownstone and Gortex fastening system. In fact DW installed about 1/2 of it while I was recovering from surgery, so I consider it user friendly.
Azek decking recomends no more than 16" oc joist spaceing. Once you decide on the board spacing, make shim spacers of the appropriate thickness and use them religously. It is easy to bow across the the width of the boards and pull your runs out of alignment. Since this one was for kennel flooring that is washed daily, we use 1/4" plexiglass spacers to allow for excellent drainage. We used the Gortex fastening screws and plugs. They come in boxes for 100 and 300 sq,ft areas. If you use them buy at least 100 square ft. more than your deck calls for. I also recomment predrilling each screw if your framing is old. It makes dring the self counter inking screws a lot easier with fewer strip outs. If a screw head starts to strip out (they are square drive), stop and back it out, throw it away and grab another screw. Keep a set of vice grips handy to remove the ones that don't back out easily with a drill/driver. The plugs are easily set (grandson did most of that) and make for a nice hidden fastener system, although labor intensive.
Azek cuts easily with standard woodworking tools, i.e miter saw, circular saw, and jig saw. The dust is fine and because it is 100% plastic tends to float around and stick to everything. Wear a dust mask and cut outdoors if possible.