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My contractor wants to use this for deck/rail/stairs. It makes sense to me. (I couldn’t find anything in the archives on this product http://www.nexwood.com/home.html ) Could be years before I cover the deck, so good wood seems a waste, unless I want to do lots of upkeep. TIA for all your feedback.
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How much temperature variation do you have there ? This is what I heard about this stuff. We have a 120ºF+ range, which means that if we allow an expansion space for, say 110ºF max temp in the summer, then in the dead of winter a 16 foot piece of their decking would contract lengthwise leaving a 3/4" gap. For normal summers days, you'd have to leave at least a 1/4" gap. And that's all without the sun beating down on it. Full sun, southern exposure to dead of the worst winter night; we were talking about a 16' piece of decking changing length up to and inch ! That's a lot !
Maybe I understood it wrong; but, I'm sure enough to recommend that you check it.
*Hmmm, I thought one of the reasons he was recommending this was due to lack of expansion/contraction (as well as 20-yr guarantee). Temps here go from 30-105 ºF, but mostly hover in the 60-80 ºF range.We're considering this because paint-grade wood would need more care.I also looked at Trex, but didn't like their colors as much :-)