I really dislike the heat aspect of composite. We settled on untreated cedar and just let it weather for a natural look, so we didn't get into the maintenance cycle of paint or stain or oil. It feels great with bare feet. The cost wasn't much mere than treated deck boards that would have had the added cost of finish. I would recommend it for consideration.
On the works for that also in my backyard project. Stamped concrete around the pool and now the side of the house will get the continuation of the driveway and then the new deck to finalize this massive project.... which is starting to give me sleepless nights !!!
Stamped/textured concrete feels wonderful while walking on it....it has a luxurious feel that a wood deck never has.
They sealed it yesterday... You can't really see it from this angle but there is a 2' drop at the end of the ciment.
Happened to me - moved in and the cedar deck was "okay" but after six years, it'd had enough. Spent the last two weekends ripping up all the boards and will replace with pressure treated pine (not interested in the painting and maintenance that come with non-treated wood). BTW, product plug - if you need to rip up your deck, do yourself a favor and get a Duckbill Deck Wrecker. It's like $85 but holy shit is it a great tool.
Oh, you'll get your fill of maintenance with pressure treated. Especially if you get any amount of sun.
It will definitely impact your tax assessment. My value went up 25 grand. Have to pay $100 more a year now
How many times did the inspector have to come out, at least for your jurisdiction? Before the pouring of the concrete footing, any other time?
Here is one of my favorites I have done for work. It was a bit of a challenge building out over the slope, meeting concrete on opposite sides and bending the edge band without relief cuts. Trex makes for a nice finished deck, but it is not cheap.
It did get iron railing. Owner had his own guy do that, so I got pics before the railing was installed.
just a guess as many jurisdictions are different but probably the following: - footing inspection - framing inspection (connections, hardware, step dimensions, joists & posts) - final inspection (deck boards, railings, etc.) If you needed a (3rd party) compaction inspection for the footing(s) I think market price is ~$150ish. FL allows "private" building inspections so big developers can keep projects moving by having 1 or 5 on site or at their disposal. Your State/town may vary.
What would that be? My thinking was I'm using screws and pressure treated, so any problem areas should be real easy to swap out (if it gets to that). Hoping to get a good 10-15 years of *moderately* maintenance free decking (maybe a pressure wash a year and a stain/paint every five years or something resembling that schedule).
Trex makes an oven. I just used my buddies oven at his powder coating facility. Needs to be 182° at the core. Takes about 40 minutes before you can tie the decking in a knot!