In our 2013 special issue, Decks and Outdoor Projects, a lack of space prevented us from providing a comprehensive list of synthetic decking manufacturers in the Buyer’s Guide to Decking article. Listed below are twenty nine synthetic decking manufacturers, with brief descriptions of their brands. Keep in mind that synthetic decking has historically been an active market segment, and companies enter and leave it at a surprising rate. These are the ones that I could find as of March, 2013, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the list is longer or shorter in six months.
Not all of these products have national distribution. One effect of the recession has been that two-step building products distributors (the middlemen who buy from manufacturers and sell to retailers) have minimized their inventory and investments in new brands, making it that much harder for smaller companies to get their products into lumberyards. Because of this difficulty, some manufacturers may be willing to sell directly to consumers or contractors in areas where they don’t have access to traditional distribution channels.
AERT; 800/951-5117, aert.com
MoistureShield and ChoiceDeck (private labeled for Lowes) wood-plastic composite
Aeratis; 888/676-2683, aeratis.com.com
Solid PVC porch flooring
Azek Building Products, Inc., 877/275-2935, azek.com
Azek cellular PVC
CertainTeed; 800/233-8990, certainteed.com
Vinyl Deck hollow PVC; EverNew LT capped cellular PVC; EverNew PT capped wood- plastic composite
Crawford Industries, LLC; 608/875-7040, enduraboard.com
Enduraboard mineral-plastic composite
Deceuinck North America; 877/563-4251, deceuninck-americas.com
Clubhouse capped cellular PVC
Enduris; 888/329-7428, enduris.com
Endeck capped cellular PVC
Engineered Plastic Systems, LLC; 800/480-2327, epsplasticlumber.com
BearBoard solid HDPE plastic
Fiberon, LLC, 880/573-8841, fiberon.com
Horizon, Sanctuary, and Pro-Tect capped wood-plastic composite; Classic and Professional wood-plastic composite; Fiberon Outdoor Flooring capped cellular PVC; Veranda capped wood-plastic composite (private labeled for Home Depot)
Genova Building Products; 800/521-7488, genovaproducts.com
Genovations hollow PVC
Geolam; 877/627-3530, geolaminc.com
Geolam composite decking, currently available as a direct-ship product only
Gossen Corp.; 800/558-8984, gossencorp.com
Trailways capped cellular PVC; American Classic, Heritage, and Passport cellular PVC
Green Bay ; 877/804-0137, geodeck.com
GeoDeck hollow wood-plastic composite
Integrity Composites; 800/866-8101, duralife.com
DuraLife wood-plastic composite
Interplast Group; 800/452-2117, tufboard.net
TUFboard Deck cellular PVC
Kleer Lumber; 866/553-3770, kleerlumber.com
KLEER capped cellular PVC
L.B. Plastics, Inc.; 800/752-7739, lbplastics.com
SheerGrain hollow PVC
Lumberock; 800/480-2327, lumberock.com
Lumberock Premium mineral-plastic composite
Master Mark Platics (Rhino Deck); 800/535-4838, rhinodeck.com
Rhino Deck and Rhino Vision wood-plastic composite
Midwest Manufacturing; 715/876-5555, midwestmanufacturing.com
UltraDeck solid and hollow wood-plastic composite
Nature’s Composites; 877/810-4029, naturescomposites.com
TerraDeck agri-fiber (straw)-plastic composite
Nyloboard, LLC; 770/385-6168; nyloboard.com
NyloDeck recycled carpet fiber-plastic composite
Royal Building Product; 800/488-5245; royalbuildingproducts.com
Royal Deck cellular PVC
Tamko Building Products; 800/641-4691, tamko.com
EverGrain wood-plastic composite; Envision capped wood-plastic composite
TimberTech; 800-307-7780, timbertech.com
Twin Finish and ReliaBoard wood-plastic composite; Earthwood Evolutions capped wood-plastic composite; XLM cellular PVC
Trex; 800/289-8739, trex.com
Transcend capped wood-plastic composite; Enhance, Select, and Accents wood-plastic composite
Universal Forest Products, Inc.; 800/332-5724, ufpi.com
Latitudes Capricorn and Captiva capped wood-plastic composite; Latitudes Intrepid, Wave, and Marine wood-plastic composite
Veka Innovations; 724/452-1000, vekainnovations.com
VekaDeck cellular PVC
Westech Building Products; 812/985-3628, westechbp.com
Presidio hollow PVC
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Thank you, useful.
Thank you, useful
But to be frank, it doesn't tell in detail what should we do to choose a best one, agree?
I don't think it's good to buy a new hard dirve, why not change the laptop? Lol.