April 19, 2010 at 8:14 pm
#692831
JSR
Member
I have real wood in one place and trex in another. In my case, the trex is much more sturdy than the wood, and doesn’t require the yearly maintenance, other than a power wash. Power wash is much easier than sanding and re-sealing the deck. In my case the wood deck is in Eastern Washington, and it’s absolutely necessary to re-seal every year, or it starts looking like $#*&. The trex deck looks good all the time. Also, the trex deck doesn’t start decomposing, as some of my wood slats have started to do, meaning I will have to replace those slats. I wish I had trex on all the decks. The maintenance savings pay for themselves. IMO