The world's first screw and nail free, timber alternative, pre made kit set deck subframe system.

When it comes to choosing which is the best decking material for your project, you need to consider whats important to you.

6 costly mistakes to eliminate when specifying decking over membrane.

4 considerations when determining decking materials for schools/daycare centres

Ok, so how does bamboo decking stack up against composite decking? We wanted to provide a brief summary for you, and thought a fair comparison of the alterantive decking materials is to consider the following:

Yesterday I dropped my two, beautiful kids at daycare and I was saddened to see a number of toddlers being treated for bumps and bruises. A morning rain shower followed by sunshine meant that the timber decking the centre has used was extremely slippery. 

Below is a link to a very interesting interview of Brent Coffey, the chief executive of the Timber Industry Federation; and Warwick Quinn, head of Master Builders Federation about the current state of the construction industry in New Zealand due to Christchurch's earthquake, leaky buildings, New Zealands housing shortage and New Zealands shortage of builders.

No doubt after installing your low maintenance composite decking, your intention is to keep your maintenance time to a minimum. However no decking material is "no maintenance", no matter how much we want or expect it to be.

NEW DECK TIPS... 

When building your new deck, the most important things to consider initially are:

Common composite decking myths you need to know...