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Low-Maintenance Composite Decking
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" the decking is down and -- nominee is here from LP to tell us a little bit more about these different products first off decking itself. What is it the decking Bob this is Weatherbest composite decking -- it's made from wasted wood fiber and high density polyethylene. Possible terms of the plastic is the same plastic milk jugs out of really so it's all mold the other got a wood grain on one side and it's plain on the other thing we've chosen to put the wood grain side up. Now what kind of a warranty does this got a ten year warranty and you never have to paint it rent -- we can't seal it. Clean it periodically to good to go -- won't twist or warp or do anything. Knowledge doesn't go through the weathering cycles that wood will go through and so it's not absorbing water and drying out and swelling and shrinking. I'm so in that capacity won't get the bush splitting and shrinking that you get with wood that's the key -- and then. The railing system this is what really caught my actors from especially from a distance it just looks like fancy old New England. Trim -- when you get up on it you realize it's a manmade product as well correct and that's the local won't fall Bob and what are the rail system is just wood fiber mixed with. PVC or vinyl. What that enables us to do was because -- the substructure is PVC based enables us to co extrude on top a high grade vinyl are in one process. Correct. And it's got quite a bit have to do it while the and that's the idea of the rail you've got a along maintenance rail. Their looks and feels like what you didn't get the low maintenance aspect of vinyl I don't have to paint it and so in terms of the installation we've just had this. Sleeve basically fall down over the four by four PTL. Coast. And now the railing sections themselves. They disassembled quickly correct they come from the factory with the bottom rail of top rail pre drilled for the baluster spacing. The balusters are also pre droll and all the hardware comes in -- it."