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Replacing Old Wooden Deck With Composite Deck
by
Sue P.
(IC: homeowner)
Our old wooden deck wasn't very functional as it was on two levels, with neither being very large. The paint was chipping off and water pooled on it, plus we discovered that some of the pilings didn't even touch the ground underneath it all! We did some research and decided to go with Lowe's ChoiceDek product.
We hired Lowe's contractor to tear down the old deck. We didn't even have decent steps leading into the back yard.
The old deck extended 12' past the screen porch, but the new deck will just extend 6' out since we'll have more usable space extending out from the breakfast room "bump-out" area.
Here you can see the multi-level area -- the separation rail between them took up space. We kept the screen porch as it was.
My husband found these faux stacked stone post sleeves on Lowes.com and ordered them for the entrance to the deck. The composite boards are ChoiceDek Beach House Gray and we used New Castle black aluminum railings.
ChoiceDek interviewed me regarding the deck after they saw this post. The Q&A and additional pictures can be seen on their blog at http://choicedek.com/blog/2015/1210-blogger-sue-powells-new-deck/.
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Published June 14th, 2015 2:43 PM
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Looks great! We have been looking at doing the same for our wood deck and have been researching composite decking. How long has it been since you did your deck and have you had any issues? There are so many products out there it's hard to say which one is the best. Again, it looks great!