They have gotten so spongey that they sag from one board to the next making your decking like a mini rollercoaster. This one has been the issue that I encounter most- composite decking boards that feel like a trampoline when you walk on them. Again, it seems completely random when this happens, but it happens often enough that you should know about it. Some composite decking won’t move a bit and others have been found to shrink, swell, warp, twist, bow, and any other word you want to use in amounts unheard of, even with wood. It’s not wood, so it shouldn’t be expanding and moving the same, right? Right! It actually moves more AND more unexpectedly than wood decks. Just like the mold, this issue is unpredictable and hard to understand which decking will have problems and which will not. Some composite decking has faded so quickly in just a couple of seasons that replacements boards stand out like a sore thumb. Color FadingĮverybody knows color fades in the sun, but composite decking companies seem to be oblivious to what their products are really capable of. It seems to come on strong and takes constant effort to keep the decking clear of it, especially for a self-proclaimed “no maintenance” product. The mold seems to grow heavily not just on the surface, but inside the rough texture of uncapped decking. MoldĮspecially prevalent on older and uncapped composited decking, mold shows up quickly and is more difficult to eradicate than you’d expect. Below are some of the issues that crop up most often. The accounts of issues are repeated with a frightening regularity and sameness throughout the threads of complaints. There are a multitude of problems with composite decking that show up all too often to be just a stray issue for a hard to please homeowner. Take a look at some of the websites where homeowners have posted their reviews, and you’ll read 1 and 2 star reviews all day long. It has been improving slowly over the years with the introduction of capped products and other upgrades, but still, the reports from consumers and contractors are not promising. Sadly, most composite decking falls into that category. I don’t have problems with new products, only subpar ones. If you been a reader of my blog for any amount of time, you’re probably thinking “Oh now, here he goes again bemoaning another modern product.” Well, I want to tell you that that is not the case.
Today, there are still all of the wood options of yesterday, but now there are scores of different composite decking options. It’s not like the old days where you had to simply choose between different species of wood. There are a lot of options for decking today.
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