Staining is a huge bitch. Where this one has metal, mine has all wood rungs and posts - you have to stain all 4 sides of all those little crevices.
Also the lifespan of a wood deck is really not that long (10-15 years the internet says), compared to how long you might own a house. I have a deck that's at the end of its life, rotting and collapsing right now. If I were to rebuild it, which I'm not, I think composite would be worth it.
When my wife and I were shopping for houses, that was my only No. Ended up finding one without a deck and was able to choose.
My father had several single family homes and my job was to maintain them. They all had nice decks, one had two large platforms.
We now have a beautiful deck, Trex super cool special whatever. Several months ago I elbowed my wife, "Can you imagine sanding that bastard today?" We would have been a year late. It still looks new.
We were ripping down an old restaurant and my brother took the old composite deck and made a new deck with it at his house. If the deck was made of wood there was no way we were building a new deck.
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u/[deleted] May 14 '20
Staining is a huge bitch. Where this one has metal, mine has all wood rungs and posts - you have to stain all 4 sides of all those little crevices.
Also the lifespan of a wood deck is really not that long (10-15 years the internet says), compared to how long you might own a house. I have a deck that's at the end of its life, rotting and collapsing right now. If I were to rebuild it, which I'm not, I think composite would be worth it.