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Your first row of composite decking is installed, the hidden clips are locked, and the surface looks clean. Then you reach the end of the second run with a 210 mm offcut. If you start the next row with that offcut and keep following the same sequence, every end joint will line up in a straight line across the deck. Th...

The question comes up on almost every composite deck project, usually right after the framing layout is drawn: should the joists be spaced 12 or 16 inches on center? Contractors answer it in the field, and homeowners face it when replacing old pressure-treated boards with composite decking. The direct answer is that 1...

Stand at the edge of your deck and inspect it the way a contractor would before signing off on the structure. Most homeowners look at the surface boards first—stains, cracks, cupping—but the defects that actually shorten a deck's life are usually at or near the structure: a popped screw, a corroded clip, water pooled ...