WILL BACK AT NOON AND TAKE YOU
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORKWEEK
FORECAST.
AS THE WEATHER CLEARS UP FOR
SPRING, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO
BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOUR DECK
IF YOU HAVE ONE SO NOW IS THE
TIME TO MAKE SURE IT IS SUMMER
AND SPRING READY WITH ANY
REPAIRS AND CLEANING THAT YOU
NEED TO DO.
JOINING US NOW WITH DECK
REPAIRING AND CLEANING ADVICE IS
STEVE PHILIPS, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE THIS IS ABOUT TO
BE DECK WEATHER COMING UP.
IF YOU HAVE ONE, HOW ODO YOU
KNOW IF THERE ARE SPRINGS OR IF
YOU NEED TO START OVER.
WELL, GENERALLY IF YOU DON'T
CAKE TAKE CARE OF IT EVERY YEAR
YOU'RE GOING HAVE TO REPLACE IT
WITHIN A FIVE-YEAR TIME SPAN,
BASICALLY THE PRODUCT ON THE
MARKET RIGHT NOW FROM LOWE'S
HOME DEPOT TO CLEAN IT AND
PRESSURE WASH IT EVERY YEAR THAT
IS THE THING TO DO.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE
COMPOSITE MATERIALS PRESSURE
WASHING IT EACH YEAR IS THERE
SOMETHING YOU WALK OUT AND DON'T
FEEL SAFE ON IT?
HOW DO YOU CHECK?
EESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN
OR PETS THEY WANT TO REPLACE
THAT WOOD DECK, GET RID OF IT SO
KIDS AND PETS CAN GO OUT THERE
WITH THEIR BARE FEET.
THAT IS LOW MAINTENANCE,
CERTAINLY EVERYONE THAT IS
BUILDING A HOME OR DECK OUR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WANTS AS LOW
MAINTENANCE AS POSSIBLE.
REALLY, EVERYBODY IS MOVING AWAY
FROM WOOD AND GOING TO COMPOSITE
MATERIAL.
YOU BROUGHT SOME OF THOSE
COMPOSITE MATERIALS THAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT AND SOME OF THE
WOOD.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH LIKE
WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION FOR
PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE SHOPPING.
IT WILL LAST YOU LONGER AND
YOU KNOWING RESIST FADING AND
RESIST WARPING A WHOLE LOT MORE.
WHAT ARE THESE?
THESE ARE COMPOSITE
MATERIALS.
MOST OF THEM ARE PVC BASED OR
PVC CAPS, COUPLE DIFFERENT TYPES
YOU ANNIKA GET IN DIFFERENT
COLORS AS THE YEARS GO ON AND
THEY DEVELOP THESE PRODUCTS MORE
AND MORE.
MOST COME WITH SOME TIME OF
LIFETIME WON'T ROT OR
DETERIORATE.
WHY WOULD IT GO WITH ONE OF
THE OPTIONS OPPOSED TO THE
TRADITIONAL WOOD OPTIONS.
LONG-TERM YOU'RE GOING TO
SAVE MONEY.
IF YOU HAVE TO TREAT THAT,
BUYING THE PRODUCT OR PAYING
SOMEONE TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, THAT
ADDS UP OVER TIME.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS A
LIMITED LIFE SPAN, IT IS GOING
TO, ROT OR NEED REPLACED
THEREFORE IF THESE PRODUCTS
NEVER HAS THAT, THESE PRODUCT
WILL LAST PRETTY MUCH YOUR
LIFETIME.
WHAT ABOUT THE PRICE UP
FRONT?
ARE THESE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN
THESE?
YES, REALLY DEPENDS ON THE
PRICE OF LUMBER AT THE TIME, HOW
MUCH THE PRICE IS, YOU'RE
TYPICALLY TALKING TWO TO THREE
TIMES FOR YOUR BASIC ONES, BUT,
YOU KNOW, LIKE OVER A 10-YEAR
SPAN YOU TYPICALLY PAYS FOR
ITSELF.
WHAT IS THIS IF.
THIS IS THEIR RAILING?
AS OPENED TO A TRADITIONAL WOOD
RAILING, IF IT IS A COMPOSITE
RAILING AS WELL AND IT IS COMES
IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT COLORS,
MANY COLORS MATCH THE DECKING
STYLES.
ANOTHER THING PEOPLE ARE DOING
IS INTERMINGLING COLORS MAYBE A
DECK MIGHT BE TWO COLORS OR
DOESN'T HAVE RAILING SUBPOENAS
IN ANOTHER CLO.
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