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Jonathan Sweet - Remodeling Notes


Jay Sweet
As senior editor of Professional Remodeler, a lot of information crosses my desk. This blog will be a chance to share some of that with you, with an immediacy not possible with a monthly magazine. It's also your chance to tell me what you think about what I have to say. Whether you agree or disagree, I hope you won't be shy.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Consumer Reports rates decking

Jun 3 2008 9:04AM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (2) |
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In its July issue, Consumer Reports takes a look at decking products. The magazine rated products on resistance to color change, slipping, staining, stiffness, sagging and mildew.

The top rated product was LockDry aluminum decking, which got top scores across the board, but the magazine notes the high price and metallic look as turnoffs. Other top products were Deck Lok, Eon Classic and Azek with Procell, with the magazine citing their resistance to staining and color changing. 

Amongst composites Symmatrix, Veranda and Tamko EverGrain led the way. As for wood, Iron Woods Ipe got the highest score, but Thompsonized Southern Yellow Pine scored nearly as well at a significant cost savings.

You can read more at www.consumerreports.org.

Reader Comments


at 6/11/2008 6:21:09 PM, SUSAN WHINNERY said:
ANY WAY YOU CAN POST WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT RADIANT FLOORS?

at 6/17/2008 8:58:14 AM, Jonathan Sweet said:
CR didn't cover radiant floor heating in this issue and a quick search of the Web site doesn't show any recent coverage of it, either. To find more articles about this, just type "radiant heating" or "radiant floor" into the search box at the top right hand side of this page.

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