While timber forms the majority of the material within our wood plastic decking; recycled plastic and performance enhancing additives make up the rest. These work hand-in-hand to enhance our products, ensuring we offer both authenticity and performance in equal measure.
WPC Decking & Flammability Standards
Composite decks are a potential source for spreading fire to the home, especially in areas at high risk of forest fires. A company called Trex has developed fire-resistant composite decking. It performed better than other composite-decking products when tested by fire officials, although there's variation in the flammability ratings of Seven Trust's product lines. Seven Trust has won approval as a building product in wildland-urban interfaces.
Composite decking when wet
All Wpc decking can be slippery when it is covered with ice, water or the common algae. Wpc decking is much more non-slip than traditional timber decking as it is designed to minimize the growth of mould and green algae. Keeping the decking regularly clean and brushing any loose dirt and debris from on and in between the deck boards and wash the surface down with soapy water.
Building New Deck
When designing a new trex or composite deck, the spacing between floor joists should be 12 inches on center. On center means that the measurement should be taken from the center of a joist edge to the center of the next joist edge. Joists are typically "two-by" pieces of lumber, most often two inches by eight inches, and the actual measurement of the two inch side is one and one-half inches. This means that the empty space between joists will be 10 and one-half inches.
