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Best Decking of 2025 – Consumer Reports
For wood alternatives, we test individual product lines from brands such as Azek, Fiberon, and Trex. With wood, we simply test by species (like yellow pine, cedar, and ipe). Wood of a particular species should perform similarly, regardless of where it’s milled or sold. In our Yonkers, N.Y., test facility, we use specialized instruments to test each decking sample for resistance…
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Best Composite Decking of 2024
Composite decking can be a lot more expensive than wood, but it has advantages beyond its durability. For instance, some materials are flexible enough to be heated and shaped, allowing you to create, say, rounded corners, railings, or a border for a kidney-shaped pool. That would be expensive to duplicate in solid wood decking. Aesthetics are a factor, too, especially…
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