Before the winter weather hits, you should make sure that you take preventive measures to keep your deck in good condition. During the year you should always be checking your deck for any damages or areas that need to be repaired. Here are a few tips to help you prepare your deck for the winter!

• Waterproofing: If you have a wood deck, it’s important that it be waterproofed and a large aspect of maintaining a wooden deck is doing the frequent sealing.
• Washing: A vinyl or composite deck won’t need any new coats on it but it will need to be washed down with a hose once a year.
• Sweeping: During the fall, you should still take the time to sweep off fallen leaves, acorns, twigs, and pine needles. This debris can cause discoloration and mold growth on your deck.
• Removing: Before the first snow falls, make sure that all planters, chairs, and tables occasionally are removed from your deck to avoid discoloring.
• Decorations: During the fall you should not place any pumpkins directly onto your deck’s surface, even though pumpkin is a major decoration for the season. The moisture from the pumpkin can help produce mold and lead to rotting wood.

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Composite decking is a low maintenance alternative to wooden decks. These types of decks have a much longer lifespan than the usual wood decks; composite material is made from recycled wood fibers and recycled plastic. Composite decking is considered one of the most durable types of decks available today.

Unlike wooden decks, with composite decks you won’t have to stain, sand, seal, or do board replacement. Another advantage to composite decking is that you won’t have to worry about mold growing and insects gnawing composite like wood decks. Since there is no real wood with composite decking, you won’t have to worry about getting splinters either!

There is also minimal fading to composite decks and the only care that would really need to be done with a composite deck is a quick wash with soap and water.

Trex is an eco-friendly manufacturer that provides durable and easy maintenance composite material. Azek is another company that offers capped wood composite that is also easy to maintain and mold resistance. Most manufacturers offer either a 25-year or lifetime warranty on their composite products.