Hi There,

We are planning to rip our whole deck down and building a completely new one. It will go from one end of the house to the other and will also put a shelter above part of it. It gets a lot of sun during the day.

I have been researching on Composite as I initially thought that there was next to little to no maintenance. However I'm concerned with the numerous complaints about it

1) Markings that were easy to take off wood decks are incredibly difficult on composite. Scratches, dog paws..etc

2) How hot the floor gets if it's in the sun

3) how the boards get flimsy to the point where some said their deck is no longer usable as each board seems to be very bouncy.

4) How the warrantly may not be guaranteed by the seller

5) How it's hard to replace boards because it can be so different.

6) How composite boards are not where it should be at this point

7) Price.

Then I started thinking Cedar versus PT.

Any thought here?

Thanks