Does anyone have composite decking?

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What have your experiences of it been? I am having a new open front porch and I need a small decked area. I was going to use wood but I'm now wondering whether composite might be better.

Composite is great. Doesnt rot and you dont need to paint it ever.

couple of things to think about….it gets very hot in direct sunlight so you wouldnt want to walk barefoot on it, and depending on the finish, it can get a bit slippy so you might want to ask about the roughness of the finish before you choose one

It's a front porch and it's north facing so we wouldn't be walking barefoot on it. I think it might be a sensible option.

Agree with this.

Easy to keep clean because dirt is on the surface and not absorbed, so wash down with water and a broom.

You can get many finishes and colours

No maintenance or rot

I have it. Millboard. Done to look driftwoody. If I had it done again would go for less rustic look but yes to composite. Although the blurb says it doesn't go green but it does.

Oh I was hoping to believe that it doesn't get algea.
Would you say it's more or less slippery than wooden decking, say after a wet autumn/winter period? Our wooden deck can be like a slippery skating pond!

If you get a grippy finish, its less grippy. Its also easier to clean any green gunk off as it cant latch on to the composite in the same way it latches onto wood

i would also look at the cost of having the invisible installation done, so rather than screwing it through the top of each board, you can get special clip things that hold it in place without the screws being visible. Its a little slower to install that way, so can be a little more expensive.

We have cladco woodgrain one. We havnt had it down long only a few weeks. But my step dad used neo decking and that was really good aswel. That's about 3 years old now still looks brand new xx

Yes I was looking at Neotimber

We have those composite decking tiles. DH chose them because we have a fairly small area of decking, and he was able to put down paving slabs instead and just lay the tiles on top. This way it's not raised and our DC won't struggle with the step (or worse bang their head on a corner!), highly recommend it. We had wooden decking before in our old house and god it was a pain to keep painting every year!

We've got it. It can scratch quite easily but it's much easy to care for than real wood.

It does get algae in the winter but if you use an algaecide then that helps