Decking and Outdoor Living

This is one of the most common concerns homeowners have and for good reason. You want to maintain the great looks of your new deck surface as long as possible, so treat your composite decking with care just like you do with wood floors inside your house. In my opinion, preventive maintenance is the key.

Tips for maintaining a beautiful deck surface:

• Don’t drag heavy furniture over your deck
• Apply pads to the legs of deck furniture
• Use covers under your flower pots and other stationary items
• Add a grease pad / splatter guard under your grill
• In the winter shovel snow off the deck with a plastic shovel
• Clean up spills immediately
• Clean the deck surface 2X a year (once in the Spring)

Use good-ole common sense and care for your wood or composite wood deck and it will look good for many years to come. Latitudes Capricorn and Latitudes Captiva co-extruded composite decking helps reduce scratches and virtually eliminates stains as they are capped with a rugged, natural-looking surface layer.

Check out this blog on cleaning a composite deck.