★★★ Ultimate Deck Buying Guide! A must watch before purchasing any deck supplies. Deck Deck
Watch this video (link below) to understand how to estimate your decking materials in 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlY9whmH2gU
Decking Options for Natural Wood ➡️ https://thebizbud.co/decking
Here's a link to view the Google Sheet with all decking materials in order of price (low to high)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TqzXGB_2Vo-K8Rc4c5Yq3T98yMu2p4Xw-tdt79GpXu0/edit#gid=533077428
The past year has seen a crazy fluctuation in decking material costs which is too much to keep up on with my spreadsheet. My recommendation is to use the link above that will take you to a deck cost calculator with Trex and combine that with my Google sheet to estimate your project. Not perfect but much better at predicting costs month to month.
Table of contents below:
0:00 Intro to Deck Materials Video
1:12 How to save $5 per deck sample
1:55 PVC vs Composite Decking
2:50 Wood vs PVC and Composite Decking
3:15 Caps (is 3 or 4 Sides better?)
4:24 Google (cheat) Sheet for Decking
5:54 Scalloped vs Solid Boards
8:04 Square feet vs Linear Feet explained
9:25 Nominal Width explained
10:05 Groove vs Solid Edge
10:47 Clips and Fasteners
12:33 Sustainability in decking
13:51 Scratch test on Decking
14:41 Fire Status explained
15:36 Deck Cost Calculator
17:36 What is a deck substructure?
20:43 Fascia Boards
23:51 How to save Money!
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