What is Trex Enhance Composite Decking?
Trex Enhance Composite Decking is a premium decking material that is known for its durability and low-maintenance properties. Made from a combination of recycled wood fibers and plastic, this composite decking is designed to resist fading, staining, and scratching, providing a long-lasting and beautiful outdoor living space.
One of the key benefits of Trex Enhance Composite Decking is its resistance to moisture, which makes it ideal for use in areas with high humidity or near water. Unlike traditional wooden decks, Trex Enhance Composite Decking will not rot, warp, or splinter, making it safe and comfortable to walk on, even with bare feet.
This decking material is also easy to clean and maintain, requiring only a simple soap and water solution to remove dirt and grime. Because it is made from recycled materials, Trex Enhance Composite Decking is an eco-friendly choice that helps reduce waste and carbon emissions.
Trex Enhance Composite Decking comes in a range of colors and finishes, allowing homeowners to choose a style that complements their home's aesthetic. Some of the popular options include Beach Dune, Clam Shell, Saddle, and Winchester Grey.
Overall, Trex Enhance Composite Decking is a durable, low-maintenance, and attractive decking material that offers a long-lasting and eco-friendly solution for creating an outdoor living space.
Frequently Asked Questions about trex enhance composite decking
Enhance decking uses 95% recycled plastic film and reclaimed sawdust, and is backed by our 25-Year Limited Residential Fade & Stain Warranty.
Trex Enhance® Composite Decking
Enhance decking offers an authentic wood-grain appearance with the durability of composite and the affordability of wood.
Best Uses for Trex Decking
However, Trex can be made into benches, planters, yard games, outdoor furniture, shelves, and more based on your imagination. Just keep in mind that its design carries a body-weight load across the span of 12 to 16 inches, and a typical deck is designed to support 40 pounds per square foot.
Trex composite decking
Trex composite decking is made of 95% recycled plastic film and reclaimed wood. These composite decking materials offer high performance, including standing up to weather events and unavoidable weekend mishaps like spilled wine or punch. Trex boards also resist mold and mildew in damp environments.
Trex is engineered to endure decades of foul weather and foot traffic …with the warranty coverage to prove it. With decking and railing limited residential warranties ranging from 25 to 50 years, you can rest assured that your backyard investment is well protected.
What are the 3 levels of Trex Decking? Trex decking is available in three distinctive collections: Enhance (Good), Select (Better) and Transcend (Best). The differences between these three lines are defined by their durability, scratch resistance, color options, profiles and price.
How long will Trex decking last? Trex decking is warranted for 25, 35, and 50 years, depending upon the collection used. All three Transcend lines are backed by a 50-year limited warranty; Select a 35-year limited warranty, and both Enhance Naturals and Basics come with a 25-year limited warranty.
Thanks to the unique blend of plastic film and wood fibers, Trex decking is stronger and more resilient than its plastic counterparts. While plastic and composite decking may both last between 25 to 30 years, a composite deck will retain its beauty and look new longer than a deck made from other materials.
Composite Decking Lifespan
In our experience building with Trex, a well-constructed composite deck should last you 20 to 40 years or potentially even longer. I know that can be hard to believe but consider this. Trex has been around as an alternative to wood decking since the 1990s.
Winchester, Virginia
Trex uses approximately 400 million pounds of recycled plastic film to make its composite decking. Trex maintains two manufacturing facilities in Winchester, Virginia, and Fernley, Nevada.
Composite is a maintenance-free material with a long lifespan that closely resembles real wood. However, one of the most common questions we hear is, “does composite decking fade?” And the answer is yes – over years in the sun the color on composite deck boards will fade.
Trex Enhance decking ranges from $5 to $7 per square foot. This decking is 0.94 inches thick with a scalloped bottom and has superior scratch resistance over Trex Select decking boards.
The name "TREX" stands for Text Retrieval and information EXtraction, but it is not a registered trademark of SAP and is not used in marketing collateral.
