Despite the wide selection of decking options, builders and homeowners tend to choose among three main ones. Here's some help to make the decision.

Q: I have a 9-year-old, treated-lumber deck on my home that is showing worrying signs of decay. I removed some of the deck boards and discovered that some of the 2-by-12s are rotting at the top, and ...

Q. I’ve got a 9-year-old treated lumber deck on my home that’s showing worrying signs of decay. I removed some of the deck boards and discovered that some of the 2-by-12s are rotting at the top, and ...

In just a few weeks a builder will show up to completely rebuild my deck. The house is only 20 years old and the treated lumber used to build it is rotting away. The centers of the deck railing posts ...

Q: My mahogany front porch floor is built on a frame over the original concrete slab. I think the frame is made of pressure-treated wood. The porch is covered, open on two sides and uses three ...

Q. My older CCA-treated lumber deck has me very concerned. TV reports and print articles have implied that CCA lumber has been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency. Can I safely clean and ...

Q. I’m starting to have some rot issues with my 10-year-old deck. Not only are some of the treated wood decking boards rotting, but I’m also noticing that the tops of some of the joists are showing ...

Pressure-treated wood has been around for nearly 70 years, yet most of us still know very little about this popular outdoor building material. To start, pressure-treated wood is softwood lumber, ...

You might have a stack of leftover lumber from your deck project. Or maybe you grabbed some free wood from a construction ...

Q. Am trying to decide whether to use pressure-treated decking or composite as a replacement for my deck, which is 11 years old. Being in the “Elderly Class,” we do not use the deck with any great ...

A shortage in pressure-treated lumber is causing a number of outdoor home improvement projects to be shelved this summer. “People have been calling here who live an hour away,” said John Kalife at ...