The Ultimate Deck Podcast

How do I choose the right Composite Deck board?

Here are the Ten things you should be considering when it comes to picking a composite deck board for your next deck project.

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Why Would You Ever Buy WOLF Decking?

We do a little breakdown of all the major brands we carry each year and now its Wolf Home Products that is going to step up to the plate and we will tell you th…

Should I Spend my Money OUTside or INside? Obviously we think you should spend your renovation dollars on the outside of your house but we are pretty biased. Here are the TOP 7 reasons you should Ren…

If you are thinking about building this year or are a contractor and haven't thought about Lumber Pricing you must already be on the steel framing train. With so many factors going to into why the co…

Its that time of year again. Deckorators is not in the conversation when it comes to the most recognizable brands but it makes big waves with their products. Shane and Wade go through all the Pro's a…

One of the big brands of composite decking that doesn't come up in conversation as much as the big two behemoths of Trex and TimberTech, is Fiberon.  Fiberon makes great products and has really stepp…

With rising lumber prices now is the time to continue the steel talk. We had Mike from Simcoe Decks on to talk about the challenges and benefits of changing your business over to steel framing. If yo…

We originally had another Topic but then John "Danger" Steen, from @steenwoodwork on Instagram, Crashed the podcast to start talking tools. Every possible thing you might need to know about a saw, Jo…

It's that time for YOU to control the content of this episode of the podcast.  Once again we invited questions from our followers on Instagram to answer on the podcast.  This is another edition of th…

Anyone who knows anything about composite decking, knows Trex.  As the number one brand in the industry, it's the most well known by a long shot.  But is it any good?  We discuss the pros and cons of…

So we did a thing.  We ran a survey to some local contractors to learn what was most important to them.  A variety of questions, a satisfactory number of responses, and now we share that info with yo…

Facebook, Instagram, Clubhouse, MySpace, Vine... there are plenty of social media platforms to play on.  Some have come, some gone, and some remain.  But with so many options out there, it's tough to…

Recently, celebrity designer Alison Victoria, star of HGTV’s “Windy City Rehab,” “Rock the Block” and “Ty Breakers,” along with Trex, released what they believed to be the top 5 outdoor trends for 20…

Losing jobs is no fun.  So we've come up with 6 tips to help you close more jobs that you may NOT have given though to.  Do one, win a job.  Do all of them, and take over the world.

PLUS, we retrac…

The most important part of the deck is what is structurally supporting it.  Concrete piles are tried, trusted, and true, but over the years, many other options have popped up.  We compared some of th…

Every major manufacturer of composite and PVC decking offers some sort of contractor loyalty program to try and entice the masses to use their products, if possible, exclusively.  But there's so many…

2020 was special.  Real special.  Unpredictable, scary, frustrating.  We all felt a little out of control.  And there was little we could do about it.  But with that experience now under our belts, h…

Often times, people finish their deck with it looking a little unfinished.  Decking looking great, railing is on point, stairs might even have some nice detail.  But then you look below the deck, and…

Jason Varney, owner of Dock & Deck out of Tennessee and hosted of Docked Out on DIY Network, has built a successful company on the shores of the rivers of Tennessee.  And on a day that should have at…

It's Christmas time, and you're wondering, what can I get that special deck builder in my life?  Well lucky you, we dedicated an entire episode on how to fill that empty space under the tree!

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