With its lighter bamboo and engineered to reduce weight, Fortress Infinity is one of the lightest composite deckings on the market. Making PVC decking an excellent choice for a lighter decking product. Even Deckorators’ mineral-based decking is only fractionally heavier. With some decking like Azek weighing even less than treated pine. PVC decking is very similar to wood decking in weight. A great low maintenance alternative to wood decking. Technically not composite decking but often included is PVC decking. If you want light decking, cedar is the decking for you, close to half the weight of pressure-treated pine and almost a third of Deckorators WPC decking weight. Moisture level plays a huge role in how much wood decking weighs, where composite’s weight increases little. Also, as we will discuss more later, wood is not dependable one weight. The board may be pine, but how it grows will impact its density. Quick note, wood being a natural product, will vary from board to board in weight. Decking Weight per Lineal Foot 12′ Deck Board Weight Western Red Cedar 5/4×6″ 0.88 10.56 Treated Pine 5/4×6″ 1.59 19.08 Azek PVC 1.55 18.6 Fortress Apex PVC 1.58 18.9 Fiberon Paramount PVC 1.58 18.9 Deckorators MPC 1.60 19.2 Fortress Infinity 1.85 22.2 Armadillo Grooved 1.89 22.7 Fiberon GoodLIfe 2.00 24.0 Trex Decking 2.29 27.5 Armadillo Solid 2.30 27.6 Fiberon Concordia 2.36 28.3 Deckorators WPC 2.38 28.6 Weight of Composite, PVC and Wood Decking Below is a chart of individual composite decking weights by brands and lines comparing them with wood decking Cedar and Pressure Treated pine. For we can speak more accurately of which ones are heavier and why some are lighter. Let’s move away from talking about averages to more specific decking board weights. Minimizing the weight difference between composite and wood decking, resulting in one brand of composite decking being significantly heavier than another. On the flip side, there are several ways that composite decking can be made lighter. Is it fresh from the mill, still heavy with treatment, or has it been drying in the sun? Has it recently rained, soaking the decking? Moisture plays a much smaller role with composite decking. Wood decking weight, in particular, depends significantly on how wet it is. When you are carrying the decking around to the backyard to build a deck, it may weigh more or less depending on a few factors. A standard 12′ treated decking board weighing 19.08 lbs, with the same composite board 27.6 lbs. Making composite decking on average 45% heavier than pressure-treated wood decking. Treated 5/4 x 6 wood decking on average weighs 1.59 lbs a lineal foot, an equally sized composite weighs 2.3 lbs. The blended material formula and the decking designing can impact how much the decking will weigh. How much more composite decking weighs than wood decking depends on the type of composite decking. Composite decking is composed of wood and HDPE but does not weigh the same amount as wood decking.
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