{"id":971,"date":"2010-10-21T14:34:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T21:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/?p=971"},"modified":"2020-06-29T22:20:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T05:20:39","slug":"composite-decks-arent-maintenance-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/composite-decks-arent-maintenance-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Composite Decks Aren&#8217;t Maintenance Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a great topic in a recent article of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.askthebuilder.com\/\">Ask the Builder<\/a> <\/em>by Tim Carter<em> <\/em>about some common problems with Trex and other composite decking. These composite decks are typically less maintenance than a wood deck, but aren&#8217;t no maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Some common problems profiled were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mold and Mildew<\/li>\n<li>Tree Sap<\/li>\n<li>Uneven Board Treatment or Composition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tim\u00a0 points out that Trex has a good cleaning guide on their website. He has had the best luck cleaning trex with oxygen bleach applied with a stiff broom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.askthebuilder.com\/847_Trex_Decking.shtml\">&#8211; Ask the Builder Trex Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Trex Cleaning Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a great topic in a recent article of Ask the Builder by Tim Carter about some common problems with Trex and other composite decking. These composite decks are typically less maintenance than a wood deck, but aren&#8217;t no maintenance. Some common problems profiled were: Mold and Mildew Tree Sap Uneven Board Treatment or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/composite-decks-arent-maintenance-free\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Composite Decks Aren&#8217;t Maintenance Free<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2864,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/2864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}