COST COMPARISON AND SAVINGS V. COMPETITORS
DuxxBak® Composite Decking Cost
Cost Comparison of DuxxBak® Composite Decking to Other Brands
We pride ourselves on the quality of our decking products. They add value to your home and your life, as well as helping you save on costs. We invite you to perform a cost comparison for DuxxBak Composite Decking to others on the market. To help you get started, we have prepared a helpful checklist of key items to review as you compare your options while designing and building your ‘forever deck.’
Cost Comparison ~ Don’t Forget About Product Characteristics and Quality
Materials for your deck are not the only area that produce cost savings. For a deck you want to keep forever, you should also consider the key items below for DuxxBak compared to our competitors.
Superior Color Retention
Instead of wood flour, DuxxBak® Composite Decking uses reclaimed paper by-product in its patented hybrid engineered deck system formula to produce superior color retention and fade resistance. Natural wood contains lignin, a chemical which creates color fading when exposed to sunlight. Our composite decking contains little or no lignin in comparison to other wood composite deck boards which use wood as their reinforcing material.
In accelerated weather tests designed to simulate 2,000 hours of outdoor sun exposure, our I.Dekk product had less of a color change than our competitors. In fact, some alternative decking faded at a rate comparable to wood decking.
Resistant to Mold, Mildew, and Decay
Our environmentally friendly composite formula includes rice hulls to increase resistance to mold, mildew, decay, and various fungi. Rice hulls are unique because they contain significant amounts of microbial-resistant silica, which is the rice plant’s natural defense mechanism against bugs.
A rice hull is the outer husk of a naturally grown rice kernel. Hulls are removed in a mechanical process and are often incinerated, sent to a land fill, or used in animal bedding. DuxxBak Decking reclaims rice hulls from disposal and repurposes it for our hybrid engineered deck systems. Unlike wood, rice and rice hulls are a rapidly-renewable resource and environmentally sustainable.
Reduce Water Absorption
Unlike other wood composite products, our hybrid engineered deck systems patented formula contains no wood flour. Instead, our products include rapidly-renewable rice hulls, which are naturally more resistant to internal microbial activity and water absorption than wood and wood by-products.
The presence of water in alternative material decreases mechanical properties and durability, including performance during freeze/thaw cycling, dimensional stability, and warping. In addition, the higher the water content the higher the risk of internal decay due to microbiological activity. Sensitivity to water depends on the material formulation.
I.Dekk boards outperformed other leading extruded polyethylene alternative deck boards in independent water absorption rate testing conducted in 2009 by the University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center.
Mechanical Strength
DuxxBak® Composite Decking uses reclaimed paper by-product in its patented formula to increase mechanical performance, stiffness, and surface hardness, which mitigates scratching. Paper by-product includes components such as cellulose, kaolin clay, and calcium carbonate, which act as stiffeners. This also increases span needed between joist which in turn saves the amount of materials needed and saves cost.
Prevent Degradation
Our products formula includes a powerful antioxidant additive to prevent degradation. Since 2003, the amount of antioxidant in our deck boards has been more than tripled. As a result, our product does not degrade prematurely, thus saving maintenance, money, and time.
Environmental Responsibility
DuxxBak® Composite Decking uses reclaimed paper by-product in its patented formula to increase mechanical performance, stiffness, and surface hardness, which mitigates scratching. Paper by-product includes components such as cellulose, kaolin clay, and calcium carbonate, which act as stiffeners. This also increases span needed between joist which in turn saves the amount of materials needed and saves cost.