Comments on: Outdure. A Different Type Of Decking.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 08:07:12 +0000

Hi Kilo

I’d highly recommend against that. Yes, it would be very slippery smooth side up. The ‘normal’ side up is not slippery and in my opinion looks great and natural, with its grain. However when laying the deck, many times slipped on the boards when up the other way. Hope that helps.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 08:05:07 +0000

Hi Mel, sorry I missed your reply. No, have had no issues at all.

By: Kilo India

Kilo India — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 21:23:16 +0000

Hi Mel and Ben,
We are looking at installing this product around a pool. I’d like to install it with the the smoother side facing up as it looks a lot nicer – but do you find it slippery at all when wet?
Thanks heaps!

By: Melanie Catchpole

Melanie Catchpole — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:31:30 +0000

Thanks Ben, we’re a bit worried about it only having a 10 year warranty too (especially as from 6-10 years, they require 50% repair payment from customer). Have you had to go back to them at all in anything?
Other composite companies have a 25 year warranty.
Cheers,
Mel

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:46:56 +0000

Hey Mel, yes have had a few scratches such as moving a bbq around, but not with the likes of deck chairs. But I’d so no more so than normal timber marks/dents. Depending on the types of chair feet, you’ll find furniture can slip more than on timber, something to think about. It also heats up more than timber, something to think about if you’ve got little kids especially. But overall I can’t speak more highly of it – 8 years on still looks brand new, no splinters and minimal to no maintenance.
Hope that helps!

By: Melanie Catchpole

Melanie Catchpole — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:17:46 +0000

Hi Ben,
We’re looking at installing the sea salt outdure around our pool. My biggest concern at present is I have heard it can get scratched. In your experience has that happened on your deck when you’ve moved furniture around for example, or a heavy bbq?
Thanks,
Mel

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 20 May 2021 22:54:14 +0000

Hey Curtis. Yeah, it does get very hot in summer. We have had two kids since building and while it’s still pretty hot as an adult, it’s too hot to walk on for them in bare feet, definitely needs shade over it to stop that happening. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ben.

By: Curtis Bailey

Curtis Bailey — Thu, 20 May 2021 21:19:37 +0000

Hi Ben,

We’re putting in a pool and doing a large deck around it. I’ve done a fair bit of research on decking options which has led me to Outdure ResortDeck. The product looks fantastic and I’m just about sold on it (for the reasons you chose it). My only reservation is I’ve read that composite decking can get very hot underfoot. I’ve seen a couple of posts saying that in the height of summer composite decking can get too hot to walk on. We have a couple of little girls so a deck that’s too hot to walk on isn’t something that will work for us. I wondered if you wouldn’t mind sharing your experience of how hot ResortDeck gets in the height of summer?

Thanks Curtis

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:27:54 +0000

Hi Drage. I know what you mean, there can be a fine fibre, which is no different to a timber board, however it’s not prickly and you have no splinters to deal with. Not to mention no staining! Our boards are as good as new after 6 years of pretty heavy use and sun exposure. But if we had timber the decks would look significantly older. If we built again we would use Outdure again for sure, no questions. Hope that helps!

By: Drage

Drage — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:49:30 +0000

Hi, I am looking at the resortdeck product, and notice on the sample boards there is fine fibre that gives the board a prickly look , does this disappear over time or get worse? or is there are way of bringing the board back to its original state, to a more smooth finish?