When we renovated our deck six years ago I fully expected it to last at least 20 years. We paid a premium for a low maintenance composite material that was supposed to be superior to wood in every way and was made in large part from recycled materials. Instead it has degraded to the point where it looks shabby and in another year will be unsafe. The fabricator of this product, which carried a ten year warranty, went bankrupt shortly before I tried to contact them two years ago. The contractor who recommended and installed the material has washed his hands of responsibility even though his company failed to install the material according to the manufacturer’s recommendations which certainly exacerbated the speed of failure. This time I will replace the deck myself with some help from Kyle’s company, Yard Dogs. His crew is coming later this week to remove and haul away the old material. Each morning and each night for the past couple of days I have been removing a couple of hundred screw fasteners in preparation. I estimate there are 1200 in total.