Weather-resistant softwood is a middle-of-the-road choice in terms of price. Standard 2X6 cedar decking boards cost between $4 and $8 psf. Pressure-treaded softwood (usually pine) is the most ...

Decking comes with trade-offs depending ... With wood, we simply test by species (like yellow pine, cedar, and ipe). Wood of a particular species should perform similarly, regardless of where ...

Composite decking—an amalgam of ground-up wood and plastic formed into planks ... (We also test western red cedar, ipe, and redwood.) The extra weight of composite planks can make them more ...