

The underside of the Enhance boards are grooved–this means less material is used and translates to a lower price. Their lowest priced line (Enhance) is a single-density, solid color material with a simple embossed wood-grain pattern–it comes in just three colors. Trex boards are capped on three sides–capped is an industry term used to describe a harder shell of material surrounding the core. The Trex company is considered the inventor of composite decking and brought its first products to the marketplace in the mid 1990s. Each of these boards is manufactured from 95% recycled material and contains plastic and wood flour. Trex markets its good, better, best products under three brand names: Enhance, Select and Transcend. Before making comparisons, let’s get an overview of what each brand is all about. Because each brand offers both value- and premium-priced products, in some cases, value-priced options from one manufacturer can be more expensive than the premium-priced ones from another. That’s because lower-priced boards use basic coloring with simple wood-grain patterns and higher-priced boards introduce multi-color, more sophisticated wood-grain patterns that more closely resemble the real thing. You can also think of these tiers as good- ,better- and best-looking. Each of the major brands has tiered products providing the consumer with good, better and best choices. When it comes to comparing composite deck board brands, it’s not as simple as choosing a brand based on price and looks. Below are some direct comparisons between the most popular composite decking brands available today.

This is a continuation from the article Comparing Today’s Composite Decking Prices in 2020.
