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Article: Buyers' decking preferences show low-maintenance trend.
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- Plastics News
- Article date:
- February 2, 2009
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Byline: Matt Griswold
Wood-plastic composite decking does not come with a force field.
Occasional maintenance is advised. So, Springdale, Ark.-based Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. has added some language to its product literature to make sure customers understand a little upkeep is encouraged.
It's a situation indicative of the trend to ultralow-maintenance products being coveted by increasingly busy homeowners.
A U.S. District Court in Seattle recently approved a class-action settlement over product failure claims regarding AERT's ChoiceDek product line. The company also manufactures MoistureShield-brand decking, ...