What is the coolest material for a deck?

While Ipe is the coolest option, Cedar decking is a close second as it maintains a temperature that is a few degrees cooler than Redwood when exposed to the sun.

What is the best deck material that doesn't get hot?

Best Deck Boards For Staying Cool On Hot, Sunny Days: PVC

No matter what decking material you use - wood, composite, or PVC - direct sunlight will cause boards to heat up and feel warm to the touch.

What wood doesn't get hot?

1. Ipe Lumber Does Not Get Hot Underfoot. If you're looking for the best wood decking that stays cool in the summer, there's no better choice than Ipe lumber.

How do I keep my deck cool in the summer?

What deck colors stay cool?

To maximize our heat-reflective technology and keep your decking as cool as possible, choose from one of these WearDeck colors (listed from the coolest to least cool): White, Barefoot Sand, Barefoot Grey, Sand, and Cool Grey.

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What color on deck is best for hot sun?

For Full-Sun Decking, Choose Light-Colored Deck Boards

For even greater heat mitigation, choose lighter color deck boards. Lighter colored deck boards, across all decking lines including TimberTech AZEK, TimberTech PRO®, and TimberTech EDGE®, will perform better in the heat than darker colors.

What color is coolest for hot weather?

White, yellow, grey, and red

It is commonly said that white is the most appropriate colour for summer temperatures because it keeps the body cool, unlike black which tends to absorb heat.

Does Trex deck get hot in the summer?

Yes. All decking materials will heat up in direct sunlight - that includes wood, composite, stone pavers, or PVC boards. Different materials will heat and cool at different rates, and composite material does carry more heat than wood decking does.

Does Trex get too hot?

Like many other outdoor surfaces, such as concrete, asphalt, beach sand, wood decking, other brands of composite decking, etc., Trex decking can get hot due to weather and sun exposure.

Can you put cool deck on wood deck?

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What wood burns coolest?

In the lowest heat-energy category, each cord of wood produces about the same heat as 100 to 150 gallons of fuel oil: Alder (Red) Aspen. Cedar (Red)

What is the coolest looking wood?

What wood has cool tones?

Cool Undertones In Wood

These are often woods like: Ash, Maple, Poplar and Pine. Designer Tip: Having samples of woods together, right next to one another, will absolutely help you to see the undertones.

How do I make my deck less hot?

You may want to add ceiling fans, misting fans, or evaporative coolers that can help provide some much-needed relief from the heat. If you have access to a pergola or a roof over your patio, ceiling fans can be installed to help circulate the air around your deck.

Is there a Trex decking that doesn't get hot?

Many homeowners complain that composite decking gets too hot, especially in direct sun. That's why we developed a heat resistant composite decking solution. Our boards with CoolDeck Technology are the best composite decking for full sun.

What is the best decking for extreme weather?

Composite decking is stable during extreme temperatures and weather conditions. Unlike traditional decking, composite decking is far less likely to expand, shrink or shift over time.

Which Trex is coolest?

Trex Transcend is billed as the best Trex deck line available. All three Trex lines are composite boards made from 95% recycled materials. Composite decking is strong, durable and low-maintenance, solving many of the problems of traditional wood.

How do I make my Trex deck less hot?

To keep the composite deck from getting too hot, shade the deck. If you have a small area to cover, then use patio umbrellas. A pergola or living shade can help if the deck is more spacious. Planting trees, shrubbery, or trellis is another method for keeping the temperatures lower.

Which Trex decking is cooler?

Cooler Under the Sun*

Transcend Lineage is engineered to keep your deck cooler, even on the hottest days. *Although Trex Transcend Lineage is designed to be cooler than most other composite decking products of a similar color, on a hot sunny day, it will get hot.

Which composite decking stays the coolest?

TimberTech Advanced PVC decking is engineered to be cooler to the touch, even in direct sunlight. TimberTech PVC (AZEK) decking features advanced materials science in its core and cap that makes it more heat resistant than other composite decking products.

What is the best decking for full sun?

Look for composite decking with a full capping (that's the protective substance that seals the board) that has UV inhibitors built into it.

What is the lifespan of Trex decking?

Trex Composite Decking Is Warrantied For 27 Years

Basically, this means that you can expect your composite deck to last at least 27 years without serious structural issues like rotting, moisture damage, sun damage/fading, and other such problems.

What is the most cooling color?

The range of cool colors is varied – green to yellow and violet. The coolest of all is blue.

What is the best cooling color?

Teal, green and blue-green colors reflect heat and create a cooler feeling than other color hues. Pale yellow also cools the home. Yellow, like light gray, reflects 90 to 95 percent of available light and heat.

What color absorbs the least heat?

If you consider it a color, black absorbs the most heat. A black object absorbs all wavelengths of light and reflects none. Objects that are white, on the other hand,reflect all wavelengths of light and therefore absorb the least heat.