| Plastic lumber is now becoming more popular among | | | | lumber, because the whole piece of plastic is |
| many wanting to build greener projects. Since plastic | | | | impregnated with the pigment throughout. |
| lumber first started being used for commercial building | | | | Contractors and construction workers like the fact |
| in 1990, many builders have found out the many | | | | that when building with plastic, that there are no |
| benefits of using this green product. Plastic lumber | | | | special tools that are required to use. This helps |
| does not fade, warp and does not attract bugs, such | | | | contractors and do it yourselfers save money on not |
| as termites. These are all common problems when | | | | having to purchasing special tools for a building |
| building with wooden lumber. | | | | project. |
| Wood lumber can become a high maintenance-building | | | | One of the worst fears of many homeowners is |
| product. Unlike wood, plastic needs little or no | | | | their wooden structure becoming plagued with |
| maintenance after many years of being exposed to | | | | termites or other wood-burrowing insects. These |
| the elements. Plastic lumber does not need to be | | | | insects can be not only structurally devastating to |
| weather proofed such as water proofing chemicals | | | | wood, but can also cost the homeowner financially in |
| that need to be applied to wood when used for | | | | replacing the wood or hiring an exterminator. This is |
| decking. This saves the consumer money over a | | | | not so with plastic materials since insects are not |
| period of time since plastic decking is water proof | | | | attracted to it. |
| and does not warp due to rain and snow like wood. | | | | Over the years, plastic lumber is now becoming a |
| Plastic decking for instance does not need to be | | | | more common site in the construction field. With |
| painted or stained. Plastic decking can be ordered | | | | plastic not warping, fading or attracting bugs like |
| from the manufacturer in many colors and can be | | | | wood many are choosing this newer building material. |
| made to mimic many of the popular wood grains. | | | | Since it is also considered a green material, it is now |
| Many homeowners like the fact that they do not | | | | finding its place in building for those that are worried |
| have to strip or paint a deck made out of plastic | | | | about the environment. |