Aaron Pilch was on a quest for two pieces of wood. It took him three weeks to find them. The do-it-yourselfer recently needed the 2-inch-by-12-inch-by-12-foot planks of pressure-treated pine to make ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Aaron Pilch was on a quest for two pieces of wood. It took him three weeks to find them. The do-it-yourselfer recently ...

When we think of decks, we automatically think of the most common type of deck seen in this area: pressure-treated lumber. But if you’re interested in building a deck, it makes sense to at least be ...

When choosing decking, the three factors I consider first are appearance, durability and cost, and any other builder likely does the same. When building a standard deck — and not a high-end one using ...

Pressure-treated wood has been around for nearly 70 years, yet most of us still know very little about this popular outdoor building material. To start, pressure-treated wood is softwood lumber, ...

Q. Am trying to decide whether to use pressure-treated decking or composite as a replacement for my deck, which is 11 years old. Being in the “Elderly Class,” we do not use the deck with any great ...