Just finished cutting my TREX bed wood!

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Originally Posted by Irishbleueyes

Im pretty sure if those boards are left wet for an extended period they will absorb the moisture and they will expand. It happened on a deck I built and it buckled bad. Trek say they are waterproof or water resistant? Maybe use a sealer just to be safe..

Originally Posted by jayoldschool

Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully, they've expanded as much as they are going to. Those boards have been sitting outside for a few years, buried in snow in the winter. I think they'll be ok. I bought them from my country hardware store that had old extra stock.

I heard TREX had a few years that they experimented with soft wood shavings that absorbed more water then expanded when it froze. My brother had to replace his deck (mostly paid for by TREX).