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	Name:	GoneFishin -
	Subject:	My 2 or 3 cents
	Date:	9/13/2012 9:38:58 PM

I have read that composite gets hot in direct sun.

If you use wood, I strongly suggest Grade 1 or better with few knots. Make certain they will take back bad boards.

I am not a builder just a homeowner who recently went through the same as you for a new floor on a porch with a roof in Florida. I used 5/4 grade 1 pt with 316 stainless steel screws 2 1/2in. with a star head pre drilled and hand screwed. I used the 316 stainless because the house is on The Gulf and it is more corrosion proof..There is a 304 stainless tTat is less expensive but will work at the lake. You should also do well with regular deck screws made for PT. If you are doing it yourself, use a star or minimum square head to avoid stripping the screw.

If you are building a deck let me suggest a way to design it that we used and it looks sharp. I wanted to avoid a lot of cuts in the wood as different lengths of wood were used for the deck. Every cut can raise as time goes on. The porch is 10x32 under a roof. We used 5/4 grade 1 with very very few small knots. I looked at each board and returned some of them for better boards. We took a 10 ft piece of 5/4 and ran it the width of the porch. Then used ONLY 16 boards for the floor with no cuts. They all met at the 10 ft board and the side of the porch. It is neat not to see all the typical cuts from various lengths of wood.

Our dock at the lake is 2x6 rather than the 5/4.

NO NAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deck screws long enough to hold. Here is is an interesting site:

http://starcraftcustombuilders.com/deck.handbook4.htm