trex or fibron??

Steven M · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 12:43 am Post subject: trex or fibron??

ok i went to home depot today lookin for rail material. i couldnt find any Trex decking material, but i seen this stuff called Fibron.the fibron looked like the same thiing only it had very little ridges all the way up it.

would this work to slide on?

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

Yes, it works very well.

Steven M · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 2:08 am Post subject:

even tho the Fibron stuff has the ridges going up it?

dMaus · Pop Shuvit Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 121 City: Longwood

YES. Fibron is the way to go. me and my friends made many rails out of them and it works great.

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Jun 11, 2004 12:00 am Post subject:

Fiberon and Trex are the same thing. I saw some new type of non-wood decking at Home Depot, and its brownish, but I think it might be more expensive.

Hey, wut happened to the good 'ol PVC days? Laughing

I remember seeing Sea Doo ads that said something about "Pay for PVC."

dMaus · Pop Shuvit Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 121 City: Longwood

PVC is to much of a hassel and it breaks more easily than fiberon or trex. i built a kink rail out of PVC and it was tight until i hit it with a tube and tore it down... Rolling Eyes

foammesh · Posted: Jun 11, 2004 8:44 pm Post subject:

Yea pvc is beat, go with the fiberon.

nick · Posted: Jun 16, 2004 9:59 pm Post subject:

HDPE is the way to go. High Density Poly-urethane Epoxy. this stuffs like PVC on some HEAVY roids dude seriously. it will melt in temperatures in excess off 300° but you can take an axe to this stuff and will take several tries to make a noticeable mark. it will NEVER shatter or shrapnelize and its cheaper than PVC, which is hard to come by. its black in color and tubular in shape (like PVC). try it and i guarantee u will like the slide

this is the axe -----> Smash

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dMaus · Pop Shuvit Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 121 City: Longwood

yea i also made a box like the one in asterisk with HDPE and it is awesome. i ofund a site to get it for cheap too...http://www.thecuttingboardfactory.com/

nick · Posted: Jun 17, 2004 11:15 am Post subject:

works, dont it?

Chaparrals89 · Faceplant Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 18 City: Austin

if i make a floating dock and for sliding on and put that fibron stuff on top of it will i need to lay plywood under the fibron?

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

Not neccicarily, but fiberon and trek don't have much strucutural integrity, so you'll need some kind of supports to keep it feeling solid, probably the best way would be to build a square frame then put joists, or supports made outta 2x4s every ten to twelve inches, like framing a house, then ply over the top, and actually for a floating dock I would forgo the fiberon, and just lay PVC sheeting on top, BTW if you want it to last, get treated wood, it's more expensive, but it is somewhat waterproofed