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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> I have worked with Trex decking and consider that a viable option.

There are two articles in this month's Fine Homebuilding magazine on decks, 
one on framing and one on synthetic decking materials. They had one last 
month on porches. I've yet to read the decks articles but I know that Trex 
and other plastic woods are not structural. Whatever is used for joists 
either must be, ugh, treated wood or will rot if not built well above 
ground and protected from rain and snow.