There are several different types, styles and kinds of home deck for your outdoor space. With so many choices to select from it can be hard to know where to start for your deck installation. In this section of the Deck Cost Guide website you will find our guides on all of the most common types of decking material (e.g Aluminum, PVC), decking brands (e.g. TimberTech, Azek) and by decking type (Elevated Deck, Pool Deck). To make things really easy for you, we’ve included the common considerations, advantages, disadvantages, deck costs, maintenance and FAQ for each type of decking material, brand and type.
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Deck Guides By Deck Brand
Our Deck Cost guides by popular Decking brands, including brand information, individual pros and cons, then give a breakdown of prices and labor costs for each decking range offered by each brand.
CALI—formerly widely known as Cali Bamboo—currently sells TruOrganics composite decking. The company’s 2026 plank catalog shows standard, square-edge, and extra-wide TruOrganics boards in Denali, Yosemite, Sedona, and Glacier. The older ...
Deckorators decking costs about $35 to $70 per square foot installed in 2026 for a typical complete project. Deck boards alone generally plan at about $4 to $17 per square ...
DuraLife decking costs about $32 to $65 per square foot installed in 2026 for a typical complete deck. The deck boards alone generally plan at about $6 to $11 per ...
Envision decking costs about $35 to $65 per square foot installed in 2026 for a typical complete deck. Deck boards alone generally plan at about $6 to $15 per square ...
Fiberon decking costs about $35 to $80 per square foot installed in 2026, depending on whether the project uses value composite, premium composite or PVC decking. Fiberon composite projects generally ...
MoistureShield decking costs about $35 to $75 per square foot installed in 2026 for a typical complete deck. Deck boards alone generally plan at about $6 to $17 per square ...
TimberTech Advanced PVC decking—still widely known as AZEK decking—costs about $60 to $80 per square foot installed in 2026. That range covers a typical frame, premium PVC deck surface, fasteners ...
TimberTech composite decking costs about $40 to $70 per square foot installed in 2026, including a typical substructure, decking, fasteners and professional labor. Decking material alone commonly falls around $14 ...
Trex decking costs about $45 to $70 per square foot for a professionally installed deck in 2026, including the substructure, decking and typical fasteners. The deck boards themselves commonly account ...
Wolf Home Products sells three distinct decking families in 2026: Perspective composite, Haven cellular PVC, and Serenity cellular PVC. They do not have the same construction, price, or warranty, so ...
Deck Guides By Deck Material
Our Decking Material Cost guides relate to popular material used for your home decks, including deck material information, individual advantages and disadvantages for each deck material, also we include costs and labor prices for each decking material and their installation.
Aluminum decking typically costs $15 to $30 per square foot for the deck boards and about $25 to $45 per square foot for a straightforward installed surface system in 2026. A complete new aluminum deck—including a purpose-built support structure and ...
A professionally installed cedar deck costs about $30–$50 per square foot in 2026 for a straightforward U.S. project. A 200-square-foot cedar deck therefore has a practical planning range of roughly $6,000–$10,000, before expensive railings, long stair runs, demolition or unusually ...
2026 U.S. planning range $30–$80 per square foot installed A straightforward composite deck may fall near the lower end. New framing, premium boards, railings, stairs, elevation, difficult access and higher-cost labor markets can move a project toward—or beyond—the upper end ...
An Ipe deck typically costs $50 to $70 per square foot installed in 2026. That puts a straightforward 12-by-12-foot deck at roughly $7,200 to $10,100 and a 20-by-20-foot deck at about $20,000 to $28,000. Elevated construction, difficult access, custom stairs, ...
2026 U.S. cost guide $25–$50 per square foot installed A complete pressure-treated pine deck typically costs $25 to $50 per square foot, including the support structure, decking and professional installation. A straightforward 12-by-12-foot deck commonly falls between $3,600 and $7,200 ...
A professionally installed PVC deck typically costs about $40–$80 per square foot in 2026 when the supporting structure, deck surface and labor are included. PVC boards alone are much less—commonly around $5–$12 per square foot—which is why board-only prices should ...
A redwood deck typically costs $28 to $54 per square foot installed in 2026. A straightforward 12-by-12-foot redwood deck may cost roughly $4,000 to $7,800, while a 20-by-20-foot project may cost about $11,200 to $21,600. Premium clear-heart boards, long-distance freight, ...
A complete Tigerwood deck typically costs about $40 to $65 per square foot installed in 2026. Published market estimates extend from roughly $30 to $70 per square foot because some figures cover only the finished surface while others include a ...
Deck Guides By Deck Type
Our Decking Type Cost guides are for popular deck types and deck designs (e.g Elevated decks, Pool decking). Which include things to consider when choosing the right deck for your home, also the individual advantages and disadvantages of your chosen deck design or deck type, then we give example prices and labor estimates for each decking type and frequently asked questions.
Installed deck railing costs vary far more than decking boards because a “railing” can be anything from a simple site-built wood guard to a custom glass system. In 2026, common ...
A pool deck can mean two very different projects: a ground-level hardscape surrounding an inground pool, or a raised framed deck built around an above-ground pool. That distinction has the ...
An elevated deck costs more than a simple ground-level platform because its footings, posts, beams, connections, stairs and guard system ...
A multi-level deck creates separate outdoor rooms and can solve a sloping site, but every additional platform brings more foundations, ...
