Custom Trex Transcend, TimberTech AZEK PVC, and TimberTech PRO composite decks across Duval, St. Johns & Nassau — capped composite engineered for Florida sun, storms & salt. 25-year fade-and-stain warranty. Fixed-price quote in 7 days.
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A composite deck swaps the wood deck boards for a manufactured plank made of recycled wood fiber wrapped in a sealed polymer cap. The cap is the part that matters in Florida: it’s the layer that stops UV fade, rejects mildew, and shrugs off the chlorine splash off a pool deck or the salt drift coming off Atlantic Beach. Underneath the cap, the wood-fiber-and-plastic core gives the board a real wood feel underfoot — stiffer than pure PVC, warmer in winter mornings, and quieter than a wood deck.
Three brands dominate the Jacksonville composite-deck market and each one targets a different price tier. Trex Transcend is the mid-market workhorse — 25-year fade-and-stain warranty, 11 color options, the best price-to-warranty ratio on the market. TimberTech AZEK is the premium pick — 100% PVC, no organic core, a lifetime fade warranty, and the only composite that consistently runs 30°F cooler underfoot than wood in direct Florida sun. TimberTech PRO sits between the two — capped composite at a lower entry price than Trex Transcend with the same 25-year warranty.
All three brands are installed with hidden fastener systems that hide every screw beneath the deck surface, leaving a clean, board-only top face with no exposed metal to corrode in the salt air. Every Jacksonville Deck Builders composite install includes the hidden fastener track, the matching color-coordinated face fasteners along the edges, and the picture-frame perimeter detail that finishes off the board ends. It’s the same detail you see in the showroom photos — just executed correctly in your actual backyard.
Composite decking solves five problems Jacksonville homeowners run into with traditional pressure-treated pine: fade in coastal UV, rot from afternoon rain, splinters around bare feet, structural movement at 130 mph wind code, and termite pressure. The polymer cap is UV-stabilized so a Trex Transcend board in Atlantic Beach sun looks the same in year-seven as it did year-one. The core is treated to resist the same coastal humidity that destroys cedar in four seasons. There is no splinter risk at the pool deck. The board itself is rated to withstand the wind pressures that come off a Florida storm without dimensional change. We’re the composite deck builders Jacksonville homeowners call when the cheap pressure-treated build they put in five years ago is already cupping, splintering, and losing color faster than the warranty promised.
The structural side matters just as much. Every Jacksonville Deck Builders composite install is built on Simpson Strong-Tie hardware throughout — joist hangers, post bases, post caps, and hurricane ties — with 24-inch concrete footings sized for uplift in the local soil. Marine-grade 316 stainless fasteners are used on every coastal install (Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra, Amelia Island, Jacksonville Beach) so the fasteners don’t corrode from the salt drift even with the cap board protecting them. The framing under the deck is pressure-treated to UC4A ground contact, which is the same rating the building code wants for posts that touch the soil. None of this is optional, none of it is upcharged, and all of it is line-itemed in your fixed-price quote.
Three capped-composite product lines from two manufacturers — Trex and TimberTech. Both companies are U.S.-based, both carry lifetime structural warranties, both have factory-trained Pro installer programs. We’re Trex Pro Platinum (fewer than 2% of installers nationally) and TimberTech Registered Pro.
Most Jacksonville deck builders won’t publish prices. Here’s what we actually charge per square foot installed — materials, labor, footings, hardware, hidden fasteners, picture-frame perimeter, stamped engineering, permits, HOA submission, and daily cleanup all included.
Financing $100–$350/mo via Hearth + EnerBank · 0% APR options · Most 14×16 Trex Transcend decks finance under $250/month.
Four steps from your first call to your first cookout on the new deck. Typical timeline: 5–6 weeks including permits.
A Trex Transcend composite deck in Jacksonville runs $32 – $42 per square foot installed, including framing, footings, hardware, hidden fasteners, picture-frame perimeter, permits, and engineering. A typical 14×16 (224 sq ft) Trex deck lands between $7,168 and $9,408 fixed-price. TimberTech AZEK PVC (the cool-touch premium tier) runs $42–$58/sq ft for the same footprint. Financing through Hearth or EnerBank is available with 0% APR options.
Trex Transcend carries a 25-year fade-and-stain warranty and a 25-year limited residential warranty against material defects. TimberTech AZEK PVC carries a lifetime limited residential warranty plus a lifetime fade-and-stain warranty. Both are transferable to a future homeowner. The 10-year workmanship warranty from Jacksonville Deck Builders covers the install itself — every fastener, every hidden track, every framing connection — and it’s separate from the manufacturer’s board warranty.
Modern capped composite is rated for fade resistance in direct UV — the polymer cap shields the wood-fiber core. Trex Transcend is warrantied not to fade more than 5 Delta-E units over 25 years (a Delta-E of 3+ is the threshold humans can perceive). TimberTech AZEK carries a lifetime fade warranty. We’ve replaced 7-year-old composite decks in Atlantic Beach and Ponte Vedra and the boards looked the same in year-seven as they did in year-one. The salt-and-sun combination Jacksonville throws at decking is exactly what these products were tested for.
Trex Transcend ships in 11 colors. The best-sellers in Jacksonville are Spiced Rum (warm cedar), Tiki Torch (golden brown), Lava Rock (dark espresso), Rope Swing (light grey), and Vintage Lantern (deep brown). TimberTech AZEK PVC ships in 9 cool-touch colors with the strongest range in the medium-to-dark browns. TimberTech PRO ships in 12 capped-composite colors at a lower price point. We mail physical samples of every option in your shortlist.
Standard Trex composite warms up similarly to wood in direct sun — workable for a covered or partially shaded deck. TimberTech AZEK PVC is the cool-touch standard for pool decks and full-sun installs: it runs 30°F cooler underfoot than Trex in direct Florida sun, which is the difference between a barefoot deck and a sandal-required deck. If your deck is full-sun and you walk it barefoot, AZEK is the pick. If it’s covered, partial shade, or you’re mostly in shoes, Trex Transcend is the value play.
A hidden fastener system uses a clip that screws into the joist and bites into a routed groove on the side of each composite board — so no screws are visible on the top face of the deck. Yes, the hidden fastener track is included on every Jacksonville Deck Builders composite install, line-itemed in the fixed-price quote. The only visible fasteners are the color-coordinated face screws along the picture-frame perimeter (matched to the board color so they disappear into the grain pattern).
From day-one of construction to final walk-through: 7 – 14 days for a typical 200 – 500 sq ft composite deck. Day-one is footing pour. Days 2–4 are pressure-treated framing with Simpson Strong-Tie hardware throughout. Days 5–8 are composite board install on the hidden-fastener track plus picture-frame perimeter. Days 9–14 are railings, lighting (if optional), final inspection, and walk-through punch-list. Permitting and HOA approval is a separate 2–4 week window before construction starts.
Every Jacksonville Deck Builders composite install is engineered to the local wind code — 130 mph for inland Duval, 150 mph for oceanfront (Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Amelia Island). Engineering includes Simpson Strong-Tie hurricane ties at every rafter-to-beam connection, 24-inch concrete footings sized for uplift, marine-grade 316 stainless fasteners on coastal builds, and continuous load path from decking down to footing. Permitted, stamped structures are covered under your Florida homeowner’s wind policy — unpermitted structures generally are not.
Most Jacksonville homeowners combine multiple outdoor builds into one project — composite deck plus pergola, pool deck plus screen enclosure, hardwood deck plus outdoor kitchen. Same engineering set, same 10-year workmanship warranty, one project manager through the whole build.
Direct-hire crew across Duval, St. Johns, Nassau, and Clay counties. Every composite decking build below is from one of our 500+ completed Jacksonville-area projects. Click your neighborhood for local permit specs, HOA notes, and recent photos.
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