Trex Composite & PVC Decking · Hudson Valley, NY
Why the board you choose decides winter five.
A deck surface in the Hudson Valley lives through freeze-thaw cycles that punish porous material. Pressure-treated pine checks, splinters, cups, and demands stripping and resealing every couple of years — which is why we reserve wood for the hidden framing, where it belongs, and build every walking surface in composite or PVC.
Not all composite earns that trust. Bargain-tier boards skip the capped polymer shell or wrap a thin one, and after three winters the cap fails: fade in the sun-baked sections, chalky oxidation, a fuzzy texture where the cap wore through. Once water reaches the wood-fill core, the board swells and never lies flat again.
That is why we install Trex, and only the lines we trust to survive here — installed to the TrexPro Platinum standard the manufacturer audits us against.
Signature, Lineage, and Refuge PVC — when each is right.
Trex Signature is the premier line and our answer when the surface is the centerpiece: a denser board, refined grain, and a fully wrapped capped shell that holds color and shrugs off scratching better than anything else Trex makes. The Whidbey tone — a warm, weathered gray-brown — ages beautifully on a river-view deck.
Trex Lineage brings the full collection of nature-inspired tones and runs cooler underfoot thanks to heat-mitigating technology — the difference you feel barefoot on a south-facing pool deck in July. Lineage is the call when you want range, cooler boards, and honest wood-look tones.
Trex Refuge PVC is Trex's first 100% cellular PVC board, carrying a Class A flame spread rating and meeting IWUIC/WUI fire-compliance code — the right call on a wooded edge, where code is tightening, or when a homeowner simply prefers fully cellular PVC. No cap to wear through, cooler underfoot, two quiet wood-look tones.
Hold the boards in your own daylight before you decide — we encourage every client to order free Trex samples during design.
The details that make it look custom are the ones that make it last.
Every Pinnacle deck gets a picture-frame border around the perimeter so there are no exposed cut ends, matching fascia wrapping the sides so you never see a raw rim joist, and Cortex hidden fasteners plugging every screw hole with a color-matched composite plug — no visible screws, no rust streaks, no trip-line of fasteners working loose over the winters.
Underneath, the structure rides on engineered helical pile foundations with taped and capped framing, because the surface only performs as well as what carries it. Engineering and building permits are included in every project — never a line item.
To keep the 10-year labor warranty available through a TrexPro Platinum Builder whole, we spec decking and railing together as one coordinated Trex system. It is not an upsell; it is how the warranty stays intact.
Homeowners ask.
Which Trex line is best for a Hudson Valley deck?
Signature for the flagship build where the deck surface is the star; Lineage when you want range, cooler boards, and honest wood-look tones; Refuge PVC where fire code or a preference for cellular PVC decides it. All three carry Trex's long fade-and-stain material warranty, and we help you choose against real samples during design.
Does composite decking get too hot for bare feet?
Any dark surface warms in direct sun. Trex Lineage uses heat-mitigating technology to run cooler than comparable colors, and on a full-sun, south-facing pool deck we steer toward lighter tones so the surface stays comfortable underfoot.
Are engineering and permits extra?
No. Engineering and building permits are included in every Pinnacle project — sealed structural drawings, the helical foundation plan, and the full municipal submission, handled in-house, never a separate line item.
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Ready to plan your project?
Every build starts with a design consultation. Engineering and building permits are included in every project — never a line item.