5/4 in. x 6 in. x 16 ft. Ground Contact Pressure-Treated Premium Southern Yellow Pine Decking Board

Premium deck boards arrived on time and only had 2 boards out of 65 that were not usable. Very few visible knots. Better than expected

Be warned to check the stamps onnthe boards if you buy premium or standard. Bought 60 premium deck boards Home Depot delivered 60 standard deck boards with 60 premium upc tags stapled over the standard stamp. Still waiting for them to pick up. Not once have they apologized and have held up my project a week so far and we know time is money.

I was a little leery about having 76 of these premium 16 ft decking boards delivered sight unseen. But the weight being in excess of 2500 lb, I had little choice. But I was pleasantly surprised how good they looked. I couldn't be happier. The driver placed them exactly where I needed them. He was an artist dodging traffic on my busy rural road. My 30 year old deck is coming back to life and it's looking awesome! A fun project and well worth the time and expense.

My deck came out great using this lumber. Over 95% of the boards that were delivered were usable for deck flooring. The few that weren't I used to build a firewood shed. I installed the wood in June and I just finished staining it this weekend (11-12 Sep. 2021). My deck faces Southwest and takes a beating from the sun. I'll report back next spring with an update.

Good quality boards straight and true

Purchased over 100 of these "premium" boards in late February 2017 for our deck. When installed a rubber mallet was used to install the boards as tightly together as possible; couldn't even slip a sheet a paper between the boards. Jump to today, two years later, there are huge gaps between each board, nearly an inch in some spots. Horrible product would not recommend. Hugely disappointed.

I purchased 24 pieces of this decking to replace 12 year old decking. I installed them using a pipe clamp to squeeze them together and then screwed them in with 2.5 inch decking screws. After less than four weeks the boards dried out and left a 1/4 to 5/16 inch gap which I was expecting. There were, however, quite a few boards that were splitting; other boards warped and curled. I stripped my deck down to the joists, added bracing and a post and have virtually brought it up to code. This deck was carefully installed. Guidance I gained on various websites suggested a few months between installation and staining. Not sure I agree with that based on the performance of these boards. Had I stained them earlier they may not have split but the problem affected only 30% of the boards. I suggest anyone purchasing these boards carefully inspect them and ensure there are no micro-splits anywhere. Some of these boards look like they have been installed for far longer than one month.

I purchased 2 batches of these boards in store and had one board with one not showing. I didn’t sort through the boards the first time and the second time the stire clerk assisted me and told me that We had to take them as the came and only left me set one board out that had a black knot in it. For my third purchase, I opted for delivery due to size. This was my first Home Delivery, so it was a bit if a test. I paid extra for the premium boards to make sure i didnt get stuck with duds. The delivery went fine, but I was dissapointed when when I unstrapped the boards. The boards look like they sorted out all the bad boards, or shipped me the discard pile. Some boards have 7 knots, some have big black knots and some are a grainy green color. There is no way these are “Premium”and there is no way that this was just as they came from the bundle. Non of the boards i recieved look like the other boards I purchased. I have seen many standard grade boards that look better than this. Some of the boards won’t flex properly because the knots are so big, not to mention rough. They will fail at these locations. I am very dissapointed that Home depot would select these boards to send on a home delivery. These do not look like the boards I saw in store. They should have been returned for credit from the distributor or downgraded and sold at a discount. I really cannot find a good excuse for this. I would not trust them to select wood for me again. Either they don’t know what they are doing, they do know but don’t care, or they take advantage of delivery customers purge the worst boards. The delivery fee was not worth it based on the product recieved. Lesson learned.

I was skeptical when I ordered the lumber for my sitting area deck because it was not being delivered from my local Home Depot; therefore, I was not able to pick out the decking boards. I was a little surprised that all the boards, except for one, were straight which made the construction much easier since I built the deck myself. Many happy hours will be spent in this sitting area enjoying the outdoors.

Had 37 pcs delivered. Delivery excellent. IMO about 2-3 boards were not acceptable for finish decking. Fortunately I ordered 1 extra board, and used 1 fewer than expected. Overall satisfied price/quality for PT decking. Attached photo is day after decking went down. Used extra boards to make a planter for deck