Factors Affecting the Price of WPC Decking

Understanding of WPC decking

WPC decking combines the texture of natural wood with the water-resistant and anti-corrosive properties of plastic materials, and has become the preferred material for indoor and outdoor flooring decoration in recent years due to its outstanding performance. However, in the mixed market of WPC decking, the prices and quality of flooring products from different manufacturers vary greatly.

As a relatively new building material, many people still lack sufficient knowledge of WPC decking, and often the price becomes the deciding factor when choosing WPC decking. These people often find after a year or even a few months of completion that the troubles caused by inferior flooring are not only endless maintenance, but also affect the overall beauty of the project.

The hard performance indicators of WPC decking

Density: The density of WPC decking directly determines the strength and impact resistance of the profiles. Flooring with insufficient density can be easily crushed in scenic areas with relatively concentrated traffic, leading to safety accidents such as collapse. However, the density of profiles is not easy to distinguish by naked eyes.

Shrinkage: Shrinkage refers to the expansion and contraction performance of the profile. The shrinkage performance of qualified WPC is usually about 3/1000 to 5/1000. Inferior products often exceed this index by a lot. The greater the shrinkage, the greater the curvature of the profile's expansion and contraction deformation under the change of cold and hot cycles, which will easily affect the beauty of the project over time. When choosing WPC decking, be sure to consider the high-quality flooring with small shrinkage.

Environmental Protection Level: Environmental protection represents the attitude of a WPC manufacturer. Many producers and consumers often have the idea that environmental protection of WPC products has nothing to do with them. However, WPC decking that does not meet the environmental protection standards will actually pose a certain danger to humans and living organisms. In recent years, the installation of WPC decking on hydrophilic platforms has caused large-scale death of river organisms. The environmental protection level reaching the standard means the increase of cost and materials used. If it does not meet the standard, neither industry insiders nor consumers can know it, and environmental protection becomes the most invisible and important indicator of low-carbon environmental protection and sustainable development for WPC profiles.

When choosing WPC decking, do not only consider the price. It is more important to examine whether the manufacturer of the flooring has research and development capabilities, whether various data indicators of WPC decking itself meet the standards, whether it has passed relevant testing reports, and whether it has relevant pre-sales and after-sales services. If inferior flooring is selected, it will not only affect the beauty of the project, but also require more additional maintenance costs, which is not worth the loss.