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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
For anyone with a composite deck how well does it hold up to shoveling snow and what sort of words of caution can you share? At some point I will redo our deck with composite but we have a rear garage and cross the deck to get from the house to garage and as such in the winter I am always clearing it off. I use a typical plastic shovel that has a steel blade on the edge. With our wood deck the shovel sometimes gouges the boards. Does the composite hold up better? Would it best to just use a full plastic shovel on that stuff? Anything else to be aware of?
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Use plastic. Nothing with a metal guard. If the snow gets stuck, just skim the top and when a chinook hits, you should be able to push off a sheet of ice right off of the deck without too much difficulty. This is what I do on my parents' composite deck.
But in all honesty, I have Duradeck myself and with a plastic shovel, it's much easier than composite or wood decks to clear the snow/ice and I like it much more in the summer.