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DECKING                                                                                     STILL NO. 1.



                RANK   COMPANY                             INDEX AVG   SURVEY DATA   SENTIMENT   MENTIONS
                                                                                                         Trex is 11-0 since our readership survey
               ★     Trex                                  1.8        1          9         1             began, using industry presence and
                                                                                                         word of mouth to dominate the market
                2    AZEK TimberTech                       3.6        4          6         2             yet again. It still needs to polish its
                                                                                                         public image, finishing in the bottom
                                                                                                         one-third of all Decking category
                3    TAMKO (Envision Building Products)    3.7        3          4         5                                                     Mohawk
                                                                                                         participants. Meanwhile, say hello
                                                                                                         to top 10 first-timers Royal Building
                4    Viance                                4.6        2          1         11
                                                                                                         Products and Deckorators.
                                                                                                                                                 THE BEST IN A
                5    CertainTeed EverNew                   4.9        4          13        4
                                                                                                                                                 FIERCE FIELD.
                6    Royal Building Products (Zuri)        6.1        6          7         6

                                                                                                                                                 Our fab four has been the same since
                7    Green Bay Decking                     6.3        6          3         8
                                                                                                                                                 2018, merely switching places as
                                                                                                                                                 public tastes changed. This year’s
                8    Cali Bamboo                           7.1        6          8         9                                                     winner, Mohawk, performed exactly
                                                                                                                                                 as in 2020 in terms of scoring.
                9    Deckorators                           7.4        6          2         12                                                    But its three closest competitors,
                                                                                                                                                 Armstrong (2020’s winner), Cali
                                                                                                                                                 Bamboo and Shaw, lost ground to an
                10   Fiberon                               8.6        12         5         3
                                                                                                              Trex                               ever-tightening pack of competitors
                                                                                                                                                 outside the top five.





                                                    DOORS


                                                      RANK   COMPANY                          INDEX AVG   SURVEY DATA   SENTIMENT   MENTIONS     HOT WATER SYSTEMS

                                                      ★    Therma-Tru                         1.9       1         4         3

                                                      2    Simpson                            2         2         5         1

                                                      3    Masonite                           3.1       3         1         4

                                                      4    ProVia                             3.3       4         3         2

                                                      5    Plastpro                           4.7       5         2         5







                                                         OPEN AND SHUT CASE.


                                                         Doors became its own category in this year’s survey, but that didn’t
                                                         change much for Therma-Tru, which has been No. 1 among door makers
                                                         since 2018. While no one in this category is “crushing it,” door makers
                                   Therma-Tru            might take a look at Therma-Tru’s recipe for success.






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