Deckorators: product range and the EPD gap

Who Deckorators is and what they sell

Deckorators sits inside UFP Industries and focuses on outdoor living materials. The headline is composite decking made with its mineral‑based Surestone technology, alongside traditional WPC lines. Around that core they market aluminum and composite railings, balusters, post caps, lighting, a privacy screen system, porch flooring, cladding, fasteners, and accessories. The brand’s sustainability page highlights recycled content and powder‑coat processes for aluminum components (Deckorators Sustainability).

Product breadth at a glance

This is not a single‑SKU story. Deckorators serves multiple categories: mineral‑based composite decking, traditional composite decking, cladding, porch flooring, railings and balusters, lighting, and hardware. Within those lines the color, width, and profile combinations push the total into the hundreds of SKUs. That breadth puts them on a lot of bid lists for multifamily amenities, hospitality rooftop decks, education courtyards, and high‑end residential.

EPD coverage: what we could and couldn’t find

As of December 5, 2025, we could not locate any third‑party verified, program‑operator–published EPDs for Deckorators’ decking, cladding, or railing products. If one exists, it is not readily available through major operators or the brand’s own materials. That means specifiers working toward LEED v4.1 credits often will not be able to count Deckorators SKUs toward EPD tallies unless a declaration is published and made public.

Why this matters commercially

LEED v4.1 awards up to two points for Building Product Disclosure and Optimization related to EPDs. One point is available when project teams use at least 20 distinct compliant products from five manufacturers, and product‑specific Type III EPDs can be valued as 1.5 products toward that total (USGBC, 2024) (USGBC Credit Library, 2024). On EPD‑aware jobs, a product without a declaration often faces a disclosure penalty that makes it easier to swap for one that helps the team hit its target.

Likely best seller, missing EPD, and who can replace it in the spec

Voyage or Vault (mineral‑based composite powered by Surestone) reads like a flagship pick for premium decks and rooftop amenity spaces. Without an EPD, it can be sidelined when owners require product‑level LCA data. Two common alternates that do publish:

• TimberTech Advanced PVC decking. The AZEK Company states its TimberTech decking EPDs are available on SmartEPD and referenced them in its 2025 sustainability filing (SEC, 2025) (SEC, 2025).
• Fiberon composite offerings. Fiberon has a third‑party verified EPD for Wildwood composite cladding via SCS Global Services, illustrating the brand’s EPD posture and making it easier for teams to document materials credits (SCS Global Services, 2023) (SCS Global Services, 2023).

If a project team can earn an MR credit by switching only the deck board, the path of least resistance is clear. That’s where bids can quietly slip away.

How the Deckorators line compares in the field

Competitors most often encountered on the same drawings include Trex, TimberTech/AZEK, Fiberon, MoistureShield, and Envision. TimberTech and Fiberon publish verifiable declarations. Trex and others lean heavily on recycled‑content storytelling but have fewer publicly listed product‑specific EPDs. In practice, that splits the market: projects chasing documented LEED points tend to prefer brands with ready‑to‑download declarations, while purely aesthetic or residential‑only scopes often decide on color, traction, and warranty.

Strengths Deckorators can lean on

Surestone mineral‑based boards offer low thermal movement, high slip resistance, and water‑ and ground‑contact warranties. The portfolio also stretches into rail, balusters, lighting, and cladding, which helps distributors build complete baskets. Those advantages are real. They just need matching transparency so owners can specifiy with confidence on carbon‑tracked jobs.

The fastest route to coverage

If Deckorators wants to flip the script quickly, the play is straightforward: pick the highest‑velocity boards first, align to the most common PCR used by peers, and publish through a mainstream operator so declarations are easy to find. A great LCA partner will map competitor PCR choices and program operators, then handle the heavy data lift across plants and formulations so your team does not stall production for paperwork. Done well, an initial wave of product‑specific Type III EPDs can unlock MR credit value for customers and stabilize specs where swaps used to happen. The ROI often shows up in a single mid‑size project win. It’s definately faster when the data collection is white‑glove rather than DIY.

Bottom line for specability

Deckorators has the product range and performance story to win. Today’s gap is transparency. With a handful of focused, product‑specific EPDs prioritized to top sellers, they would immediately compete head‑to‑head on LEED‑sensitive projects and reduce the risk of last‑minute substitutions. The market signal is simple: bring the same polish they apply to boards to the documentation that gets those boards onto the job.