When most people picture a deck, they picture maintenance — a structure you sand, seal, and eventually tear out and replace. At Northern Outdoor Living, we start from a different premise entirely: the outdoor living spaces we design for Twin Cities homeowners are built to outlast generations. We call them forever decks, and it’s not a slogan. It’s the standard every project is built to.
The foundation of that promise is WearDeck, a fully synthetic, non-organic composite of high-density polyethylene and Owens Corning’s glass-fiber technology. There is no wood content in it, which is the crucial distinction from traditional lumber and from older composite blends. Wood loses strength over time, absorbs moisture unevenly, and typically carries only a 10 to 20 year warranty. WearDeck, by contrast, carries a warranty of roughly 50 to 75 years — up to a lifetime for residential applications.
That difference reframes what a deck even is. Instead of a maintenance item you’ll be replacing in two decades, your outdoor space becomes a permanent extension of your home. Several of our clients have already told us they consider theirs the last deck they’ll ever have to buy — and given the materials, that’s a fair expectation.
For homeowners in Hastings and across the Greater Twin Cities who are replacing an old, failing deck, the forever-deck approach answers the question most people are really asking: how do I never do this again? Our answer is to build it right, with the best material on the market, the first time.
If you’re weighing your options, we’re always happy to walk you through what a forever deck could look like in your own backyard.