Green Shield decks are built to avoid butt joints. Our crews are trained to carefully place feature boards and use picture frame boards to provide a finished polish on every deck. Decks with too many butt joints can buckle or warp under the adverse weather conditions often seen in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. By building without butt joints Green Shield is able to avoid these risks and offer a lifetime warranty.
Butt Joint
A butt joint is the seam created where two pieces of deck board touch between spans. Typically in decking, butt joints are used when laying large areas. Depending on construction style, butt joints can be unavoidable when the spans exceed the maximum length of the deck board. Cheap sub-contractors will use butt joints to save on decking material. Initial cost savings can sound good, but more butt joints can introduce additional points of failure on a deck and impact the aesthetic appeal of the final project.
The Green Shield Difference
"You won’t see a butt joint on a Green Shield deck. Our decks look amazing, are built flat, and designed to stay that way for a lifetime."
- Adam Rought,
CEO & Founder