Every Haka deck carries three warranties: our 2-year written workmanship warranty, the board manufacturer's 25- to 50-year structural and fade coverage (labor included for the first 5 to 25 years depending on line and installer tier), and the railing's — limited lifetime structural on aluminum with 10–20 years on the finish. We run every claim for you.
Decking warranties get confusing fast. Three warranties typically layer over any deck we build — ours on the workmanship, and separate manufacturer coverage on the boards and the railing — covering different things, for different lengths of time, with different rules for staying valid.
What Haka Covers
We back our workmanship with a 2-year written warranty on all of our work, covering framing, fastening, board layout, railing installation, stair construction, and every connection in between — fixed with no paperwork if it fails because of how we built it.
That's the written commitment — the same one on our warranty page. In practice, we go further: if a serious workmanship issue surfaces because of something one of our crew did — not normal wear, not something modified after we left — we've stood behind that work well past the two-year mark, five years, sometimes longer, depending on what happened.
What the Manufacturers Cover
The boards carry separate warranties from the manufacturer, usually in two parts: a structural / manufacturing defect warranty covering delamination, splitting, or premature failure, and a fade & stain warranty covering color change and surface staining. The better the line, the longer the coverage.
Here's where the major brands stand right now:
| Brand / Line | Structural / Defect | Fade & Stain | Labor Coverage* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trex Transcend / Lineage | 50-year limited | 50-year | First 10 years |
| Trex Signature | 50-year limited | 50-year | First 25 years |
| Trex Enhance Naturals | 25-year limited | 25-year | First 10 years |
| TimberTech AZEK (PVC) | Lifetime limited | 50-year | 5–25 years (by installer tier) |
| TimberTech PRO (composite) | 30-year limited | 30-year | 5–25 years (by installer tier) |
| TimberTech EDGE (composite) | 25-year limited | 25-year | 5–25 years (by installer tier) |
| Fiberon Concordia | Lifetime performance | 50-year | 5, 10, or 15 years (by installer tier) |
| Fiberon Good Life | 25-year limited | 25-year | 5, 10, or 15 years (by installer tier) |
| Deckorators Voyage / Vault | 50-year structural | 25-year | First 5 years |
| Wolf PVC | Lifetime limited | 25-year | First 5 years |
*Labor coverage on several brands is tied to the installing contractor's certification tier. Haka holds Trex Platinum Pro, Deckorators Certified Pro Elite, and TimberTech authorized-dealer status — the credentials that unlock the longest labor-coverage tiers those programs offer.
A few things worth noticing in that table:
The long terms are real, but they're prorated. A "50-year fade warranty" doesn't mean a free deck in year 49. After the labor window closes, the manufacturer reimburses only the material cost of affected boards, on a schedule that steps down over time. Worked example: the boards on a 320 sq ft deck cost roughly $2,600–4,500 ($8–14 per square foot). On a typical prorated schedule, a fade claim in year 30 of a 50-year warranty pays out 20–40% of the original board cost — call it $700–1,800 in material credit — and you cover the removal and reinstall labor. Real money, not a free deck. The face value of every board warranty is largest in the early years.
Labor coverage is a separate clock. During the labor period — the first 5 to 25 years depending on line and installer tier — the manufacturer covers both the replacement boards and the cost to install them. After it ends, you pay installation labor on any warranty replacement even though the boards are still covered. When comparing brands, this column matters more than the headline year count.
Coverage requires proper installation and basic care. Manufacturers exclude damage from de-icing chemicals (which ones are allowed is in our ice melt on composite decks post), pressure washing above the listed limit (1,500–3,100 PSI depending on brand, fan tip, held off the surface), structural modifications made by others, and a handful of similar items. Nearly every warranty also requires professional installation and registration — one of the reasons we file your project paperwork on day one, and why the coverage transfers cleanly when you sell the house.
The Third Warranty: Railing
Railing systems carry their own paper, separate from the deck boards. The aluminum systems we install most typically come with a limited lifetime structural warranty and 10–20 years on the powder-coat finish; composite and vinyl railing lines generally run 20–25 years. Same rules apply — proper installation keeps it valid, and finish damage from de-icers or impacts is excluded. Our railing page covers the systems we install.
How the Layers Work Together
Most warranty issues fall cleanly into one bucket:
- Workmanship issue in the first 2 years? That's on us. No questions.
- Board fading, splitting, or staining? That's a manufacturer claim, and we file it on your behalf.
- Something serious, clearly a build error, more than 2 years out? Call us. If it's truly our fault, we'll make it right. That's not a contract clause — it's how we do business.
You don't have to figure out which warranty applies or call a manufacturer hotline — call us. We diagnose the issue, identify which warranty covers it, and run the claim end to end.
What to Ask Any Deck Builder About Warranties
Whether you're working with us or someone else, three questions tell you most of what you need to know: What's your written workmanship warranty, and what does it cover? What's the labor coverage period on the specific boards you're proposing? And how does a claim work once the project is done — do I deal with the manufacturer, or do you?
A builder who can't give straight answers to those three isn't a builder whose warranty is worth much. Our full list of questions to ask a deck builder goes beyond warranties.
The Bottom Line
Two years from us in writing, often more in practice. Twenty-five to fifty years on the boards, with the first five to twenty-five including labor depending on line and tier. Lifetime structural coverage on aluminum railing. We handle the claim either way.
