Have had ecodek in my garden now for 4 years. It keeps it's colour which is the key advantage over the normal wooden decking . It still needs jet washing to get leaf mould and oil off it after a winter period but comes up clean. In summer it gets pretty hot in direct hot sunlight but how often does that really happen ? Not a put off for me . A minor health warning would be that it can warp over time and where I have heavy large tubs in my garden I have had to move them to sit directly over the joists of the sub frame so that they don't distort the level of the deck by sinking in the places where the tubs were . Trouble with that is you cannot group your planters in quite the style you would have planned. Would still recommend however. Works well on steps too.