Trex Installation Guides & Product Resources
Find official Trex installation guides, hidden fastener instructions, care information, and product warranties in one place. B&B has organized these resources to help Hampton Roads homeowners discuss materials and installation details with their builder.
Decking, framing, fasteners, and railing need to be identified separately. These links open manufacturer-hosted digital documents; many use Trex’s online document reader. PDF download availability depends on the reader. Check Trex’s resource center for updates and for products not listed here.
How to use this library
- Identify the products in your proposal. Write down the decking family, board profile, framing material, fastener system, and railing model.
- Open the matching instructions. A hidden-fastener guide and a plug guide serve different applications. Ask your builder which documents apply to your layout.
- Discuss the covered work. Use our Trex deck homeowner checklist to ask about the frame, house connection, drainage, and construction photos.
- Keep your records. Save the applicable documents with your proposal, product details, and progress photos. Recheck manufacturer guidance when planning later work.
Decking installation
2026 Trex Decking Installation Guide
Start here for decking installation, planning, spacing, and fastening information. Check that your chosen product is covered.
Open 2026 Trex Decking Installation GuideRecommended Fasteners: Decking and Fascia
Use this reference when confirming the proposed fastening system for your decking and fascia.
Open Recommended Fasteners: Decking and FasciaHidden fasteners, clips and plugs
Universal Hidden Fasteners — Wood Framing
Choose this instruction set for the named fastener system on wood framing.
Open Universal Hidden Fasteners — Wood FramingUniversal Hidden Fasteners — Aluminum Framing
Choose the aluminum-framing instructions when that is the structural system in your project.
Open Universal Hidden Fasteners — Aluminum FramingHideaway Butt Joint Clip
Use the dedicated clip instructions when reviewing how a joint between board ends will be handled.
Open Hideaway Butt Joint ClipHideaway Deck Plugs — Enhance Decking
Enhance has its own plug instructions. Confirm the board and plug combination before using this document.
Open Hideaway Deck Plugs — Enhance DeckingHideaway Deck Plugs — Transcend, Select and Signature
For the decking families named in this document. Match the exact product to the instructions.
Open Hideaway Deck Plugs — Transcend, Select and SignatureHideaway Fascia Plug
Fascia is a separate application. Review the fascia instructions rather than assuming the deck-board procedure applies.
Open Hideaway Fascia PlugRailing installation
Signature Railing Installation
For the Signature railing system described in this guide. Identify the exact railing configuration before selecting instructions.
Open Signature Railing InstallationTranscend Railing Installation
A separate reference for Transcend railing. Keep the railing documents with your decking and project records.
Open Transcend Railing InstallationSelect Classic Railing Installation
For Select Classic railing. Other Select configurations have separate documents in the Trex resource center.
Open Select Classic Railing InstallationCare and cleaning
Decking Care and Cleaning — Signature, Transcend, Enhance and Select
Keep this guide after construction. Identify the decking family before choosing cleaning products or a cleaning method.
Open Decking Care and Cleaning — Signature, Transcend, Enhance and SelectProduct warranties
Decking, Fascia and Cladding Limited Warranty
Read the applicable terms, exclusions, documentation, and claim procedures for your product.
Open Decking, Fascia and Cladding Limited WarrantyFasteners Limited Warranty
Review fastening-product coverage separately from the decking warranty.
Open Fasteners Limited WarrantyRailing and Ancillary Products Limited Warranty
Check the product scope before relying on this warranty; some railing products have separate documents.
Open Railing and Ancillary Products Limited WarrantyManufacturer instructions and B&B construction details
Trex’s documents address its products. B&B’s new deck builds currently include raised concrete piers with standoff post bases, stone beneath the deck, joist tape, and construction progress photos. Those included practices are separate from Trex’s product instructions. The project still needs suitable foundation design, connections, drainage, and applicable inspections.
Explore our composite-deck construction approach or discuss your project with B&B.
More help choosing the right resource
This library is a selected collection, not the full Trex catalog. For X-Series railing, steel railing, other Select configurations, early-generation decking, lighting, or RainEscape, use the product-specific documents in the official resource center.
Trex product warranties and a contractor’s workmanship coverage are separate. Use the actual terms for the products and project you are considering; a link in this library does not establish coverage or eligibility.
For plain-language explanations of the construction details, visit B&B’s deck fastener guide, joist tape guide, and complete deck resource hub.
Document links checked October 2, 2026 against the United States Trex resource center. Trex owns the linked manufacturer materials. B&B’s introductions help you navigate them; they do not replace the current product instructions or project requirements.