Sunbelt Forest Products Announces the Sunrise Decking Line, Pressure Treated with Ecolife™, Is Now Available at 84 Lumber Stores Across Florida

BARTOW, Fla., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunbelt Forest Products, a leading manufacturer of high quality pressure treated lumber and related products, announced the new Sunrise Decking line today. Sunrise Decking is a #1 premium grade Radius Edged 2x6 real wood decking product with limited knots and no wane. Able to span 24" joists, this product will provide builders and homeowners a clean looking decking solution with superior strength and long lasting beauty compared to typical 5/4" decking. Sunbelt Forest Products serves lumber dealers, original equipment manufacturers, home centers and fence contractors across Florida, the Southeast and into the Caribbean Basin.

"Florida's climate allows homeowners to enjoy outdoor living through much of the year, and by using Sunrise Decking, professionals and DIY homeowners can expand their outdoor living environments with a premium decking solution that will look better for longer," said Don Hayes, General Sales Manager of Sunbelt Forest Products. "Now with our partners at 84 Lumber and its network of stores throughout the Sunshine State, we're providing the finest wood decking to let folks make the most of that outdoor lifestyle."

Sunrise Decking is pressure treated with Ecolife™, a non-metallic wood preservative and wood stabilizer to maximize the performance and beauty of new wood decks, is now available in 10', 12' and 16' lengths throughout Florida exclusively at 84 Lumber store locations. During the pressure treating process, the Ecolife™ preservative and wood stabilizer system are driven deep into the wood to protect all surfaces and to help minimize the effects of weathering, reducing the cracking, checking and splitting common to ordinary treated lumber.

In addition to the pride of creating a beautiful new deck, and the assurance that it will stand up to the elements, those whose work is shown to be exceptional can win prizes in the 2012 Ecolife Fish More Deck Challenge, sponsored by Viance LLC. This exciting deck building competition will award a Team Grand Prize of a Tracker(R) Pro Team(R) 175 TF to a the builder and $2500 cash to the Homeowner of the winning deck selected in the Fish-More Deck Challenge. 

"Deck builders and homeowners alike can 'Take back their weekends' by building decks with Ecolife," said Viance Director of Marketing Christopher Kollwitz. "We are excited about the Deck Challenge, and the opportunity to review the creativity of deck builders and homeowners across the country, especially our Sunrise Decking customers through 84 Lumber stores in Florida." For more information about the Ecolife wood treatment solution or the Fish More Deck Challenge and contest rules, visit www.Ecolife.Fish-More.com.

CONTACT: Chuck Robbins, +1-704-839-3520, [email protected]

SOURCE Sunbelt Forest Products