Project in Progress: Why Suffer Long Delivery Times for Your Composite Decking?

The outdoor living and decking season is exceptionally short in Quebec. As soon as the first persistent rays of spring sunshine appear, every single week counts. When the beautiful weather finally arrives and your general contractor is ready to dig for the screw piles or assemble the framing, the last thing you want to hear is a sentence like: "The specific materials you selected are back-ordered for 6 to 8 weeks."

Unfortunately, this is the harsh reality for many composite decking products imported from Asia or the southern United States. They often find themselves stuck in ocean freight containers, delayed at customs, or sitting in distant distribution hubs. At Écoplast, we deliberately chose to build a completely different approach to eliminate any unnecessary delivery times and offer absolute peace of mind to local homeowners and building professionals.

Skip Every Delivery Times Warning Thanks to a Local Startup Inventory

As a young Canadian manufacturing startup, we knew from day one that to compete with industry giants, our greatest strength had to be logistical agility. We closely analyzed the market and made a bold, strategic decision last winter: to run our manufacturing line at full capacity during the cold season. The goal was crystal clear: accumulate a massive inventory of our signature Naturodeck boards long before the spring rush so that no client would have to experience a painful delivery times delay.

This rigorous winter planning allows us to serve the local market far better than traditional foreign importers. While our global inventory naturally decreases month over month due to high seasonal demand, our sales pace and production cycles are calculated to the millimeter. This structural planning ensures we maintain an excellent supply position through the end of summer and continue serving the local market without any delivery times interruptions until the very end of the year.

The result of our winter production: our inventory racks at our Farnham plant built to eliminate waiting periods.

Ocean Freight vs. Local Supply: How It Affects Your Delivery Times

What exactly explains the majority of product delays with other major decking brands? International ocean shipping. When a material order depends heavily on cargo ships, obtaining an accurate tracking status becomes nearly impossible. A storm at sea, port congestion, or a customs flag can instantly double your initial delivery times without any prior notice.

Opting for a product manufactured locally in Farnham completely changes the game for your backyard project. Your order never crosses oceans: it is extruded here, loaded here, and shipped from here. This geographical proximity cuts out middlemen and reduces any potential delivery times to a minimum while offering perfect end-to-end traceability. You know exactly where your boards are, from our extrusion line right to your doorstep, making job site scheduling a breeze.

This manufacturing agility translates into two major logistical benefits for your construction schedule this summer:

• Under two weeks delivery times for custom orders: If your project requires specific board lengths to avoid visible butt joints or exclusive color blends developed with our colorist, our facility can schedule, manufacture, and ship your custom order in less than 14 days.
• Immediate standard stock availability: Our authorized distributors have direct, rapid access to our standard products, meaning you won't face an unexpected delivery times extension in the middle of your project execution.

Real-Time Stock Checking via Groupe Richer

To push this seamless customer experience even further, we rely on elite distribution partners. We are incredibly proud to collaborate closely with Groupe Richer, a leading authority in Quebec for premium landscaping and outdoor living materials, who shares our corporate vision of fast service without endless delivery times.

To avoid any bad surprises or unnecessary downtime on your job site, you can view their live inventory directly on their digital platform. By visiting the dedicated section for Groupe Richer composite boards, you gain complete visibility over the standard sizes and colors available across their entire retail network. It is the perfect alliance to guarantee zero delivery times on our most popular product lines.

Don't Put Your Summer on Hold

A delayed job site due to supply chain issues leads to extra contractor costs, endless headaches, and blocks your outdoor living space unnecessarily. Choosing Écoplast means opting for premium, eco-friendly composite without the anxiety and extended delivery times of imported goods. You plan, you order, we deliver, and you fully enjoy your backyard while the weather is hot.