Sustainable by Design: How Lifetime Decking and Lifetime Piers® Protect Wisconsin Lakes
Your pier shouldn’t harm your lake. Ours doesn’t — by design.
Clean Materials. Cleaner Water. Better Shorelines.
Every pier interacts with the lake around it. Some protect it. Others quietly pollute it — slipping chemicals, debris, and broken-down materials right into the water.
Most homeowners don’t realize that older wood and cheap composite decking can leach, rot, flake, and crumble, leaving behind more than just splinters.
Lifetime Piers® use a different material: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) decking — one of the most environmentally stable materials ever made.
It contains no PFAS (forever chemicals).
It doesn’t rot.
It doesn’t mold.
It doesn’t leach.
And it doesn’t break down into microplastics.
It simply lasts — for decades — without harming the water you love.
Why HDPE Is the Cleanest Decking for Wisconsin Lakes
Our HDPE decking boards are engineered from recycled materials and built to last for generations. They’re designed to protect both homeowners and the lake.
HDPE decking is:
Eco-stable — it gives off no harmful fumes and doesn’t leach chemicals into the water.
Non-rotting — so you never get floating debris or loose fasteners dropping into the lake.
Zero-maintenance — no staining or sealing chemicals ever touch your water.
UV resistant — prevents fading and eliminates breakdown from sun exposure.
Slip-resistant & long-lasting — reducing replacement cycles and landfill waste.
Your lake deserves a material that never becomes a problem. That’s why it’s the foundation of every Lifetime Pier.
The Hidden Environmental Impact of Wood Piers
Wood looks natural — but it doesn’t behave naturally after processing.
Here’s what most people don’t see:
Pressure-treated boards leach copper and chemicals into the water.
Wood rots, releasing organic debris, slough, and rusting fasteners into the lake.
Cheap composites break down into microplastics, clouding water clarity.
Boards need repainting, sealing, or staining, dripping volatile organic compounds into runoff.
Replacement cycles every 10 years generate significant waste.
And when wood fails, it fails violently: warped planks, loose screws, jagged edges, and boards breaking straight into the water.
Materials break down. But your lake shouldn’t have to suffer the consequences.
Why Lifetime All Seasons Piers Are Better for the Lake
A Lifetime All Seasons Pier stays in year-round — thus reducing:
Bottom disturbance
Seasonal shoreline erosion
Habitat disruption
Equipment impact
Chemical runoff
And because they’re built on deep-driven steel pilings, they stay stable, secure, and environmentally consistent for decades.
No annual teardown.
No lakebed stress.
No shoreline abuse.
Just a structure built once — and built right.
Eco-Friendly Is Not a Pitch. It’s Engineering.
From material selection to installation method, every part of the Lifetime Piers system is designed to be clean, durable, and lake-safe.
With a Lifetime Pier, you get:
Recyclable HDPE decking
Zero chemical treatments, sealants or PFAS
No rot, no leaching, no debris
Deep-driven steel pilings that protect the lakebed
A system made right here in the Midwest
Lifetime Piers don’t represent “green marketing,” they represent responsible marine construction.
