Not possible to link all manufacturers, materials and construction into one category. Some are good, some may be a bit flimsy, but serviceable, some may be too cheap to be safe.
You can get free deck plans at decknow.co. There are many free deck plans for wood decks. You will also see pictures of the various wood decks. All the instructions are there and easy to follow. There is also some good free deck plans at free-deck-plan.html. House plans and more is another good site with free plans for wood decks.
http://www.hgtv.com/topics/decks/index.html has a bunch of different ideas and designs for decks. Decks.com also has free deck plans available to be mailed to you.
The best are dinosaur decks and dragon decks. P.S Dragon decks are better Dragon decks are the best. AKA: divine beast decks kill but 1 in a trillion use them.)
If you go to, (http://www.todaysplans.net/free-deck-plans.html), they have a variety of magnificent deck plans that you and your partner can do yourself.
all tech decks are the same sometimes they get messed up
http://www.hgtv.com/topics/decks/index.html They have photos of homes with good designs of their decks. They have actual photos there of existing homes. Get inspired, good luck.
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no they are not because you can get in trouble
Deathwish skateboard decks are among the better brands of decks available today.
Its all personal preferance but personally i like Girls decks, chocolate decks, baker deck, and good cheap alternatives are speedemons, goodwoods and shop decks.