Missk_2022
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No trees and you bring up good points... I almost wish it was just stairs to the door... it is soo fucking expensive but I have to do something the damn thing is rotting off the house...and is dangerous as hellThis is a good start. Wonderer has some other good advice downstream.
Here are a couple of outside the box things to consider. Do you have a lot of pine trees? Doesn’t even need to be in your yard. They shed needles and pollen cones which become lodged in between the cracks of your deck and then hold moisture. They can travel an amazing distance…Ask me how I know. After two replacements over 15yrs we threw in the towel and put in flagstone last summer…you may remember me whining about delays on that…
You’re probably going to need to water seal it at some point. The Thompson’s water seal works good but it only lasts a season or two before you have to reapply. I used the Aussie something or other, but F’ed up and used the Koa colored…waaaaay too dark and it was a south facing deck with no real shade in the afternoon…it got so damn hot…plants threw in the towel and you couldn’t walk on it.
I love the look of a nice deck. They can be little maintenance hogs…especially when long in the tooth.
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PS…not my deck but I really like the look of this!