Dear Users,
I have a 15 year old wooden deck which was not weather protected. Now, the tops of the boards are splintered, grayish and severely weathered. It come off a second floor door and stands on cement columns.
The other day, I looked at the deck from undertneath and saw the deck boards looked new from the bottom. I would like to refurbish this deck and I was wondering about the following options:
1. Remove old boards and turn over to expose fresh surface, then coat that.
2. Sanding or scarping old surface
3. Remove old boards and replace with new pressure treated or composite
I would really like some help on this. In exchange please feel free to contact me with phone related questions
Thanks
ExPhoneguy
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Phone dude
Turningthe boards over sounds like wayyyy too much work. You never said what the decking was.....CCA, cedar???? What was it nailed with? 10b common? If so, forget about sanding it. I use a finish decking nail but I'm guessing thats not what you have so you cant really set them deep enough so you can sand and avoid the heads. How big is the deck? You might wanna consult Pro-Deck on this one but it is possible to use constuction adhesive and nails and go directly over each plank with new material and then finish the edges with a banding of the same boards to conceal the doubling up. IMHO theres no reason to rmove and toss the old boards if theyre not beat. If you really have the time then turn em upside down.
Be well
Namaste'
Andy
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I would go to home depot, get some deck cleaner, and do that, which will probably not brighten it up to much but at least it will clean off all those leaf, bird####, and mulberry fruit stains that are on there. It will make a world of difference.
I've got a telephone co. handset, pushbutton, and the ringer is very quiet, is there a way to turn up it's volume? I also need the functions explained to me, what does the swith IN/OUT do?
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