Fall repairs prepare your deck for immediate spring use. Repairing in fall lets you tackle repairs before harsh winter conditions. Minor spring repairs intended to refresh the deck are also helpful.
If your deck feels a little bouncy underfoot, it might not be the top boards at all — it could be the joists underneath that are starting to rot. I ran into that exact problem ...
Wood rot is a sibling to mold growth. Mold growth requires but three things: a food source, mold spores and water. Those ...
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Rebuilding a Collapsed Deck

A rotting deck gives way, sparking a full rebuild — from demolition to repair, see how craftsmanship restores safety and ...
I used nothing but redwood trim on the last house I built for my family. Redwood contains lots of natural chemicals that fight against wood rot.
It’s easy to brush off a leaky faucet or a flickering light as “no big deal.” But some small repairs can quickly spiral into ...
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Bring Life Back to Your Worn Wooden Deck

One of the best assets a home can have is a wooden deck. It’s where summer meals are eaten, morning coffee tastes... The post ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins are never boring. Monday, the Penguins were the subject of a trade report. They beat the St. […] The ...
Work to repair “neglected” council homes in a part of Nottingham will begin this month and continue into the new year, the City Council says. In January, residents on the Eddleston Drive estate in ...
We have the money - we aren't in debt outside of our mortgage - but I can't stop thinking about money. We buy secondhand, cancel streaming, bring lunch etc. But these things are only drops in the ...
Each summer, when legions of algae and bacteria die, they precipitously fall to the lake bottom, and their microscopic corpses rot en masse ... owner Mark Engle studied the mangled planks and dock ...