Recent content by deadmite

Wow, what a list! Thanks for posting this, on another forum someone needed a list like this with these great tips ect. I will be sure to point the person over here to read your great article!

hey nice find GuRu! you rule! lol, I liked some of the coastal pictures :)

not much, nor big, even though the angle and pic size make it looks like it :D

I have a 15x15 on the side of my house, not much for the jobs I do for decks I have made some big designed ones, they are very nice :D

Depends wether the paint is pealing or coming off in some form, other wise if you water seal it you should be fine for at least 2 years :)

Sanding, staining, and water sealing :D that is the best way to go :)

metal always works great, only thing about them is the rusting of it, but other than that it really is (usually) the studiest of them all :)

I use just nails and screws too lol, tiger claws are a good idea, you don't have to go into the wood so they prevent the weakening of the wood around the nails/screws keeping it up longer :D

I usually do this: *Wash *Sand *Wash *Let dry *Sweep *Stain *Let dry *Water Seal and your done :D

Hmmm... I found this (http://www.messmers.com/prod_uv_faq.html) it has UV protectants in it to protect the stain for the sun, not so sure about the rain though. Everyone I know that lives in florida have composite decking so they do not need to have stains or paints.

I usually just do a thorough sanding and it usually takes care of it. Personally I would not manually do it, get like an automatic sander.

Here is a site I found interesting about how you should pick a stain, something that would last long and look nice. You should check it out... http://www.ehow.com/how_14420_choose-wood-stain.html

I like wood better, it looks nice and more natural. Unless there is a need for a metal deck (something that lasts longer) then I would rather prefer that. There are ways to make a metal deck look better though (carpets, fake wood prints, ect.)

Metal with say a "pool rug" would be better than wood just because when people get out of the pool they would drip water all over the wood and if the wood was not sealed it would rot. You best bet would be either metal or composite wood, both are much easier to take care of around a pool...

I would recommend that you should just plan where you need to drill, it makes it easier. Also get a more powerful drill too, not a hand held on maybe a table drill because the material is a little stronger than wood