Re-Building the Deck Surface
2018-2021

We have four levels of that have been expanded and built over 25+ years. I built a solid structure for the deck, but over time the 1x4 clear Cedar eventually needed to be replace. Every year or two we had to either scrub, clean and re-stain, or sand clean and re-stain the 1x4 Cedar planks. It was a real painful process and was getting very tiresome. We did some extensive research and decided on a product called Azec. Azec is an all-plastic deck material. We chose Azec because it did not have any wood chips or wood fibers in it, which could decay over time.
We started with expanding our back-door landing.  We then went on to striping all the 1x4 Cedar on Deck one, then two, and finally Decks three and four. The process was a labor intensive:

  1. Pull the 1x4 Cedar off the structure.

  2. Remove all nails

  3. Repair any problems that showed up

  4. Clean-up the structure

  5. Install the Azec, two screws in every 2x6 joist.

The Azec is very expensive, but it looks great and after two, plus years it has shown no signs of wear.  I think it was a great choice.

 


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Building the Back-Porch Landing Extension & Planter

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