JDMCQ's Garage

Probably dogear cedar like this? Cut off a piece and sniff it.

 

Sand blasting could screw up his already delicate grass he has in texass if he uses too much, plus more expensive than water.

 

He lives in the desert, how the hell is sand more expansive then water?? Lol

 

Different sands. You would think when I deploy we have enough sand for a volleyball court. Not the same kind of sand . We had to import white sand for our beach court...

 

No, but I am!!!

 

Lol. I've had to pressure wash and sand a lot of decks.

PW was always the easiest and quickest method

 

My deck is pretty much toast. I am going to attempt to revive it one of these weekends but I don't think it will fix it. So I might be building a new deck next spring.

 

I would give it a try with the pw then, try it on a small area first though.

That doesn't seem expensive at all?

 

You see those new deck board caps from lowes? It's an 1/4"x6"x8' vaneer lol

Cheap fix i guess

 

I might take a picture of the deck tomorrow. If I tear the deck down, maybe I can just build a ramp out of my game room to let Saga in and out of the back yard until I get a new one...

 

We were on a job were the old guy would pw his cedar deck every year and restain it. The boards were so thinned out they would flex when you walked over them

Wish I had pics of it lol.

 

Just figure being in a desert, water would be a lot more pricey.

 

Every year?!? A little over kill ya think? I have a few loose bolts connecting the deck to the house but its overall still steady. And the whole deck had lattice work until my dog got a hold of it. Now I just put 1x1's all the way around.

 

aboot 6 years ago we built a 2600 sqft deck, had 3 beams 70ft long, covered in composite board, not one nail was used.

 

Yup lol. Old guy was bored I guess.

Can you retighten the bolts? Or add a few more?

 

Used those lil clips with the stainless steel screw?

 

Deck talk :snore:... who wants to help me build a shed 12x12

 

yep, a shit ton of clips. don't remember if they were stainless, had a torx head. I believe the material cost was around 30K.

 

fence talk

 

Wood into the house is stripped too bad. I can probably drill a few more and add some. I really don't need to replace the posts. Maybe just the decking itself, railing, balusters and the girders. I know the stairs need replaced as well. Oh well.