We wanted to add a planter to the deck, and we knew there were a few loose boards, so step one was to repair that. Except when we really inspected the deck, it was clear that more boards really needed to come off...
...like ALL of them. sigh.
Our foolish little selves said, "well, it's still an afternoon's project. Use the power drill to unscrew the screws, pull off the boards, slap down the new ones and screw it in. What could be easier?" Heh, heh, heh.
Turns out whoever put the deck in didn't use the right kind of screws. They were so rusted the threads were gone so no amount of unscrewing was going to budge them.
Break out the crow bar, hammer, and Mateo muscle power. Poor guy had to pry and rip off each board through brute strength.
Uh, to say he wasn't happy would be an understatement.
It took him one afternoon and one morning to pry off all the boards.
It really did only take a few hours to put the new boards on.
For water runoff, you need space between the boards. Mateo just used large nails to maintain the spacing. Tapped them into the joists, screwed the new board in, pushed up against the nails, popped the nails out and repeated.
We are going to stain and seal, but I read somewhere that pressure treated wood needs some time before you seal it. I really don't know for sure, but it is drier now which seems like a good thing. I think we will stain it at the end of the summer.
...like ALL of them. sigh.
Our foolish little selves said, "well, it's still an afternoon's project. Use the power drill to unscrew the screws, pull off the boards, slap down the new ones and screw it in. What could be easier?" Heh, heh, heh.
Turns out whoever put the deck in didn't use the right kind of screws. They were so rusted the threads were gone so no amount of unscrewing was going to budge them.
Break out the crow bar, hammer, and Mateo muscle power. Poor guy had to pry and rip off each board through brute strength.
Uh, to say he wasn't happy would be an understatement.
It took him one afternoon and one morning to pry off all the boards.
It really did only take a few hours to put the new boards on.
For water runoff, you need space between the boards. Mateo just used large nails to maintain the spacing. Tapped them into the joists, screwed the new board in, pushed up against the nails, popped the nails out and repeated.
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| Sorry not the best pic, but can you see the nails between the boards? |
We are going to stain and seal, but I read somewhere that pressure treated wood needs some time before you seal it. I really don't know for sure, but it is drier now which seems like a good thing. I think we will stain it at the end of the summer.
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