Decking
Discover Timeless Beauty and Durability with Southern Yellow Pine Decking
Southern yellow pine decking is renowned for its durability and natural beauty, making it a popular choice for outdoor spaces. Its rich golden hue and resistance to rot and insects make it a timeless option for decking projects.
Designing Your Own Deck
Deck Inspection: What to Look For
By Mark Clement When I get called to inspect a deck for safety, maintenance, reconstruction or resurface, each one is a little different. However, I’m mainly focused on several key factors. Also, in my experience, the deck’s structure is usually…
Can I Re-Deck My Old Deck?
I get this question, a lot – do I have to re-build my whole deck, or can I just replace the deck boards? Click here to find out the answer.
Need-To-Knows for a New Deck
Taking on the best DIY project ever—a new deck. Here’s what you need to know to get started. By Mark Clement A deck is a DIY-able project. I mean, it shouldn’t be your first DIY project but if you’ve got some basic carpentry skills, some…
Daunted by Deck Cleaning? Don’t be. Part 2
Doing the dishes, pressure washer style. By Mark Clement Because deck cleaning—that I’m trying to re-brand as deck brightening because I can see all the dirt coming off in my mind’s eye and the ever-awesome wood grain being re-exposed as I write…
Daunted by Deck Cleaning? Don’t be. Deck Brighten-Up Part 1
Home improvement—and maybe life improvement—tricks to make projects easier. By WIR Contributor Mark Clement Deck cleaning is an unromantic title to a project that I often find rewarding, not that hard, and once I’m into it, enjoyable. I love…