Adding a wooden deck to your house bestows a warm and elegant touch to your house. It will make your backyard a relaxing and laid back zone where you can host family and friends for gathering, celebrations and barbecue. However, although the maintenance is not so consuming if you will neglect it, it will look old and dull and you will no longer enjoy this area. The maintenance is after all very easy: most of the year all you need to do is to sweep the wood. However, if the wood is rotten, you will need to take more extreme measures.
The wood Appearance If the wood is exposed to rain and wet on a regular basis it will eventually rot. Thus you must be vigilant regarding checking for rot. It is hard to distinguish the rot as it first occurs on the underside of the boards, so even if the wooden boards on the upper side look perfect it may already undergo a process of rotting. For insuring that the decks are ok, you will have to make some effort and get dirty and crawl underneath the deck to check whether the wood is rotten. If the rot exceed 2.5cm deep, fixing it is required.
Fixing the Deck If you are a handy person you can do it yourself but if your not good in DIY professionals services are called for. A good carpenter can fix it for you or someone who has the right skills in restoring wood. When the wood is restored in a good way, you will not notice the differences between the hue of the old part of the deck and the restored part. It is also important to replace the rotten wood with the best rot resistance wood.
Prevention Considering that dew and rainwater are the main factors in creating the timber rot, you need to ensure that there is minimal exposure of the wood to the water. Leaves that are trapped between your planks soak up with water cause the timber to decompose. In order to avoid this case you have to grab the leaves and clean the decks often.
A finish The final phase of repairing the timber is waxing the deck with special oils or paraffin.
The wood Appearance If the wood is exposed to rain and wet on a regular basis it will eventually rot. Thus you must be vigilant regarding checking for rot. It is hard to distinguish the rot as it first occurs on the underside of the boards, so even if the wooden boards on the upper side look perfect it may already undergo a process of rotting. For insuring that the decks are ok, you will have to make some effort and get dirty and crawl underneath the deck to check whether the wood is rotten. If the rot exceed 2.5cm deep, fixing it is required.
Fixing the Deck If you are a handy person you can do it yourself but if your not good in DIY professionals services are called for. A good carpenter can fix it for you or someone who has the right skills in restoring wood. When the wood is restored in a good way, you will not notice the differences between the hue of the old part of the deck and the restored part. It is also important to replace the rotten wood with the best rot resistance wood.
Prevention Considering that dew and rainwater are the main factors in creating the timber rot, you need to ensure that there is minimal exposure of the wood to the water. Leaves that are trapped between your planks soak up with water cause the timber to decompose. In order to avoid this case you have to grab the leaves and clean the decks often.
A finish The final phase of repairing the timber is waxing the deck with special oils or paraffin.
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