I have a client who I restored there house two years ago . They did a lot of research and had many different solutions to remedy there house and picked me to strip and restore the cedar siding . Some contractors said it could not be done but it came out great and they are extremely happy. During the restoration the deck was not part of the house restore because they were going to replace it . They were under the impression it could not be saved. It was it great shape but had 3 coats of powder blue paint and I said I could save it. They wanted to do it the next year and make some minor changes. They called me to check on the changes a builder had done and they where brutal. The wood was terrible and the work was shoddy . Rain prevented from doing the restore last year.
I get a call a few weeks ago that they replaced there deck and there almost ready to have it finished and come take a look. They had a Doug fir tung n groove 15 by 32 floor all exposed to elements and a 5 by 12 off the master bed room the same all kiln dried. The rail system is a beautiful design of doug fir 2 by 4 green and sappy with a pt top rail. The floor butts up to the cedar siding.
What a maintenance nightmare ! How do you tell someone this is a disaster . They sit with a builder / designer and come up with a flat deck with no drainage in New England. With a wood used for a porch with cover. So the water has to travel fifteen feet at a minimal pitch. I already saw standing water.
I tried to approach the issues of maintenance but it started to come out that this is a mistake and stopped. I just said this has to be done yearly and see how it goes.
How wood you approach this relationship? The deck it built.
I have a client who I restored there house two years ago . They did a lot of research and had many different solutions to remedy there house and picked me to strip and restore the cedar siding . Some contractors said it could not be done but it came out great and they are extremely happy. During the restoration the deck was not part of the house restore because they were going to replace it . They were under the impression it could not be saved. It was it great shape but had 3 coats of powder blue paint and I said I could save it. They wanted to do it the next year and make some minor changes. They called me to check on the changes a builder had done and they where brutal. The wood was terrible and the work was shoddy . Rain prevented from doing the restore last year.
I get a call a few weeks ago that they replaced there deck and there almost ready to have it finished and come take a look. They had a Doug fir tung n groove 15 by 32 floor all exposed to elements and a 5 by 12 off the master bed room the same all kiln dried. The rail system is a beautiful design of doug fir 2 by 4 green and sappy with a pt top rail. The floor butts up to the cedar siding.
What a maintenance nightmare ! How do you tell someone this is a disaster . They sit with a builder / designer and come up with a flat deck with no drainage in New England. With a wood used for a porch with cover. So the water has to travel fifteen feet at a minimal pitch. I already saw standing water.
I tried to approach the issues of maintenance but it started to come out that this is a mistake and stopped. I just said this has to be done yearly and see how it goes.
How wood you approach this relationship? The deck it built.
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