I'm in the home stretch of cleaning and sealing our back deck and I'm realizing that I never want to do this chore again in my natural life. It's not the first time I've done it but I guess I'm getting old because it's been more work and more Ibuprofen than I remembered. Does anyone have any experience with low-maintenance decking materials? Basically, anything other than treated yellow pine?
Our deck boards are still in decent shape (had to replace a few boards) and I've probably extended the inevitable by a number of years. Paying someone to power wash and stain/seal is certainly an option for the next go-round. But I know there are other better materials and maybe the money would be better spent making the deck surface more durable.
I've literally spent zero time on research. I was sitting here resting near my phone and realized I could still move my thumbs, so I started a thread. A friend at work recently replaced his deck boards himself with some sort of teak or teak-like product. Maybe I should investigate that at some point.
Our deck boards are still in decent shape (had to replace a few boards) and I've probably extended the inevitable by a number of years. Paying someone to power wash and stain/seal is certainly an option for the next go-round. But I know there are other better materials and maybe the money would be better spent making the deck surface more durable.
I've literally spent zero time on research. I was sitting here resting near my phone and realized I could still move my thumbs, so I started a thread. A friend at work recently replaced his deck boards himself with some sort of teak or teak-like product. Maybe I should investigate that at some point.
