PT Deck splintering
My deck is starting to delaminate for lack of a better word and lifting up in a few places that see the most traffic. Obviously it’s a tripping hazard or worse someone barefoot could take a shiv up the toenail.
This this will glue down or should I just cut them out? It is well weathered PT but still sound otherwise. |
Time for a new deck
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Look at STK cedar instead of PT.
STK=straight grain tight knots |
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Jeff, there is a difference between being "solid" and being suitable for the application. New pressure treated 5/4 x 6 decking might do the job when new. But it sounds like yours has degraded to the point that it is no longer suitable for your family to walk on barefoot.... And you are not going to be able to walk back the damage done by years of sun, snow, and rain.
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Assuming it has low traffic areas maybe with a piece of porch furniture.
Pull a piece from the hidden space and use it to replace the deteriorating piece. Flip the “bad” piece and install in the somewhat hidden area. Or just fit a new piece for now. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
Jeff, what Pete said. Personally, one of our decks was like that last year and I demoed it and rebuilt with Azex.
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I say cut them out… I replaced mine when it got like that,,, but worse than what yours sounds like….. splinters suck….
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Maybe you can flip them over if you choose not to replace
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well he says it's PT so I assume 5/4 x 6 decking. Should not be too hard to pry it up and flip it, I have done it when the topside was well weathered, get a few more good years out of it no cracks , splits and less splinters. |
I have used previously installed decking by flipping them. However my personal experience in removing them has been that only 25% were harvested in good enough shape to use again. It is a fool's errand in my opinion, and I played the fool on my own deck with 1x4 mahogany I took from a deck we replaced. I went with composite Trex a number of years ago and been enjoying it ever since.
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