Category: Material Selection for Decks

I still remember the sound of that first board snapping loose under my boot like it was yesterday. It was a humid […]

I stood there, barefoot, and felt the instant regret of a $15,000 mistake. My neighbor had just finished his ‘ultra-premium’ deck, and […]

I stood on my back porch with a cold drink in my hand, staring at a railing that looked more like a […]

I’ll never forget the sound of that splintering cedar. It was three years ago, during the peak of a July heatwave, when […]

I’ll never forget the sound of that first snap. It was a Tuesday morning, and I was inspecting a beautiful seaside wrap-around […]

I’ll never forget the sinking feeling in my gut when I realized I had to tear apart a perfectly good staircase. I […]

I was on my knees, sweat dripping off my nose, trying to shove a foam brush into the 1/4-inch gap between two […]

I was hosting my daughter’s graduation party when I felt it—that sickening, subtle ‘give’ under my left foot as I flipped burgers. […]

I remember the sound of the waves at that house in Cape May—and the sickening crunch of a board coming loose just […]