Beautiful! Love the colour of the redwood. And thanks for the reminder about the Sikkens. You had recommended it to me a year or two ago and I never got around to getting it, but will get on deck fix up this summer - you have inspired me.

Great job there, Faron! It's beautiful.

Looks great - wish we were as ambitious as you are Faron. We need a couple new decks - they will likely be some kind of composite (not Menards). The elderly folks next door passed a couple years ago and their kids fixed up some stuff before they put it up for sale. One of them replaced the old deck with a DIY Menards composite deck....yikes!

Can you put a direct link to it in this thread? I looked for it on that forum and could not find it. We're in the middle of a similar project so I'm always interested in following the progress of a similar diy'er.

Edited to add: "Never mind . . . " I found it. I thought it was under your name which is how I was searching. We are in the middle of a similar project. My husband is refinishing our porch, not sure what the wood is . . . he is releasing it from the grip of some rubber pavers that my Dad put over the deck. They actually ABSORBED dirt and other gook . . . but my Dad loved them . . .

We also have to redo the stair posts and finials. Our deck was built around the same time as yours, by the previous owners of our house, the people who built it. My carpenter husband is constantly complaining about the workmanship on this house. It's pretty clear they were flying by the seat of their pants, no consistency. But I'm sure it was a nice low bid . . .

Just the other day he finally screwed in a ceiling light fixture properly. When it was installed, they got the stud on the first side, missed it on the other, and moved on because it looked fine. Finally the sheetrock wore away enough so that it started to hang loose. I guess 25 years of half done right was plenty good enough . . . but the whole house was done like that, and the deck.

I'm linking the thread here to make it easier. I'm amazed the original post is ten years old!!

After a violent hail store several years ago, my MIL had her deck redone in composite, it's not Menards (never hard of that), but I can't think of the name. It was done in 2011. Has held up beautifully and no dings from hail!

We have a very large, covered, deck on our rental house. A couple of years ago I hired someone to re-stain, and add protective finish. Not a job I would want to have to do ever so many years. Our home is one level and we have patio/porches. However, after 25 years here, we have plans to have the main patio redone - probably stamped, glazed, something a bit different this time.

Good job Faron!

Faron's Deck

Faron, that looks great! You really put in the time it takes to do it right.

you might want to start your own thread about the deck if you want attention to it. you can tag it both here and in the decks forum. what you did here was confusing.

Beautiful, Faron! A large deck expands the living area of a house in such a wonderful way. Relaxing outside on a spacious porch on a nice day is the sine qua non of home life.

Fantastic, Faron. You are a master!