Why deck sand, when no one else does?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Consumer Reports recommendations for deck sanding as an essential maintenance component prior to applying a deck stain. Below I copied what Consumer Reports wrote...
View ArticleUnprotected Decks Got You Down?
The devastating affects winter weather will do to your unprotected decks Check your deck now, if it deck does not bead or pool water, the water will penetrate the wood on your deck. As the weather...
View ArticleConsumer Reports Recommends Decks Be Sanded
Good morning beloved customers and patriots! Today you can change the course of your decks future; you can decide you’re fed up with your deck looking old, dry, splintered and weathered. You can...
View ArticleWhat is the best time for deck maintenance?
This time of year I get this question a lot. A previous customer Kathy James inspired this post with such a query. NO WOOD TYPE OR SPECIES is immune to the damaging effects of water absorption and sun...
View ArticleHas Your Deck Been Maintained?
After the brutal freezing winter and the blistering summer heat your deck has endured a lot! You may be completely satisfied with the look of the stain we applied for you and not need a maintenance...
View ArticleDecking Maintenance – How to Winterize a Deck
Preparing A Deck for the Winter As the leaves turn then fall, rot and decay. As we watch this short process every autumn its easy to realize what your deck is designed to do naturally if left...
View ArticleOctober is the new April For Your Deck Maintenance
While those warm summer days are fading into distant memory and beach pictures are making their way into scrapbooks. Now its colder, wetter and the leaves are changing. My office deck gurus and I get...
View ArticleHave you thought about how the winter affects your deck?
It’s that time of year again where homeowners are preparing their house for winter: they’re covering their pool, turning off outside water faucets, furnaces checked and their deck winterized. Have you...
View Article6 Steps To Protect Your Deck
It seems like last week, both you and your deck were being oppressed by the sweltering summer heat. Summer has come and gone, can you believe it? As Autumn quickly sets in, I’m hearing in my head a...
View ArticleHow falling leaves can spell disaster for your deck and cement
Every Spring we answer phone calls as folks cleaning up from the previous Autumn leaf fall. After the sweeping has concluded, they see tannic acid stains on their cement and deck. Tannic who, wasn’t...
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What is Power Washing?
Typical cleaning supplies such as mops and brushes are useful for many different types of cleaning, but they simply cannot do the job for all surfaces. If you are trying to clean a driveway, deck,...
View ArticleHow to Care for Your Deck After A Snow
As the Deck Guru, After a snow storm, I get two questions: How does snow affect your deck? Snow is the worst short term weather event to your deck (except meteors.) Melting little by little in the day,...
View ArticleIn What Season Do Most People Search For Pressure Washing Services?
There are two ways to look at it, Google “data” and our local experience. When you think about it, most people get pressure washing services done in the summer. It is when you spend time outside and...
View ArticleShould You Just Rent a Pressure Cleaner and Do the Work Yourself?
Here are the advantages of paying a professional: You don’t have to do ANY work You get a professional quality pressure washing What happens if you damage your house siding? Pros have insurance and...
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What April Showers Mean for YOUR Deck
Like Pavlov’s dog we’ve been conditioned to believe that if your deck beads when its wet then it’s protected. Heck, I said this for years. Beading occurs because manufacturers put paraffin wax in a...
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