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Painting and Repairing our <strong>Deck</strong>s: <strong>2019</strong><br />
It’s been 10 years since we painted them, which is really quite good, but we decided this<br />
year that we’d have to repaint, starting with the front deck.<br />
FRONT DECK:<br />
Here’s what we decided to do:<br />
1. Replace the top blue rails with composite (mixture of wood and plastic) as it would<br />
not weather, wouldn’t need painting and will be a generally low-maintenance<br />
solution.<br />
2. Some of the wooden upright railings were rotting and would need repair (filling<br />
with wood filler).<br />
3. At the left corner where the rails joined the main post, they were rotting at the join<br />
(and so was the post). The rails would have to be replaced and the post repaired<br />
with wood filler.<br />
4. The front deck plank is weathering badly in places, and cannot be removed<br />
because the posts stand on it. Instead I will fill and repair the cracks with epoxy<br />
filler that should preserve the wood for years to come.<br />
5. The blue paint on the woodwork around the door and windows needs redoing.<br />
6. The deck floor will have to be repainted. We will use stain instead of paint: it looks<br />
the same, but stain adheres to the wood much better than paint.
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