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We cheated because we only replaced the walking surface, but it looks so much better. Some areas might've fallen through when walking if we were a subject of FPH. I found a lot of 2x6x8-14 for about $.20/linear foot. Had to pick through a lot of knotted, broken, or termite ridden boards to get what we used, and had to piece out a few runs, but it saved a couple thousand dollars. Right now the 2x6x12's are going for $20 each, plus tax. It's kinda crazy how expensive it is to pay someone to do something like this and it's so easy. This has been my sentiment about everything, though. Why pay when you can do it? If you have to slave away for the jew(to get money to pay for services) or yourself, you should always do it for yourself.

We cheated because we only replaced the walking surface, but it looks so much better. Some areas might've fallen through when walking if we were a subject of FPH. I found a lot of 2x6x8-14 for about $.20/linear foot. Had to pick through a lot of knotted, broken, or termite ridden boards to get what we used, and had to piece out a few runs, but it saved a couple thousand dollars. Right now the 2x6x12's are going for $20 each, plus tax. It's kinda crazy how expensive it is to pay someone to do something like this and it's so easy. This has been my sentiment about everything, though. Why pay when you can do it? If you have to slave away for the jew(to get money to pay for services) or yourself, you should always do it for yourself.

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[–] • 4 pts (edited )

Oh dude. I am not shitting on you for fun but from painful painful painful first-hand experience.

That looks great and feels so satisfying, right??

It looks like you just did what we did a few years ago on our first diy deck: The boards are spaced too close together. Water is going to pool when it rains within just 6 months and sweeping won't help because the dust and grime of the previous months will have effectively "sealed" all the joints like wood putty...

It looks great though!!

[–] • 2 pts

It looks like he literally butted them up against each other. Those boards will soak up water and expand, pushing some of them up. I don't understand why you wouldn't even watch a youtube video about deck building before building a deck?!

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

Al always had the opposite issue, they shrunk, leaving a gap where I wanted none I don't like where there is snow though, so that would be a difference.

[–] • 0 pt

That wood that shrank wasn't dry. You cut it down nailed it in place and then it dried out and it shrank.

[–] • 0 pt

Not if he A) slope the deck correctly and B) coats in that Thompson's Water Seal stuff. He said he just replace the walking surface, which have done little to the slope.

[–] • 0 pt

Butting the deck boards up against each other as tight as possible is the correct method. (acmetools.com) The joint between the boards is not watertight. When the deck boards shrink, the gap remains small. The only thing that affects water sitting on a deck is the crown of the board. (renovation-headquarters.com)

[–] • 0 pt

Oh that sucks. Hopefully they will shrink with the curing, though? We are listing the house for sale in two weeks, and due to being near a base it will go to a military person most likely. That's why we replaced the deck; no way would a VA loan inspector approve the deck with the boards the way they were.

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Ours didn't :( (cure I mean, the appraisal went through when we sold)

But the good news is, it'll be the new owner's problem to deal with! It really does look good, I just wanted you to be prepared for what happened to us.

[–] • 0 pt

Seriously thank you for telling me. I'm probably looking at doing this on the new house, and I wouldn't have known. Usually I'll read everything I can find before tackling a project but all of this has been so sudden. We had an agent call and beg us to list, and the same night as his call we found this deal on the wood. The very next morning we're banging out the boards.

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I spaced the boards on my deck and they were made a little too big after the boards shrank. I wished I had installed with the boards touching.