How to Restore a Weathered Deck Video
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Sitting on a nice deck is one of my favorite pastimes. I have some great tips on how to deal with nail pops, damaged, twisted boards and severe fading and discoloration. Get your deck ready for Summer!
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Transcript:
Kenneth and Andretta Allen of New Orleans, Louisiana have asked for a little help, so I'm going to pay him a house call.
Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay I dunno, this may be beyond help here?
At first glance, it doesn't look good. The deck boards are splintered and have faded to a dingy shade of grey. Kenneth shows me a few other problems. Some of the boards have actually twisted out of place and nail heads are popping up all over.
I can't tell you how many times I've pummeled these things down. They have a way of coming, creeping back up though.
Things look pretty bad alright, but nonetheless, I'm fairly confident a revival is possible.
Several of the problems that you see on this deck, the popping nails, the cracks on the surfaces of the board, the twisting lumber, are caused by the wood getting wet, soaking up water, expanding and then drying out and contracting. That continual movement, expansion and contraction causes almost all of these problems and the way to prevent it is to make sure that you put a good sealer on your deck every year or two.
But our first step is to fix those twisted planks and we begin by removing the old nails. I drive the prongs of a nail puller beneath the heads and then Andretta pries them out with the other end.
Next, we'll try to straighten out those boards.
Now, this is my high-tech deck board straightening tool right here. What I've done is taken a two by four, cut a notch out of it and this is how it's going to work, I hope! It slips right over the end of the twisted two by four like this.
That's a great idea, Andretta would have never thought of that.
Hahah.
Oh, I don't know. I bet you might have!
No, I wouldn't have.
Want to give it a push, see if it works.
Yes.
Should straighten that board right up.
Kenneth reattaches the problem plank with five inch screws which create a stronger grip than nails. The real advantage to fixing this board rather than replacing it is that we won't wind up with a strip of new lumber that doesn't match the rest of the deck.
There we go!
I can feel it.
Oh yes.
What about that?
Great idea.
Yeah.
Perfect, such a simple solution to what was a big problem for us.
We would have gone to the store and bought all kinds of contraptions and it probably wouldn't have worked as easy as this.
With the twisted boards straightened out, we turn our attention to those popping nails, the ones we can grip with a nail puller, we remove, replacing them with nails that are thicker and slightly longer for better holding power. For the nails that are nearly flush with the surface, we use a drift punch to countersink and slightly. A few of these old boards though, just won't lie flat and require a bit of encouragement from Kenneth.
This is called "trust"!
Hahaha.
Do you trust me?
Or potential lawsuit! Hahahahaha
With all the nails driven in, we're ready to clean the deck with a deck wash and brightener made just for the purpose. We pour the solution into a garden sprayer and I wet the deck thoroughly. Kenneth and Andretta follow behind lightly scrubbing. But it's the chemicals that are really doing most of the work, loosening the accumulated dirt and bleaching out stains and discolorations. After about fifteen minutes, we begin rinsing off the cleaning and bleaching solution, using a pressure washer that connects to a garden hose and boosts household water pressure by about 15 times. The high pressure water produces a scrubbing effect as it rinses off the chemicals. To see just how well the deck is responding, we stop midway and make a comparison.
Now see. Here's your old board right here.
Hmm.
That's the new board with the deck wash and the power sprayer.
Yes.
And you can see now this is hard work.
No it isn't.
Well enough admiring our progress. We refill the garden sprayer and go back to work. After the cleaning is complete and the surface dry, it's becoming clear that the deck that was once presumed ready for the kindling pile is well on its way to a comeback.
Clean.
It's beautiful.
It’s bright!
Yes.
Love ❤️it I needed to quit overthinking the project with the much longer videos I’ve watched. That’s a nice way to say I procrastinate my way out of a project. Thanks for making it short, sweet and funny to boot.
You are one classy gentleman. May you live long and prosper :)
Fantastic. Thank you for this. Would love to show you my current decking in the UK and get some feedback from you
i have a very similar deck and planning to restore this summer. I learned a lot from this video! Thank you so much!
What kind of sealer did you use?
I just love that board adjuster you made out of a 2x4. Will that procedure work on a deck that had deck strain used on it???? Thanks
How awesome!! My deck is gonna get same treatment can't wait to try!!! Yours looks Amazing thank you for all info and for sharing!!!
I did this to my deck a few years ago. But I use Oxiclean.
New sub here! I am in the process of repairing items around my home before I put my home on the market! I am learning and putting into practice what I am learning from your videos! Thank you!!!!! 👍👍👍
WHY YA MAKING THE WOMAN WORK!!!????
How do you fill cracks on weathered boards? My deck has cracks on the boards. Do you fill the cracks before or after following the procedures there?
What is the name of that deck sealer?
What about all the cracks? Would you fill those?
Holy cow Ron great production!
Toxic cleaner i bet ?
Thanks!
no sanding?
I wouldn't call that a deck. That's more of a platform.