Staining Your Deck.

This post will be a little shorter then my other recent ones, but that doesn't mean that it will be less important. Staining your deck is a very important thing to do . Not only does it make your deck look better, but it protects it from the elements. Now, I am talking about wood decks, not composite. Composite decks don't need to be stained, but they do have their own problems. I won't get into that here. Back to your wood deck. Most decks in the United States are made from treated lumber. Most of the time it is pine, some might include some fir species. A couple of quick notes about treated lumber. First it doesn't last for ever, far from that. Many people that I talk to about it believe that it won't rot because it has been treated. And that couldn't be further from the truth. All wood rots, eventually no matter what. Treated lumber just gives the wood a year or two without rot, then it slowly becomes just like the untreated lumber. So your deck absolutely has to be stained or treated so it doesn't rot off of your home.  The second note is if your deck is new, you can't treat it or stain it for a year after it was built. The chemicals that are used in treating the wood will kick out any stain or sealer that you use. I know some of you will say that you stained your deck a month after it was built and it looks fine. Ok sure, but the stain won't have half of it's life expectancy and will have to be re-stained much sooner.  Below is a video that I made talking about different types of stains and different application methods. It's one of my older videos, but still very relevant. And if you are experiencing a very warm fall still, like I am, there is still time to protect your deck before winter hits.  

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