Wood decks can be beautiful places for gathering and relaxing, but they do need to be maintained. You can use a liquid ...

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Dear Pablo: I am building a deck and am trying to decide between wood decking and a composite materials like Trex. Which one is more environmentally friendly?A deck can be a great addition to your ...

Why should you have plans drawn up for your decking structure? The local council usually has the final say and can ask to see any plans as well as an engineer’s certificate, even if the deck is almost ...

With summer in the air and the outdoors calling, with barbecues and cocktail parties dotting backyards coast to coast, the appeal of decks is great. So why not build them with longer-lasting material, ...

Composite decking has a lot to offer over traditional wood options. Easy maintenance, for one. Composite decking—an amalgam of ground-up wood and plastic formed into planks—doesn’t ever need to be ...

When it comes to staining your deck, you definitely do not want to wing it. Here are some helpful tips on how to nail the ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Researchers at Oregon State University have confirmed decks built with today’s pressure-treated preserved wood products cause no environmental harm from preservative chemicals ...

Timber can be a beautiful, living building material. Species like spotted gum, teak, silky oak and merbau each have their own unique strength, grain, colour and scent, and are prized for things like ...

I’m starting to have some rot issues with my 10-year-old deck. Not only are some of the treated wood decking boards rotting, but I’m also noticing that the tops of some of the joists are showing ...