I'm trying to resurface a deck that is fairly weather worn
and cupped, but not cracking enough to replace the lumber.
It's about a 400 ft^2 deck composed of treated 2x6's. I need
to remove all the decking to inspect and repair some of the base.
I figure I have 3 or 4 options for resurfacing:
1) Run a floor drum sander over the whole thing.
Reasonable cost . . . $70 to rent a sander.
Fairly straight forward but a little difficult to get
into corners. Also have to deal with sanding a fair
amount of treated lumber.
2) Run all the boards through a planer.
Although these boards have not seen a lot of use, they
have seen a fair amount of exposure. I realize that
they would probably trash a set of planar knives ($45).
Is it reasonable to think that I can plane 400 ft^2
before the knives need to be replaced or resharpened?
3) Flip the boards over.
This probably makes the most amount of sense, but
about 25% of the deck is cut on an angle. After reuse,
I'd still have to but a dozen new boards.
Any other options?
Anyone been through the same dilemma?
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mike
flipping them over is only a temporary solution, they will cup the other
way over time.
I would not pull up the boards , fix what you need to from below, then
clean/pressure wash the deck and treat with whatever (many varied
opinions to be found here)
BRuce
Michael Brown wrote:
> I'm trying to resurface a deck that is fairly weather worn
> and cupped, but not cracking enough to replace the lumber.
> It's about a 400 ft^2 deck composed of treated 2x6's. I need
> to remove all the decking to inspect and repair some of the base.
> I figure I have 3 or 4 options for resurfacing:
>
> 1) Run a floor drum sander over the whole thing.
> Reasonable cost . . . $70 to rent a sander.
> Fairly straight forward but a little difficult to get
> into corners. Also have to deal with sanding a fair
> amount of treated lumber.
>
> 2) Run all the boards through a planer.
> Although these boards have not seen a lot of use, they
> have seen a fair amount of exposure. I realize that
> they would probably trash a set of planar knives ($45).
> Is it reasonable to think that I can plane 400 ft^2
> before the knives need to be replaced or resharpened?
>
> 3) Flip the boards over.
> This probably makes the most amount of sense, but
> about 25% of the deck is cut on an angle. After reuse,
> I'd still have to but a dozen new boards.
>
> Any other options?
> Anyone been through the same dilemma?
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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BRuce
In article <[email protected]>, Michael Brown
<[email protected]> wrote:
Regarding your option 3, what angle is used for the cut? If these are
cut at 45 degrees you can still flip the boards over. Just flip them
over and then trade ends and the board will fit just where it did
before. If the angle is different than 45 degrees you can cut the new
angle and move the board to a shorter position. You will probably only
need a couple replacement boards.
Dick
> I'm trying to resurface a deck that is fairly weather worn
> and cupped, but not cracking enough to replace the lumber.
> It's about a 400 ft^2 deck composed of treated 2x6's. I need
> to remove all the decking to inspect and repair some of the base.
> I figure I have 3 or 4 options for resurfacing:
>
> 1) Run a floor drum sander over the whole thing.
> Reasonable cost . . . $70 to rent a sander.
> Fairly straight forward but a little difficult to get
> into corners. Also have to deal with sanding a fair
> amount of treated lumber.
>
> 2) Run all the boards through a planer.
> Although these boards have not seen a lot of use, they
> have seen a fair amount of exposure. I realize that
> they would probably trash a set of planar knives ($45).
> Is it reasonable to think that I can plane 400 ft^2
> before the knives need to be replaced or resharpened?
>
> 3) Flip the boards over.
> This probably makes the most amount of sense, but
> about 25% of the deck is cut on an angle. After reuse,
> I'd still have to but a dozen new boards.
>
> Any other options?
> Anyone been through the same dilemma?
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>