I reboarded by shabby looking deck, painted rails and put on new top rail.

My aging deck was falling apart, half the deck boards were rotten and warped. After replacing one deckboard, I saw how easy it was to just cut to measure and decided to replace all the boards. I had to buy all the tools (miter saw, impact drill, tape measure, flashing, new replacement siding.) The underlying structure of the deck is solid, but the old deck was flashed wrong with the flashing attached over the siding and over the first deck board next to the house. The siding was badly stained with the tar they used to install the flashing (previous owners?) I had to first learn how to cut siding away, membrane tape, install proper flashing over the ledger board, then install new siding panels over the flashing. I also had to use 2x6 for new deckboards as it turns out my joists are 24" apart. Painted the rails with exterior semi-gloss paint and then cut and installed 5/4x6 toprails. It didn't turn out perfectly (if you walk from the house to the side you can see how I became better at installing boards) but looks 10x better than before IMO. submitted by /u/SerialSection [link] [comments]

May 31, 2025 - 18:52

I reboarded by shabby looking deck, painted rails and put on new top rail.

My aging deck was falling apart, half the deck boards were rotten and warped. After replacing one deckboard, I saw how easy it was to just cut to measure and decided to replace all the boards. I had to buy all the tools (miter saw, impact drill, tape measure, flashing, new replacement siding.) The underlying structure of the deck is solid, but the old deck was flashed wrong with the flashing attached over the siding and over the first deck board next to the house. The siding was badly stained with the tar they used to install the flashing (previous owners?)

I had to first learn how to cut siding away, membrane tape, install proper flashing over the ledger board, then install new siding panels over the flashing.

I also had to use 2x6 for new deckboards as it turns out my joists are 24" apart. Painted the rails with exterior semi-gloss paint and then cut and installed 5/4x6 toprails.

It didn't turn out perfectly (if you walk from the house to the side you can see how I became better at installing boards) but looks 10x better than before IMO.

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