Splash water on several different spots on the wood you re about to stain.
Putting slats under my deck roof.
If the water beads or isn t absorbed in about 15 minutes the deck probably won t absorb the stain properly.
Too much sun can damage your skin and cause your outdoor furniture to fade or degrade before its time.
We live close to the beach and the homes have to be a certain height with the flood zoning leaving a tall front porch with openings that need to be covered.
Use this guide from the experts at the home depot to find deck shade ideas and learn how to add shade to a deck or patio.
Among the newest is the raintight system introduced at deck expo 2014.
A lot of you have the same thoughts about the lattice under your deck too and were looking for ideas.
Measure each section of the roof from side to side parallel to the line of the fascia board.
For this example a section of roof is 20 feet wide.
And then you put down horizontal battens for the roof panel attachment.
A number of recently introduced under deck ceiling systems use corrugated aluminum or plastic panels designed to catch water that drains through decking and channel it away from the area below.
The resulting vertically oriented chambers can then be ventilated by bringing fresh air in at the boom and exhausting it out at the top.
Thankfully the homes in our area are full of ideas to replace the lattice work.