I wouldn’t think you’d need too many refills on a mid-size deck. I did a 350 sq ft deck a couple weeks ago. No balusters. But 3 gallons was enough for the floor, steps, runners and fascia.
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What are we looking at here? Is that 1/3 of the deck boards that were replaced? How did it look in the end?
The rails and spindles and the stair railing/stringers eat it up. Posts to the ground cause a lot of waste. I did a cleaning on a 20x20 or so, with one set of 4’ wide steps and lattice and it took multiple buckets. It was pretty dirty, so maybe a better deck would use less.
Did you go with a semi solid or solid on that, or did you give them the “it isn’t going to blend perfectly talk”.
I was told to strip it all, that it will help blend it better, but it will still be noticeable with a semi transparent.
that development looks like a potential gold mine. I bet every house has a small deck.
Longer story, but a middle aged lady had lost her husband recently and she was trying to get her house fixed up to possibly move.
Money was an issue so I was trying to be cost-effective for her. The deck had pieces all over that needed to be replaced. All the boards were rotting on the ends (like they typically do) so we cut off the ends where the boards were rotting and reused them. Even after cutting off the ends, most boards were still 12-14 ft long. So instead of having a checkered pattern of new wood throughout the deck (like you normally do with wood repairs) we put all the new wood in one place and used the old wood to fill in the other areas.
Normally I’d recommend replacing the whole floor. So I have not taken this approach before but given the circumstances, I did so.
It turned out really good. I used a semi-transparent oil-based stain.
I told her in about a year if she wants to blend it better (yes, she got the whole “it won’t blend well” speech), I can come back and do a maintenance coat on the new wood and that will help darken it to match.
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did you contemplate going with a semi solid to hide it more?
No, for many reasons. One being you lose the “natural” look imo. And most people want to keep the natural look. Two, there might be one brand, maybe two, I can source locally that is semi-solid. And they aren’t good.
