When sealing your deck, you have 3 choices and one of them should never be used. You can use a clear sealer, a stain that adds color to your deck wood or paint. The last choice, painting a deck, is never a good idea because paint adheres to the surface of the wood and it [...]
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Dirty Decks & How to Clean Them
We all want a beautiful deck but that requires a little elbow grease, as they get dirty and need to be cleaned each year … just like you need to wash your car once in a while. If you’ve got a wood deck, after you’ve cleaned it you also need to seal it to [...]
Backyard Decks & Features Everyone Wants
Decks, patios and other outdoor living spaces are an important feature for any home and for good reason. When the weather is nice, you can move lots of activities outdoors from grilling hamburgers or steaks to relaxing family dinners, neighborhood parties and more. When you spend lots of time outdoors using your deck or patio, [...]
Fire Pits & Relaxing Outdoors
Summer is getting closer and it’s time to start thinking about how you’ll enjoy the great outdoors this year. Camping, barbecues, family outings and more are at your doorstep or soon to arrive. For many of us, all those spring and summertime activities remind us of childhood. As adults, it can be difficult to find [...]
Children’s Swingsets: Tips to Buy & Assemble
Swing sets and spring seem to go together. The box stores assemble and display a swing set near the front of the store and parents buy them. What you might not recognize is just like the candy on display at the grocery store check-out line, these swing sets are often an impulse purchase that maybe [...]
Deck Safety Critical for Family & Friends
Recently I shared information about decks – cleaning, repairing and sealing them. However I forgot to remind you how important deck safety is … and sadly, how often decks are built improperly causing injuries and even deaths to homeowners, their families and guests. Here are the top problems found with decks, often because a homeowner [...]
Decks: Cleaning is Step #1
Decks get dirty so one thing you do (should) in the spring is clean your deck. Decks also need to be sealed to protect them from the elements. At Mr Handyman we explain routine maintenance to avoid more costly repairs. If you take care of your wood deck, it can last 20 to 25 years [...]
Decks: Staining is Step #2
Picking the right stain for your deck is challenging. It’s not like painting a room where you can change colors each time. Stains penetrate the wood, and while the wears away over time, a new coat of stain (except solid) can’t always cover the old stain so you need to use the same tint for [...]
Decks: Cleaning is Step #1
Decks get dirty so one thing you do (should) in the spring is clean your deck. Decks also need to be sealed to protect them from the elements. At Mr Handyman we explain routine maintenance to avoid more costly repairs. If you take care of your wood deck, it can last 20 to 25 years [...]
Top 7 Deck Repairs
Decks play a major role in the warm weather months. There are lots of holidays, barbeques and outdoor gatherings with friends and neighbors. Many of these activities occur on your deck or patio so now is the time to make sure you’re ready. We’re not going to focus on the traditional washing, staining and re-sealing [...]
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