Alaska Darin Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 What do you do with it if you ever want to get rid of it? Take it to the recycling center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Go stone and be done. Pavers. Fire pit. Built in wood pizza oven. Wood is a lot of work. Plastic fades if in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Go stone and be done. Pavers. Fire pit. Built in wood pizza oven. Wood is a lot of work. Plastic fades if in the sun. What do you do if it is 4 feet in the air and on a hill? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Go stone and be done. Pavers. Fire pit. Built in wood pizza oven. Wood is a lot of work. Plastic fades if in the sun. This. Patio > deck. Much less maintenance, much more permanence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 This. Patio > deck. Much less maintenance, much more permanence. I had this debate 20 years ago with a few family members... I have done absolutely nothing with the cedar... Just shovel it in the winter... It still looks great... But it is getting old. And the best part of it floating and not buried in the ground or attached to the house, it is totally non-permanent. I can take a chain saw to it and hack it up and build a totally new one with a new look, footprint, shape... Etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Go stone and be done. Pavers. Fire pit. Built in wood pizza oven. Wood is a lot of work. Plastic fades if in the sun. The wood pizza oven is my dream, but when I priced them they look really expensive. Our deck is high up, and I am thinking of a stone patio on the lower level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 What do you do if it is 4 feet in the air and on a hill? ;-) 3 steps up to landing to get in house 2or 3 levels with flower gardens. So many things to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 This. Patio > deck. Much less maintenance, much more permanence. Yup, we did a large stone patio last year along with some landscaping and transformed the back of the property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I know this is too late but our deck was finished a couple of weeks ago. They used redwood and did a fantastic job! http://www.siddallconstruction.com/#!IMG_3783JPG/zoom/c1zy6/image1w66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I know this is too late but our deck was finished a couple of weeks ago. They used redwood and did a fantastic job! http://www.siddallconstruction.com/#!IMG_3783JPG/zoom/c1zy6/image1w66 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryCletus Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 COMPOSITE!!!! I am tearing off my new deck boards from 2 years ago and putting composite on!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) Very nice Thanks. That's not even close to the best picture but I don't know how to post them here. Any advic...........oh ****. Ok here's another. http://www.siddallconstruction.com/#!IMG_3730JPG/zoom/c1zy6/image13wh Edited July 16, 2014 by Chef Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Thanks. That's not even close to the best picture but I don't know how to post them here. Any advic...........oh ****. Ok here's another. http://www.siddallconstruction.com/#!IMG_3730JPG/zoom/c1zy6/image13wh That's gorgeous. Nothing like the look of real wood. Looks like you didn't get wood slats, which will be nice when you have to re-seal or stain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 That's gorgeous. Nothing like the look of real wood. Looks like you didn't get wood slats, which will be nice when you have to re-seal or stain. Thanks. It wasn't cheap but the did a fantastic job. It added probably 30% to our livable space out there and we're big outdoor people. and with the view we have of the SF Bay and the city it was worth every penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdog1960 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) we're going to go the patio route (pavers, pea gravel, walkable ground cover plants) with our new house. our current house has wood decks and they're warped and rotted in several places. 7 years old. needs significant work before we sell. if i were to do a deck ever again, it would be composite, however. and brazilian walnut is truly beautiful. i like brazilian tigerwood as we'll. we have the walnut inside in different lengths and widths and love it. it's extremely hard (can take dog claws better than most) but does fade with sunlight. very expensive way to build a deck but i'm sure it would be very grand. Edited July 17, 2014 by birdog1960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I know this is too late but our deck was finished a couple of weeks ago. They used redwood and did a fantastic job! http://www.siddallco...c1zy6/image1w66 Wow, that looks great. Deck is next for us after we finish our extension over the garage. I've been debating composite/wood and I think I've finally settled on going the hard wood route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I know this is too late but our deck was finished a couple of weeks ago. They used redwood and did a fantastic job! http://www.siddallco...c1zy6/image1w66 he used the lowest bidder Timber thieves have been hacking burls of redwood trees in northern California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 he used the lowest bidder Timber thieves have been hacking burls of redwood trees in northern California Got go to the Amazon where they can get away with it. Where there is a market, there's a will. We just had a timber thief in our Corps District last year: Black walnut. @ one of our Iowa rezs-- http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsStories/tabid/6636/Article/476814/timber-theft-from-corps-property.aspx UPDATE: Iowa man sentenced to prison: http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsReleases/tabid/6637/Article/476988/iowa-man-sentenced-to-jail-for-stealing-walnut-trees-from-federal-lands-joint-n.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) good that they caught him to the OP, Ive seen wood warp and splinter, needing coat after coat of stain, and I've also see one piece of plastic type floor board warp, but that may have been because they might have used a low charcoal grill on it. Heat and plastic material don't mix. Edited July 17, 2014 by BillsFan-4-Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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