Fasteners
Fasteners (screws, nails) tightly holding the surface boards to the undercarriage are integral to the well functioning of the deck. Here are the factors involved:
- Tightly fastened boards have less chance of warping or cupping.
- Split ends due to poor fastening cause the boards to become loose, which exaccerbates the split. This vicous cycle eventually creates warped boards that look bad and impede traffic.
- Protruding or deck level fasteners
must be countersunk or replaced to avoid being hit with our sanders. If
this happens they become impossible to work with and damage the galvanized
coating from the fastener. This will cause a reaction producing black
streaks along the grain extending outward from the damaged screw.
Part of our restoration
process is returning the deck to a healthy, sandable, fastener condition which
can vary from 10-30% of the total labor involved.
