Having invested in a beautiful cedar or ipe deck, some gorgeous garden furniture, even an outdoor kitchen, it is with a rather heavy heart that you close the sliding doors and get back inside for some living room cocooning when it gets a bit chilly. Read More
How to Make Your Deck Winter Friendly
Pre-Fabricated Decks – Ready-to-Build Solutions
What’s the traditional way of deck building? You find a local deck contractor, say what you want and dream, they take measurements, offer design ideas, build, install. Read More
Pros and Cons of Tarps on Pergolas
While wooden pergolas provide some protection from the elements, the open latticework will still let the sunrays and rain go through. And here is where tarps step in to save the situation and allow you to enjoy the outdoors, heat or rain. Read More
How Thick the Outdoor Deck Boards Should Be?
When it’s about time to find a deck builder, you dream of the summers you’ll spend outdoors. You check out cedar and ipe decks, compare costs, explore designs. The one thing you don’t do is think about the deck board thickness. Do you? Read More
How to Winterize Decks and Pergolas
Winterizing decks and pergolas is important, even for rather warm all-year-round climates, as that of Florida. Read More
How to Make Decks Comfortable
When you spend money on building a deck, you also expect to spend enough time outdoors not just to compensate for the expense but also to enjoy the environment. But this is not always the case. Read More
Autumn Maintenance Tips for Wood Decks
Add wood deck maintenance to your autumn to-do list. This is a very busy period for most people and nobody is keen on cleaning the deck or fixing its problems when they are trying to catch up with work after the summer vacations or make sure the kids are settled in school. Read More
The Pros and Cons of Placing Outdoor Rugs on Wood Decks
There are people who would get an outdoor rug for their wood deck in a heartbeat and there are people who would disregard the idea from the very start. Read More
Pergolas and Decks: Easy Ways to Add Style to the Backyard
With pergola and deck building, you can add style to your backyard in no time. But since not all such structures are the same, we are here to consider the elements that make a wood pergola and a deck the right choice for your yard, Read More
Deck Railing Options and Design Ideas
While we may spend a lot of time discussing whether to get a cedar or ipe deck, we pay little or no attention to the railing. But if you think about it, the deck railing system is the first thing your visitors see. Read More