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  1. 25th April 2009, 03:16 PM #1
    co_ol
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    Default Renovating a Timberdeck

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    I have a timber deck about 14 years old and in urgent need to renovate before it is all to late. I need some expert advice in the best way to go about it.
    the deck in itself needs a full replacement my current concern are the joist and poles holding up the deck. From what I can tell the joist and bearers are in a reasonable condition showing some slight wood rot on the top and large cracks from the nails.

    What would be the best material to fill the cracks and protect the joist and bearers from further wood rot. I live in far north queensland and we get a lot of rain in the wet season.

    I also have two wood poles (20cm in diameter) holding up the joist and bearers. The sap wood has not been removed when the deck has been build and no protective cover has been placed on top of the poles and therefore have wood rot going down the center of the poles (2cm diameter) and the outside of the poles. However the hard wood seems still reasonable good.

    Any opinions and advice is very much appreciated.
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  3. 27th April 2009, 11:16 AM #2
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    Col - I would be replacing those timbers not trying to repair them - beyond it IMO - 14 years in FNQ ain't a bad life. You should re-ask the question on the sister forum http://www.renovateforum.com/index.php. Many of us use both, but this forum is more for finer woodwork the Renovate more for structural stuff. Maybe someone else will guide you to and through a different answer, but I stick by mine - replace don't repair! If the posts and joist are solid you might be able to simply add some more timber or some flashing to protect, or maybe juts replace the joists, but without an onsite look that'd be hard to confirm. Trying to fill those splits when you'll need to re-screw or nail back into the timber is a waste of effort.
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  4. 27th April 2009, 02:56 PM #3
    co_ol
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    Thanks for your reply. I will post the question in the renovate forum
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