The wood is structurally stable and available in grades from select which means no knots or blemishes to knotty. You seldom ...

Worse, the lumber shortage was so severe that many homeowners and contractors had started buying up much of the composite decking on the market, too—leaving both options quite scarce. Like many ...

Also, if your deck was built before 2004, there’s a good chance it’s made of lumber treated with chromated copper arsenate. Regular refinishing helps to seal in the toxic arsenic that CCA ...

Rick Kleiner (from the Southern Forest Products Association) joins Bob to talk about using pressure-treated deck members. Such lumber resists fungal growth, termites, and decay, and is capable of ...