Doesn’t get sun in the winter months. Portions of the deck are very close in proximity to the earth’s surface. The bottoms of the many boards may actually be touching ground. The “ends” of many boards are butted up to, and in some cases completely buried underground. Over the years the deck has had many boards installed where the hot tub used to be, and many that were replaced that were rotted out. And lastly, this old deck off Larkin Valley in Santa Cruz CA is pretty shrouded in mature oak trees which are notorious mess-makers.

I pulled away some hillside that was crashing the party. I cleared all debris between every single board. An extra thorough professional wash followed up with the finest, highest quality, water based material on the market. Here are different looks during different stages of the process during different times of the day. Delicious as Always!

Santa Cruz Exterior Wood Deck Maintenance