Small little deck on the upper west side Santa Cruz. Seemed pretty neglected. I was told that the deck was made by the homeowner, and it showed. it was built in 2009, and it appeared like the homeowner used some sort of sealant. Many of the boards were now too close together which is never going to be a great thing for the life of the deck. However, there is never a wrong time to begin the process of maintaining a wood deck. Especially Ipe. We know they last forever. Looking good forever is a different story. Santa Cruz Ipe Deck Maintenance. Wood Shingles & Siding. Aptos Capitola Santa Cruz Scotts Valley Felton Boulder Creek Truckee
This one felt good. Los Gatos California. Storm drain @ bottom of steep enough driveway that is designed to catch water before going into the garage. Bring on the Atmospheric Rivers!
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Deck staining and maintenance has become this company’s bread and butter. In 2022 we completed 31 such deck projects. As usual, they ranged in size and shape. Some had rails, some didn’t. Some were very high up in the air and some weren’t. Hardwoods and Softwoods. If you have a deck you are interested in protecting and you live in Santa Cruz County, please shoot us an email. Include some pictures. 2023 sure got off to a wet start. Make sure you stay on top of the maintenance of your wood deck.
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If the spouts are clogged, the gutters are likely filled. If you can safely unclog and clean yourself then you should do it. If you can’t, we can help.
Santa Cruz, Aptos, Scotts Valley
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Up near the university. One of the final deck projects of the year. Some different looks from different parts of the day. Cedar boards. Properly spaced. Fastened from below. 20 years old
Santa Cruz, Aptos, Scotts Valley
The final wood wash and stain project for 2022 was on the upper west side of Santa Cruz just off Escalona. Pretty typical job. Large redwood deck in the backyard that wrapped around to a side area, and an much smaller Ipe deck off a 2nd story master bedroom. The ground level redwood deck was about five years new and had been stained immediately by the deck builder after it was finished being built. The Ipe deck was ten years old and never cared for.
Both decks were pretty greyed out from heavy sun exposure and cleaned perfectly well with just cold water. There was side-to-side cupping on the Ipe boards, but I would say that is pretty common. Nothing you can do about that and certainly nothing you are going to do to remove the cupping outside of maybe flipping the boards. We applied a redwood tone transparent stain on the the redwood deck and a much deeper tone was used on the Ipe.
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This is a new deck. Nine months old to be exact. As recommended, the homeowner waited some time for the boards to properly dry, oxidize, do their thing. The picture in the middle and on the right are unique in that they show a finished tone up against a strip of clean wet boards. Not soaking wet boards, rather boards that were once wet with water but are now drying a bit and heading towards damp. Damp (clean) boards are a tone that many homeowners are fond of. In other words, “I like how the deck looks when it’s wet,” said the homeowner. The picture on the left is a bit more of a close-up. You can see the finished portion in the upper right of the picture, and you can also see a finished board in the middle that is beading water. The other boards are at various stages of being wet/damp.
Summer 2022. Driftwood Gray Project
This was a tough one. Aptos California June 2022. 3.5 gallons @ $65/gal. 25 labor hour @ $65/hr. It’s what custom wood maintenance looks like. If you’d like we can talk about this very project. It’s a common one.
Arbors are time consuming. Swing Sets, not so much. This was a two week long summer project in Boulder Creek, CA off Alba Road. As you can see, this arbor is giant, one of the biggest and boldest I have seen to date. To properly wash and stain an arbor like this one takes mad skills and a world of patience. The Swing Set, not so much.
Love the spacing on this redwood deck in Santa Cruz County, Soquel Hills off Old San Jose Soquel Road. Proper spacing will always lend itself to proper cleaning. Proper deck cleaning will allow for super nice deck staining results.
As with any properly applied, high-end transparent or semi-transparent stain, the tone you see depends on where you are in relation to the direction of the board, AND where the sun is in relation to your direction. It is why the people, in general, will forever want their exterior wood maintained with the beauty of a “see through” material.
This deck was built by the owner in 2019 and they immediately stained the boards with an oil based product of some sort. The deck was pretty filthy yet the boards were in fine shape. Loads and loads of afternoon sun. Heavy sun is enough reason to have your decks restored and maintained at least every few years.
Santa Cruz Soquel Aptos Corralitos Scotts Valley Capitola Live Oak
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West Side Santa Cruz
Decks, Shingles, Arbors
These 20y/o shingles face west. So far as shingle maintenance goes, my recommendation for shingles that face west is to love them up every eight years or so. These went ten. Yes these shingles were dirty, blackened to a degree, quite a number of them were greenish, so yes they probably waited a bit too long. Nevertheless…
2:45pm March PDT
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Decks, Fences, Shingles, Custom Arbors
Aptos, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz
Nice to see you again. It had been 12 years since I last loved up the north side of this Pleasure Point home. You can see the progress from the top down. This is a nice picture taken at 9:30am. Cedar Tone blend, Extreme Semi-Transparent by Defy. This side of the home get a slight amount of indirect morning sun, but nothing more than that, hence the 12 years in between maintenance coats.
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With exposed agg very important to finesse a bit with a moderate PSI.
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