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Posted: 4/13/2022 10:27:08 AM EDT
House I bought has a pretty big but boring wood deck. Gimme some ideas on how to make it an outdoor living area with a grill. If you have outdoor furniture, how do you protect it in winter? Attached File
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Put some posts in the corners and you can hang/string decorative lights and install a sunshade.
I just use the Mfr's covers, for my smoker, gas grill, and charcoal grill. Outside all winter and doing fine. I also don't let snow accumulate over or around. |
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Take the grill off the deck to maximize room for furniture. Put is near the stairs but not close enough that if someone fell on the stairs they would land on it.
Get something to shade the area, a cantilever umbrella or a self assemble pergola with a cloth sun shade. Get a storage box for the cushions / covers from the furniture. Get a patio heater if you have colder nights. Lay out the furniture so people sit facing each other and can talk. Include small tables to put drinks on at every seat unless its real close to a low table. If you have a dining table look at how it can be moved to an edge if you have a lot of people over and then no one group gets stuck in the middle of the area with people surrounding them. |
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View Quote Are you supposed to rub the moisturizer in gently or in a more aggressive and quicker pace? |
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i dont have a wood deck so no pics but I'd open that up. less railings, stairs wrapped so you can walk onto the lawn off the back or the left. maybe get some dublin cobble at the ground level with a grill/fire pit.
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Quoted: did someone say deck pic? https://i.postimg.cc/02jbTfJQ/20150613-182142.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/rsnzdd7M/20150613-182157.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/h4pXZwv6/20150613-182230.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/kGXBXN1T/20150613-200700.jpg 12x36 + 6x42 IIRC, I built this five or six years ago now. I hate exterior maintenance, so I try really really hard to avoid furniture that we have to worry about protecting. View Quote You win. |
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Deck as purchased. - sorry for the dark image, but this was the best I could find.
Attached File Deck after patio install, moving the staircase location, new re-decking and railings. Attached File Another perspective. Attached File |
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Quoted: Deck as purchased. - sorry for the dark image, but this was the best I could find. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/InverwayDeckOEM_JPG-2347608.JPG Deck after patio install, moving the staircase location, new re-decking and railings. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/IMG_2329_JPG-2347612.JPG Another perspective. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/InverwayDeck2021_JPG-2347615.JPG View Quote That's a beautiful girthy deck you have |
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Quoted: Deck as purchased. - sorry for the dark image, but this was the best I could find. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/InverwayDeckOEM_JPG-2347608.JPG Deck after patio install, moving the staircase location, new re-decking and railings. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/IMG_2329_JPG-2347612.JPG Another perspective. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/InverwayDeck2021_JPG-2347615.JPG View Quote That looks fantastic! |
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I would cut out a section of railing, then build in a grill/outdoor kitchen. I would frame it using light gauge steel, sheath it in durock, finish it in brick or stone veneer, and put a granite top on it. For support, I would add a short beam underneath on 6x6 posts with footings.
You could go a little further and build a small roof over it for all-weather cooking. |
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Quoted: We doubled the side of our deck. But decided to make it a covered porch. We sit out there a lot now. Waiting on finishing the landscaping to finish the faux stone columns down to the ground. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/89/Resized_20211025_090324-2337371.jpg View Quote My OCD would turn homicidal if I had to look at posts sticking out from under decorative covers. |
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I prefer a moderate size deck. Something firm, but not too splintery. Also needs to be well lubricated.
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I won't post any pictures of my deck, it's old and worn out. I'm embarrassed by it really. My wife is too, she says she wants a new one.
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Misread the thread title and was almost banned.
Good thing I didn't click submit. |
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Outdoor living area with a grill? Wtf?
Just have your husband put a grill on the deck…? FFS |
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I got some deck pix for you.
Attached File Attached File I don’t have pix of the other half. There’s another grill (NG rather than LPG), a sandbox, and a small BB gun shooting gallery (to be placed in the back when used) The deck is beyond repair now, now it’s gonna get ripped out and rebuilt with composite. Hopefully this year. |
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Quoted: Deck as purchased. - sorry for the dark image, but this was the best I could find. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/InverwayDeckOEM_JPG-2347608.JPG Deck after patio install, moving the staircase location, new re-decking and railings. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/IMG_2329_JPG-2347612.JPG Another perspective. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/109479/InverwayDeck2021_JPG-2347615.JPG View Quote Hell yea |
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Power wash it with a green/25 degree tip then hit it with some fresh stain. Start in an inconspicuous spot with the power washer to get your technique down. Work on feathering in and out as you begin and end sweeps vs hard starts and stops with the trigger to avoid lines.
I like oil based like TWP. It just fades as it wears vs flaking off like some of the other types. Respray every couple of years. I would absolutely advise against any of the solid hard coat deck renew, deck coat, etc type coatings that supposedly "armor" the wood. Once a crack or screw hole starts letting water in, it can't get back out. I've seen entire decks with the wood rotting away under those coatings. Like, push your finger through the coating and the wood just crumbles away. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/284997/1183B992-2C88-498E-B4C7-E8EBA4E3A13A_jpe-2347580.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/284997/B5B62B7B-8F78-40EF-9556-54CBE9405434_jpe-2347581.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/284997/3589D41D-6EA8-41D1-84DA-4991320E6375_jpe-2347583.JPGI built this at my last house View Quote |
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Quoted: Power wash it with a green/25 degree tip then hit it with some fresh stain. Start in an inconspicuous spot with the power washer to get your technique down. Work on feathering in and out as you begin and end sweeps vs hard starts and stops with the trigger to avoid lines. I like oil based like TWP. It just fades as it wears vs flaking off like some of the other types. Respray every couple of years. I would absolutely advise against any of the solid hard coat deck renew, deck coat, etc type coatings that supposedly "armor" the wood. Once a crack or screw hole starts letting water in, it can't get back out. I've seen entire decks with the wood rotting away under those coatings. Like, push your finger through the coating and the wood just crumbles away. View Quote Great advise. My deck has a couple of boards like this. It's always been painted. Hopefully I'll get around to power washing it and stripping the paint off then replace boards as needed. Thinking of staining over painting. |
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Quoted: did someone say deck pic? https://i.postimg.cc/02jbTfJQ/20150613-182142.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/rsnzdd7M/20150613-182157.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/h4pXZwv6/20150613-182230.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/kGXBXN1T/20150613-200700.jpg 12x36 + 6x42 IIRC, I built this five or six years ago now. I hate exterior maintenance, so I try really really hard to avoid furniture that we have to worry about protecting. View Quote We did the wire rail on our last deck when we refurbed/expanded (it was postage stamp size to start). Expensive, but excellent for minimizing view obstruction. It's also very, very strong, with turnbuckles that are easily adjusted to take up any stretch. Dogs thought they'd be able to push through/under. Nope, not happening. Would use again. |
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Quoted: Are you supposed to rub the moisturizer in gently or in a more aggressive and quicker pace? View Quote At a Medium Pace |
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