Subject: Re: Redwood OK for a Deck?

From: Andrew Scott Beals <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:10:34 +0000

Bruce Bauer wrote:
> 
> [email-masked] wrote:
> >
> > Redwood is excellent in terms of looks, longevity, and stability.  The
> > only problem is finding it.  A lot of redwood on the market is crap.

It certainly is if you go to a place like Home Despot.  But find a good
lumberyard and you can get some really nice pieces.  The problem then
becomes that your material costs will then exceed the project costs if
you contracted it out [unless you can buy wholesale].  :*(

We found a [fencing] contractor who runs his own yard that put up a very
nice fence for us.

[I'm assuming the same problem exists with decking]

JUST DON'T USE FIR!

Fir dry-rots like mad and the termites love the stuff.

/signed/

	Andy In Termite [ex-orchard] Country

p.s.

> them looking good.  This is good to do at least annually. The clear red
> cedar looks better than redwood, and of course is more expensive.  The

And if you look at enough homes for sale, you'll find "termite reports"
that detail use of fir instead of redwood and massive dryrot.

Remember the deck in San Frank's Disco that collapsed a few years back
and killed eleven people?

Fir.

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"p.s." form?]
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From: [email-masked] (Michael John Hide)
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 14:02:30 GMT

[email-masked] (Pete Wilson) wrote:

;I need to build a deck about 14 x 12 on the very sunny south
;side of my house in central Massachusetts. Pressure-treated 
;pine, imo, looks like hell after a couple of years so I want 
;to use something else. If I were rich, I'd use teak I guess, 
;but I'm not so I won't. I have the idea that redwood might work.

;Would redwood be OK for such a deck? 
;Would it turn a nice grey in the weather? 
;Would it tend to split, cup, and splinter like PT pine?
;Needs to be low- or no-maintenance; redwood OK for that?
;What other lumber might be good?

;-- Thanks and Regards, Pete Wilson ([email-masked])
;++ Often in error, never in doubt (tm) kc ++

I dont know where you are located but in the south seems to me cypress
is a viable solution ,so long as it is not physically in contact with
the earth.
                              mjh