tosullivan
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Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, so mods please move to appropriate if necessary.
I got a deck put down by a local company 6ys ago and noticed today when I went to stain it that a good few of the boards are on an advanced state of rot when I started poking at them. I felt a lot of give in a few boards and they started to bounce at the edge so when I picked at the wood, it crumbled away in my hands.
Its only at this side that its happened. Now we religously, annually clean down the deck and stain it, so we have kept it well, so needless to say I was shocked to see this.
At the time we were getting it, we decided to go with the smooth deck boards rather than the grooved/ridged ones as we thought they looked better and would not keep dirt in them as easy. We probably paid a bit extra for this aswell, but now it looks like the wood is not as weatherproof as we expected.
I can't see any other scenario than just having to replace the damaged boards, but do you think I have any chance for the installer in coming back and giving me a good explanation as to why this happened?
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I got a deck put down by a local company 6ys ago and noticed today when I went to stain it that a good few of the boards are on an advanced state of rot when I started poking at them. I felt a lot of give in a few boards and they started to bounce at the edge so when I picked at the wood, it crumbled away in my hands.
Its only at this side that its happened. Now we religously, annually clean down the deck and stain it, so we have kept it well, so needless to say I was shocked to see this.
At the time we were getting it, we decided to go with the smooth deck boards rather than the grooved/ridged ones as we thought they looked better and would not keep dirt in them as easy. We probably paid a bit extra for this aswell, but now it looks like the wood is not as weatherproof as we expected.
I can't see any other scenario than just having to replace the damaged boards, but do you think I have any chance for the installer in coming back and giving me a good explanation as to why this happened?
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