deck cleaning and staining ??? (WTB or hire)

[Joel S]

looking to get my deck cleaned and stained its cedar wood and I live in Farmington. Anyone have any leads or people used in the past ??

thanks much for the time

[pkpk]

LOL, sorry.

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[gely]

I'm also wanting to do the same to my deck.  Let me know what you find.  My deck is cedar and five years old, and it's starting to look bad.  Im in Lakeville.

[Joel S]

Gely, first bid was 1500 or so. waiting on a second.

[aschendel]

i don't have much to offer other than i hope you find someone for sure.  i hated staining my deck so badly that i replaced it w/ low maintenance stuff (and expanded it greatly) when it was only about 5 years old.

a.s.

[gdawgs]

I have someone out of Northfield that usually beats all bids by $200.  So get your bids and let him under cut it.  pm me for details.  Also do you know what type of stain you are looking for?  translucent or not? 

[mikey]

take a pressure washer to it, and then rent a power sprayer to re-stain the deck.

[Joel S]

Mikey, sure sounds easy when you say it. (flashbacks of it being a pain in the ass) lol

[Chris]

some meat on the grill and some cold drinks you can get a few people over it will go fast.

[pkpk]

On the subject of decks, I'd like a big one, lol.  Anyway...we have two nice patios, but no deck.  That is probably next on the list of major home improvment.  But we really don't want something that needs maintenance.  Would a painted deck be easier to deal with than a stained deck?  Is there such a thing as a vinyl wood grain deck?  (LOL)  PM any contacts for estimate if you have one.

[Tim...]

Takes me half a day to power wash my deck and stain - do this once a year.  For the horizontal bits, I use a paint roller on a broomstick to apply the stain, and for the fiddly vertical bits, I just use a cheap throw-away pump sprayer.

Definitely something you can do on the cheap!

If you do not have a power-washer, get one - you will invent uses for it

[aschendel]

pkpk, i switched from cedar to timbertech xlm + aluminum railings from All Seasons, down in burnsville...  we'll see if it holds up.  thus far it's doing pretty good, still needs some easy scrubbing (north side, moss(?)).

i need to get a pressure washer anyways, although when i pressure washed my 2 prior wood decks with one it was easier to rip the wood up than I expected, so it was kind of tricky.

a.s.

[Hope2Ride]

I'd like a big one, lol

That's what she said!!!


Hahaha! Sorry, just had to since no one else did

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