Pressure-treated pine also needs a lot of maintenance ... It's best to avoid oak and cherry wood for decks. It seems like oak ...

We cut back our pine trees and sap dripped everywhere ... Your best option depends on the type of decking you have. If you have a wood deck, try using a little turpentine to dissolve the resin ...

Here, we zero in on the pros and cons of cedar, ipe, pine, and redwood—the four most common options you’ll find. Keep in mind, we test our wood decking samples without any protective stain ...

Most decks in the U.S. are still made from wood, such as pressure-treated pine or cedar. But many others are built using alternatives that promise better durability, including aluminum ...

Like many homeowners, I was initially drawn to pressure-treated southern yellow pine. Far and away the best-selling decking material in the U.S., it offers the natural beauty of wood at a low cost.

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Made of a mix of waste-wood sawdust and recycled plastic (such as polyethylene bags or milk jugs), composite decking can also look pretty slick, especially when it’s stained to imitate fancy ...

But if you’ve got a wood deck, the leaves also signal trouble ahead. As leaves, pine needles and other tree-canopy debris accumulate on the deck, they begin to decompose and leach acidic tannins ...