Deck restoration
Most decks that need restoring need some repair first, and staining over a rotten board only colours the problem. We walk the deck before quoting the finish: probe the soft spots, check the fasteners, look at the stairs and railings. Individual boards that have rotted or split get replaced with matched lumber, popped nails and screws get reset or swapped, and the whole surface ends up sound enough to be worth finishing.
Staining over a soft board colours the problem and leaves it where it is. So before we quote any finish we walk the whole deck: probe boards for rot, check for split and cupped boards, look for nails and screws working their way up, and test the stairs and railings. Individual damaged boards get replaced with matched lumber, popped fasteners get reset or replaced with coated screws, and the surface ends up sound enough to be worth finishing.
Perfectly round holes about half an inch across, usually on railings, fascia or the underside of a rail, are carpenter bees. UT Extension notes they prefer bare or weathered softwood and tunnel along the grain for several inches - sometimes much further as galleries are reused year after year - and woodpeckers will open the wood up to reach the larvae. Holes get plugged and sealed during prep, and a finished surface is less inviting to them than bare wood.
Metro Codes requires a permit to replace more than 100 square feet of deck boards, or any framing or footings. Most board-level repair stays well under that; when a job crosses the line - for instance a full resurface or joist and ledger work - we say so at the estimate. Repairs are then finished with stain so they blend in.
We repair decks across Nashville, from older decks in East Nashville and Old Hickory to ranch-house decks in Donelson, tall decks in Bellevue and larger ones in Brentwood.
How long does it take? A day or two for board-level repairs, often done immediately before staining.
These come up on the same job more often than not:
Soft joists, a loose ledger, rotten posts and wobbly railings - the parts that decide whether a deck is safe, not just how it looks.
Learn More →A tired surface replaced with new boards over a frame that is still sound - most of a new deck for a fraction of the work.
Learn More →Cleaned, dried and stained with a finish matched to how much sun and shade your deck gets.
Learn More →Free - No Obligation
Two minutes. We call you back the same day.