Deck restoration
Sometimes the boards are past saving but the frame underneath is fine. When that is true, resurfacing - new decking and often new rails over the existing joists, beams and posts - gets you most of a new deck without rebuilding what does not need rebuilding. The word that matters is when. We go underneath and check the frame before recommending it, because new boards on tired joists is the most expensive shortcut in deck work.
The USDA Forest Products Laboratory observes that most decks are retired because of cracked and checked boards - damage that timely finishing would mostly have prevented. When the surface is past saving but the joists, beams, posts and footings underneath are still sound, resurfacing replaces the decking (and usually the railings) without rebuilding what does not need it.
New boards on tired joists is the most expensive shortcut in deck work: it looks finished and fails within a few seasons, taking the new surface with it. So resurfacing is only recommended after we have been underneath - probing joists, checking hangers and the ledger, looking at posts where they meet the ground. If any of that needs work, it gets done first through structural repair. Joist tops get protected before the new boards go down, since that is where water sits.
Replacing more than 100 square feet of deck boards requires a Metro Codes permit, and in Brentwood the city handles permits separately; a full resurface will almost always need one. New pressure-treated boards then need time to dry before staining, or you can leave them to weather first - either way, we explain the timing. Smaller patches are usually a job for board repair instead.
Decks of an age to have worn through their surface in Donelson, Green Hills and Madison, larger decks in Brentwood, and high decks in Bellevue where replacing the whole structure would be a much bigger job. Across Nashville, it is often the best value on a deck that has simply outlived its boards.
How long does it take? Usually a few days once lumber is on site.
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 →Split, rotten or cupped boards replaced, popped fasteners reset, and loose stairs made solid before anything gets stained.
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.