In article 53da0e17-d846-405d-9368-2a47dc4aa580@
27g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, says...
On Apr 25, 11:54*am, wrote:
My 7-yr old pressure-treated deck is starting to look bad on the flat
surface. The boards are cupping, cracking and its getting to be more
difficult to stain it.
The vertical boards (the skirting, the rails, etc are fine). Its the
flat horizontal boards that are bad.

What would it take to replace the flat surfaces with trex? Would the
rails have to be dismantled/removed, or can the replacements be put in
place around them?

Is it a good idea to do this?

Also, I had used a solid dark cedar stain on my deck. So the rails
still have this color. If I get the dark trex, I am hoping this would
match the rails, so I don't have to restain the rails.

Any ideas/suggestions would help. Thanks.
Mark Sabatini

Cupping means they were installed upside down, Look at the end to see
the grain curve, fix the boards, and rent a floor sander but you are
sanding off CCA you dont want to breathe, or hire a floor sanding
company, it will be new again, ive done it.

Mine were too split to sand, so took 'em off an flipped the boards.
It was good (with a half dozen replacements) for another ten years,
though they were now upside down.

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Keith