On Tue, 20 May 2014 22:33:04 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 5/20/2014 9:28 PM, BobMCT wrote:
thanks for all the suggestions. I did find some plastic shims at Home
Depot that I cut in half and doubled up then stapled to the top of the
joists. That brought the cedar up to the level of the adjacent
boards.

If I EVER get to rebuild this deck I will most definitely go with
synthetic materials.


Consider wood like IPE that will easily last 50+ years with no treatment.
The synthetic material is less expensive than IPE though.