How to replace ROTTEN Deck Boards. QUICK, Clean and DONE!

In this video, I show you how to replace deck boards that are rotten or broken and bring your old deck back to life! Below are my links to the tools I used. And link to schedule a free QandA session.

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- Mike D. Stokes

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Transcript:

Hello, Mike Stokes lush planet design-build. today I'm going to show you how to bring an old deck back to life. So if you look down below here, you'll see we have these old rotted segments of this deck here, the framing underneath is still pretty good. We don't have the time or the money to replace the whole deck. So we're going to do is we're going to repair it.

Let's go look at the deck we already did. So this deck that we have right here, we've already done a bunch of the patching work. So all of these seams that you see, we're all rotted out on the ends. And you'll find that with most decks, they would always rot where there's wood contact, and so you'll find the ends of the decks are the first places to rub. So all of these we did a plunge cut.

Well, I use the circular saw and then the punch cutter. I'll show you how we're going to do it next. And then what we're going to do now is we're going to stain this whole thing and make it all match. But I wish I had a before picture of what it looked like because it looked just as bad as that one over.

So now let's go back and I'll do the patch. tools I use for this is Makita portable saw plunge cutter and an A various assortment of pry bars depending on whichever one I need so I don't damage the other wood to a big square and a little square nail puller, hammer, and pets. So it does take a little bit of finesse to do this.

So what I've done is I've made a beeline across the center of the joist here and it goes right through the nails. And I'm using an old Diablo blade Diablos are awesome, they will last through a lot of nails. So it takes a little bit it's a little challenging, but what you want to do is you might need to come over with this angle over here.

So I've got a large square here. So I've got the tip of the fence right up against the blade and then I'm really looking straight down on top of it with one eye closed, and then I'm going to start sending the blade straight down. Okay, I'm gonna put on my glasses, or my earmuffs, and I'm gonna do that.

That's as much as we're gonna go with the Ski saw. Now we're gonna take the plunge cutter, cutter blade, we're gonna hug if you look really close in that line, we're gonna hug the left side of the line over here, we're gonna hug this side of the line to make a really nice clean cut. And we'll actually try to back the blade a little bit that way.

So that the top of the new piece will fit in real nice. So that's about as much as we're going to get with that. And now we're going to try to take the board out. It's gonna break a little bit And then we'll cut the rest of it out. See we got a little break left. And we're just gonna cut that little break off. And then actually I didn't bring out the grinder.

We're gonna also need the grinder to get the last little bit of the nails out. Last week I forgot it's just a portable grinder. And a quick note for if you're doing any extensive building, the grinder wheel and oscillating blades are so important that I like to buy them in bulk.

[mwolfod]

Excellent tutorial from a real pro.

Most all videos on this subject take the easy route and just replace the ENTIRE deck plank when there is rotting only at the very ends. Replacing an entire 8' - 16' board because of several inches of rot is quite wasteful.

[cheyenne]

Wow by watching your video I just saved a whole bunch of money for a rebuild on my deck. Just replaced 7 boards power washed and sealed and good as new. Thank you.

[dahadster]

I have a huge neglected deck. With treated lumber 3x the price before covid, this video was a very helpful. Thanks!

[stevenbourget]

Looks great. I saw it in person and I was amazed with the progress on the property.

[chrisstromberger]

Thanks for posting this walk-through, very helpful. Was able to replace some rotting boards on my deck following this technique, plus gave me an excuse to get myself an oscillating tool!

[OmegaBlueGroup]

Very helpful, good, clear explanations. Thank you!

[reyrey]

Good job jody you give me idea to repair my deck for little bit budget. Thanks

[TacomaSteelhead]

Great video sir.

We’ve got a deck that’s mostly ok. But the last owner had it made with untreated pine 🧐

Sanded and deck painted two years ago when I bought the house. A couple boards are giving out, even after replacing a few a years ago. With lumber prices I can’t imagine rebuilding this right now.

Thanks foe the video!

[ChelseaPrice]

How do you know if the joist are rotted as well

[NicholasLeader]

Curious why you cut through the nails rather than pull them, or made to the cut just to the side of them?

[mattwaters]

Was the grinder wheel reversed intentional?

[blueteamsix]

This is what happens when you have a deck so close to the ground. It looks like little or no air circulates under the deck. The bottom side of these boards are constantly wet.

[chachab]

What about positioning growth ring down? I noticed more curling up when I didn’t.🧐. I enjoyed all your tips on doing this repair though.
Thank you. ❣️

[maylovesdailyprofit]

Thank you for this video...can you come and do mine. Seriously

[brunoserwaczek]

Sir, betcha you’d look handsome if you got yourself a major haircut.