deck weather protection

 One of the hard parts about having a home blog is that homes vary from different locations in the world and even just between states. Why? Because all state have different climates and with different climates comes different type of features that a home can have. For example and place that gets rain almost constantly need to be flood protected, sturdy roof and can’t have a screen room. In a place that gets snow will need to have a sturdy roof to support snow, garage for cars is a bigger need than others. So when trying to give advice it is hard for people who don’t have the same weather as I do here. Luckily though I do get all 4 weather climates for all 4 seasons. So with winter coming up I think about the outside and how to get it ready for a harsh weather. It is important to have everything especially wood be protected. To give your perfect protection and looking nice you start with any sanding is needed and then a power wash to make sure it is clean and nothing is stuck between the wood. Next you add any stain you want to give the wood the color you want and renew the color you may have already had. Lastly you add a nice coat of water and damage proof stain. most brands are both in one stain which makes it much easier on you. If you don’t protect your deck the rain and snow can cause the wood to splitter, become loose, rot, and soak up the water and get major water damage causing you to be able to fall right through it. To keep up with your decks color and keeping it damage protected you should redo your stains at least every year to 2 years. From personal experience I suggest BEHR brand, it’s great for protecting from sun, rain, and snow.