We bring grey, tired decks back to life: wash them, sand where they need it, fix loose boards and nails, then oil, stain or paint. Because we are carpenters first, the repairs happen before the coating goes on, not after.
The finish you pick changes how the deck looks and how often it needs doing again.
Oil soaks into the timber and brings its colour back, and suits hardwoods like merbau and spotted gum. We wash the deck with a timber cleaner, sand back the rough spots and put on two coats. A deck that cops the afternoon sun needs it again sooner than one in the shade.
A stain adds colour as well as protection, to even out mixed boards or shift the tone. Where there is an old coating we strip back to bare timber first, so the new stain soaks in evenly instead of sitting on top of the old one.
Some decks, mostly treated pine, are painted. We sand back flaking paint, replace the boards past saving and paint the lot, with the carpentry and the paint done by the one team. When we replaced two boards on a Torquay deck, we painted them to match the rest.
Sun breaks down the surface of the timber and turns it grey. A timber cleaner and a wash bring the colour back up before any oil goes on.
A new coat over an old film peels with it. We strip the old coating back to bare timber, then start again.
Shady, damp decks grow mould and go black between the boards. We wash it off with a timber cleaner before coating.
Raised nails tear up sanders and bare feet. We punch them down or re-screw the boards before the first coat.
What is on the deck now, how weathered it is and whether any boards need replacing.
The repairs, the prep and the product, all on the one quote.
Boards refixed, nails punched, the deck cleaned and sanded where it needs it.
Two coats, three on a hard-working deck, and we tell you when it is ready to use.
Nails punched and boards re-screwed, the deck sanded to bare timber, washed with Intergrain Reviva and coated in Intergrain UltraDeck. The shade panelling was re-screwed and stained to match. 2022.
Loose boards refixed with longer screws, the old coating stripped with Aqualis Strip Ease and the timber prepped. We put on three coats of natural decking stain rather than two, because the deck faces north and takes heavy foot traffic. 2023.
Between 2019 and 2022: decks washed, sanded where needed, nails punched, and coated in Intergrain UltraDeck.
One washed with Intergrain Reviva and given two coats of UltraDeck in 2023. Another washed and stained, stairs included, in 2021.
Restained in the same visit as lining and painting the verandah ceiling. 2024.
A restoration often turns up a repair, and sometimes it shows the boards are past saving.
We restore decks across Geelong, the Surf Coast, the Bellarine and Golden Plains. Pick your town to see everything else we do there.
Send us a photo of it as it is now, and we will come and look at the boards and give you a free estimate.
