Thursday, December 6, 2012

How To Maintain Your Deck

By Alfred Lambert


Reuniting with old friends doesn't always have to be extravagant. In fact, opting to hold a gathering in your home can be just as fun as dining with friends in a resto bar. If you have a deck outside your home, you can hold the gathering there and let your guests catch up with one another while enjoying the sight of your garden. If some of your friends choose to stay a little late, your deck is also an ideal place for stargazing.

If your deck is where you usually entertain your friends in Singapore, it only follows that you are aware that any exposed wood surfaces need proper maintenance. However beautiful wood surfaces may look when they're newly installed, they may easily deteriorate when ignored.

The following are the basic preventive measures Singapore homeowners should be aware of:

The first thing you should do is to ask the timber decking Singapore supplier about the do's and don'ts of maintaining the kind of timber you ordered from them. Suppliers of wood flooring materials should provide a trusted Singapore timber decking specialist whom buyers can ask regarding the type of wood finishing to use. With their knowledge, homeowners will know when to apply wood finishes, how to inspect the wooden floor, and what safety precautions to follow when working with treated wood.

In addition, your reliable timber deck singapore specialist will ask you to check your wood surfaces for any sign of mill graze. Mill graze is a hard glaze like finish that develop on the surface of cedar wood and other species of redwood during the milling process.

To determine whether there is mill glaze on your wood surfaces, you can pour a few drops of water on the wood. The wood should absorb the water and turn dark. If these don't happen, then there must be residues like mill graze on the wood. You can remove these residues by doing light sanding.

Aside from mill glaze, exposed wood surfaces also tend to develop mold and mildew. It is important to clean the floor with water first and remove any residue before applying wood finishing. Otherwise, the wood will not be properly sealed.




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