COURTESY OF METRO CREATIVE Summer means more time spent outdoors, which makes it the perfect season to assess your home’s ...

By Larry Walton I had been keeping this deck alive for several years with an occasional replacement board, some sanding, a ...

Deck installation is a transformative project that can enhance your outdoor living space, increase your property value, and ...

Tip: Use plenty of screws if you decide to use composite or other plastic types of facia boards. These types of boards expand and contract more than regular wood, so they need a lot of deck fasteners ...

Screw Type: Cap Screw; Dry Wall Screw; Lag Screw; Machine Screw; Self Drilling / Thread Cutting Screw; Shoulder Screw; Tamperproof Screw (optional feature); Wood ...

They come in a variety of head styles, and are designed to be inserted into tapped holes. Deck screws are a type of wood screw that is meant to assemble decking components and materials. They sit ...

It’s also relatively easy to build with wood. The soft, porous surface makes it easy to join pieces with nails and screws. But, for a truly permanent, strong chemical bond, using the best wood ...

Luckily, all you need are some outdoor interlocking wood tiles to instantly turn that patio, deck, or patch of dirt into a ...

Pieces of wood can be joined together in many different ways. Nails, screws and glue are the most common ways to join wood together. When making these joins, wood can be arranged and joined ...

The lights were simple to mount to our wood deck posts with the included screws. The set features two color temperatures to choose from—cool and warm white. During our testing, we preferred the ...

∎ Repair damaged deck planks — weather, rotten wood, wear, and varying temperature cause this. Don't step on broken planks. ∎ Check for exposed nails or screws to see if there’s rust or ...