Update on storm damaged rental
Grabbed my engineer, tool laden, very capable son-in-law and went to rent house. No contractors to worry about scams and kept the renter completely out of it. $240 in materials and damage has been repaired.
I have areas of my body that are sore that I didn't know existed. Cut a finger on the edge of a piece of siding I was hanging and shoulders have uncomfortable spots due to carrying 10 foot deck boards on them. The metal roof is intact, just has some crimping on the edges that is cosmetic. House is on a 5 acre lot, dead end road, 5 miles from city limits. I can live with the metal roof issue for the moment. This is on the back of the house.
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Dear God when the smoke clears please pressure wash that deck and treat with clorox etx. Looks terrible. 0 -
Nicely done. Sounds like a good solution, and a wise decision keeping the tenant out of it.
One note of caution, though. If you end up leaving anything unfixed or partially fixed that the insurance company accounted for in their estimate, just understand that if another storm comes along, they won't pay for the same thing (e.g. same roof) twice.
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Deck is over 20 years old. It does need a good power wash, bleach and sealant. Its on my list of things to do.allen griggs said:Dear God when the smoke clears please pressure wash that deck and treat with clorox etx. Looks terrible.0 -
As noted, this is something I can live with at the moment, i.e. roof issue. Another of my sons-in-law installed the metal roof. He will not be available to help with that repair until the end of June. At that time we will trek back down and repair it. Not leaving it undone, just postponing until help arrives. What son-in-law #2 and I did in a few hours spread over two days would have taken me a full two days by myself. I have the necessary tools, just didn't want to haul them 230 miles when he and #2 live just 45 miles away from rent property.Frogdog said:Nicely done. Sounds like a good solution, and a wise decision keeping the tenant out of it.
One note of caution, though. If you end up leaving anything unfixed or partially fixed that the insurance company accounted for in their estimate, just understand that if another storm comes along, they won't pay for the same thing (e.g. same roof) twice.
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It does not appear that any of the deck support to foundation anchor sites were disrupted - or damaged and that's a bonus...
My new neighbors used Clorox and some other deck wood strip chemicals on their deck - then used a floor sanding machine to take off maybe 1/32" of material - which cleaned up much of the visible blemishes and green mold and water spot damage...
It also smoothed out and evened out and leveled out the surface somewhat - they treated the wood with some type of anti fungal and applied a dark stain - used Thompson's water seal and some Marine epoxy in the finishing process...
Replaced many of the deck rail uprights and the stairs - considered applying rhino lining to the underside with a spray applicator and rollers but put that option on hold for now.
The deck does not look uniform in finish or brand new or fantastic - but it does look much better and the hope is that with regular maintenance and power washing they get another 10-15 years out of the deck.
Only one small 2'X2' section of rot - under a concrete planter that retained and seeped water - keeping the wood damp all the time and preventing it from drying out or getting sun exposure.
They cut that out with a 3" margin to be cautious and patched in - mortised in - repaired the spot.
With the furniture and grill and smoker and the perforated bamboo deck mat / area rug it looks okay.
They considered using that Brazilian hardwood pressure treated sealed chemically treated against fungal growth and mold and insects to replace the decking - it's supposed to last forever and be impervious to most encroachment but the cost was for them right now prohibitive.
With the stay at home order they had the time to do what I have described - it took a good amount of time and hands on labor - and seems a bit complicated but they had the time and it saved them a ton of money in labor and material costs - which is important to most of us.
I am not a wood or deck expert - seems to me that the steps they took may have been effective long term - I would not have thought of many of the steps they tried.
Perhaps our experienced members can offer an opinion thumbs up or thumbs down on the scope of their work.
It's a 20' X12' deck so the cost of a proper replacement even if they did the work themselves would have been very high - I am told.
They did have to scrap and destroy the garden gazebo which had turned grey and they discovered dry rot and insect damage - it appears that the wood was not treated well and never maintained.
Susie thanks for sharing and letting us into your world - not only on this project but on family and personal hobbies and such - it's good reading and it's nice to feel like we have been included in your circle of friends.
Makaila enjoys reading your posts.
Mike
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