Services Provided
Repaired (almost rebuilt) the rotten deck, painted for 3 coats
Experience and Good Comments
My deck is about 10x10, not including stairs. After 17 years, it became rotten and unsafe for kid to play around it. I quoted a few service providers, minimum is 2000+ to rebuild with wood material. If go with composite material, the price will be double at least.
I got Allen's contact from a colleague in the chatting group. Allen's daily work is to build customized furniture, so there is no problem for him to do a wood deck. His rate per Aug, 2017 is $25 hour, and power wash is a separated work item costing $100 alone. After power washing, we did the inspection together and found most wood piece must be replaced. The total price I put in this review only covers the labor cost. The material is about $200, paint is extra.
Here is the summary I sent to Allen after completion.
----1st week---
07/24/2017, Monday, did power wash on deck and fence // $100
07/25/2017, Tuesday, selected all materials, lumber and screws, from HomeDepot, bought to house, started to tear down the existing rotten frame // 3.5 hours
07/26/2017, Wednesday, deck surface is 75% done // 4 hours
07/27/2017, Thursday, deck surface 95% done, started the rail a little bit // slightly less than 4 hours
----2nd week---
07/31/2017, Monday, deck surface 97% done, the rail 50% // 4 hours
08/01/2017, Tuesday, completed all deck wood work // 4 hours
08/02/2017, Wednesday, painted 1st coat (wrong stain caused by my mistake, not Allen's) on deck // 3.5 hours
08/03/2017, Thursday, painted 2nd coat (right stain) on deck // 3.5 hours
---3nd week---
08/06/2017, Sunday, hauled away the old deck stuff and dumped to the dumps // slightly less than 2 hours
08/08/2017, Tuesday, painted 3rd coat (2nd coat of right stain) on deck // 2 hours
Not-So-Good Comments
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