"If you have a deck that needs a little TLC—or are thinking you’re ready to embark on building a deck this season—this post is for you."
It’s almost summer, which means the days are longer, the weather is warming up, and we’re focused on getting our yards ready to enjoy throughout the coming months. If you have a deck that needs a little TLC—or are thinking you’re ready to embark on building a deck this season—this post is for you. Keep scrolling for our best decking tips and how-tos!
How To Clean Manufactured Decking
All exterior building products require cleaning, and manufactured decking products are no different. To maintain the beauty of your manufactured decking, a little care and cleaning goes a long way. Just make sure you use products that have been tested to be compatible with your decking product!
How To Refresh Your Deck
Refreshing your deck is a simple project that makes a big difference—and it can be tackled in a weekend. We often suggest using Penofin RenewAll, which is an easy-to-apply, thick, elastomeric coating that gives new life to older decks, resulting in a finely textured, non-slip surface.
How To Remove Paint From Your Deck
As the weather gets warmer, we all want to be spending more time in our outdoor spaces. A great way to give your backyard an upgrade is by refinishing your deck. The first (and very important!) step is stripping off your current deck coating.
How To Refinish a Deck
It’s possible to give an old deck new life. This step-by-step guide to deck refinishing is the perfect companion for a weekend DIY project. Strip, clean, brighten, and stain your way to outdoor entertaining dreams!
Resurfacing a Deck With Composite Decking
Want to replace your existing deck surface with a new, low-maintenance composite surface? It’s actually easier than you may think—and we’ve covered everything you need to know.
How To Create a Dry Space Under Your Deck
Many homes have a second-story deck with usable space, like a patio, below. It’s great when it’s sunny—providing shade while connecting the ground-floor rooms to the backyard—but the patio can get wet from rain dripping through the boards of the deck above. This project brightens up an under-the-deck area and expands your outdoor living space.
How To Install a Gutter for Your Under-Deck Dry Space
Once you’ve protected your under-deck space to keep it dry, you can then also install gutters to help divert water. There are many options for gutters, but we chose to use aluminum gutter components. And, since this is Dunn DIY, we chose to do it ourselves. You can too.
How To Modernize Your Deck by Installing Aluminum Balusters
With a little elbow grease, some help from a few key tools, and our step-by-step video, you can update a deck with new rail cap and sleek, new aluminum balusters. Really!
How To Install Deck Lighting
Adding deck lighting is a simple and easy way to upgrade your backyard. Plus, it’s easy to install low-voltage lighting to a deck area with helpful pre-packaged lighting kits. There's no stripping of wires or worrying about getting the fittings right—everything connects easily by hand with plugs that screw snugly together.
If you don’t have a deck, you can still find plenty of seasonal home tips, tricks, and projects as the weather starts to warm up! Just look through our project library to find hundreds of DIY tutorials.