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   dieselpig | Oct 12, 2005 03:30pm | #1

   Not really.  You'll trap moisture between the two layers and dramaticaly reducet the service life of your deck.  You will also be prone to more splitting of the new deck as the two layers may expand and contract at different rates.  Not to mention that it would look goofy at the edges where the two layers were most visible.

   Just a bad idea all around IMO.  Why wouldn't you strip it?

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   ramkw | Oct 12, 2005 07:15pm | #2

   I thought the spiral type nails would be next to impossible to pull out. Guess I should give a try.  Thanks 

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   custombuilt | Oct 12, 2005 07:34pm | #3

   nothing is impossible to pull out with enough leverage!  hehe  get a 4 foot crowbar.

   Are they ringshanks?  Or actual screws?  I was a little confused by your post.

    

    When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!

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   johnharkins | Oct 12, 2005 08:13pm | #4

   what is a salt treated deck ? thanks

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   dieselpig | Oct 12, 2005 08:14pm | #5

   When demoing decks, often times I see the board come off of the deck and the nail stays put in the joist, especially with those spiral shank nails.  With less force than you'd imagine, too. 

   As mentioned, the key is leverage.  Try to do it with your 16oz curved claw hammer and you've got a long day ahead of you.  Use a 36" Gorilla bar and you won't even need to bend over except to move the demo-ed wood out of your way.  The Gorilla bar is also for going back and pulling all those nails when you're done.  Worse case scenario... you pound those nails back in.

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   cynwyd | Oct 12, 2005 08:25pm | #6

   these work well

    

   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B00002N7SD/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/002-1836442-0678418?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=hi

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   tollgeek03 | Oct 13, 2005 12:02am | #7

   http://www.deckwrecker.com/

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   hammer | Oct 13, 2005 12:30am | #8

   	64405.3 in reply to 64405.2
   	"I thought the spiral type nails would be next to impossible to pull out" You thought right. Spiral nails are tough to remove. That's why I don't use them. Not that certain I might not need to replace a board two.... Might try removing the decking in sections and use a saw-zal to cut the nails. Crosscut along the length of the joist to get an angle on the nails. cut at the base of the decking using a metal blade.

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   Framer | Oct 14, 2005 01:26am | #9

   Take a 2x4 about 8' long on edge and nail it to another 2x4 about 30" on flat making a t with the top sticking past about 16"-20". Once you get one or two rows off starting from the end of the deck away from the house.

   Now lay the 30" 2x4 on a flat across two joist with the 2x4 on edge in the center of the joist and just push down and pop them right off. I might not sound right the way I'm describing it but I've done this a million times like this with decks and ripping off roofs when I do add-a-levels and you'll be surprised how much leverage you get with this as they pop right off.

   Joe Carola