I’m rebuilding the deck on my house, and I intend to tackle an underdeck drainage system myself found in this article:
http://www.deckmagazine.com/pdf/2007/0705/0705low.pdf
I live in Atlanta, and I recently bought enough Redwood Decking to complete my deck (for less than the price of PT I’ll add). My question is this:
Will my Redwood Decking be able to “breathe” enough with this type of system below? Theoretically, I’ll have enough slope where there won’t be any residual moisture after rain events, but that is likely somewhat wishful thinking. Let me know what you think. I’m hoping to have a long lasting redwood deck on top and stained beadboard sheeting below. I’ll likely seal the Redwood with Cabot’s or similar after the deck is completed, but realistically I won’t seal the underside of the decking. Any relevant thoughts/opinions/experiences are appreciated. Thanks.
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Interesting approach. How would you attach the decking without puncturing the membrane? I kow it is supposed to be self sealing but....
BTW, I would like to know where to get redwood cheaper than PT. What grade redwood?
Chuck S
I plan on using the Tiger Claw Hidden Deck Fasteners, so yes, I am dependent on the self sealing membrane to do its job.
A North Carolina Wood Distributor went out of business and an Atlanta Distributor bought up their inventory at pennies on the dollar. I simply responded to an advertisement. Luckily, not to many people in Atlanta are familiar with Redwood. I bought Construction Heart Decking, so not the best; but not too bad.
I think the breathing will stop when you attach the beadboard.