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   Michael_Rimoldi | Aug 05, 2001 08:42pm | #1

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   Pete,

   I think just caulking would be a big mistake. He'll (the client) have you back there many times as the boards expand and contract and the caulking opens us and he gets dripped on.

   I'd consider maybe a lightweight aluminum panel roof "under" the deck as a means of shedding water. Of course, you'll have some work to do to get it to look nice and that'll mean extra cost for him but the alternative is just caulking and that will only save him money and bring you headaches later.

   Just my two cents of course...

   Mike

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   calvin_ | Aug 05, 2001 09:16pm | #2

   *There is a between the joists "panning" offered that gives you channels to fasten with fall on the sides of the joists. A panel is bowed and snaps in the channel, draining water to the end of the panel. Sorry, I have no info as to company name. If you're searching, there is a product out there.

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   Neil_Brecher | Aug 10, 2001 07:05pm | #3

   *Go to local home center or lumberyard and get corrugated fiberglass panels. Simply screw them under the deck using rubber gasketed screws. This will guide the water away from the area. Of course, make sure the panels are pitched away from the house. The deck may have been built with a pitch anyway.

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   pete_shaffer | Aug 10, 2001 07:05pm | #4

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   Recently a client requested that I caulk between the deck boards above his hot tub to keep the drips off of him. I told him this was not the best idea but I would check into a system that could mount under his joists and drain the water away from his tub. Has anybody had any experience with this?