Removing Behr Deck Over

[sportbikerider78]

For heavens sake, don't bother sanding that stuff off. It will look horrible and you will be left with a mess.

To me it looks like a really easy deck to rebuild. All straight long board. Shop around for a good deal on lumber and have it delivered. You can even do it a small part at a time, but I'd knock it out in a weekend.

3 man job. One ripping out. One guy cutting on the table saw/miter saw. One guy screwing down and fitting.

 

[kennyp2339]

3 man job. One ripping out. One guy cutting on the table saw/miter saw. One guy screwing down and fitting.

(4) man job - last guy needs to be monitoring the beer cooler

 

[Dug8498]

For heavens sake, don't bother sanding that stuff off. It will look horrible and you will be left with a mess.

To me it looks like a really easy deck to rebuild. All straight long board. Shop around for a good deal on lumber and have it delivered. You can even do it a small part at a time, but I'd knock it out in a weekend.

3 man job. One ripping out. One guy cutting on the table saw/miter saw. One guy screwing down and fitting.

OK thank you for the advice. I think I'll probably go with the replacement route next summer.

 

[Ashful]

I’ve been waiting for someone to ask about the ornamental auger...

 

[Dug8498]

I’ve been waiting for someone to ask about the ornamental auger...

Haha! I forgot that was there until you mentioned it!

It spins in the wind and glows in the dark. Jealous?

 

[Ashful]

Yes! At the resolution it shows on my iThing, it looked like a post hole auger.

 

[Dug8498]

Yes! At the resolution it shows on my iThing, it looked like a post hole auger.

It's definitely not that, but it's pretty hefty. Not sure why the previous owners put that up? They were quite odd, so who knows.

We haven't gotten around to taking it down yet. You never know, I may keep it! Good conversation piece

 

[sportbikerider78]

(4) man job - last guy needs to be monitoring the beer cooler

If i'm building a deck in a weekend, that's my wife's job!

 

[SeanBB]

Can you lift the boards, turn them over and re-fix them? Costs nothing and you can do a few whenever you have the time.

 

[Dug8498]

Can you lift the boards, turn them over and re-fix them? Costs nothing and you can do a few whenever you have the time.

Definitely a possibility. I'm leaning towards replacing the surface of the deck with trex boards next year at some point. I may do that in the meantime if I can't get the replacement going as quickly as I'd like.

 

[SeanBB]

Definitely a possibility. I'm leaning towards replacing the surface of the deck with trex boards next year at some point. I may do that in the meantime if I can't get the replacement going as quickly as I'd like.

You can lift a few and see what they are like on the other side. I imagine they are as good as new.

 

[semipro]

Can you lift the boards, turn them over and re-fix them? Costs nothing and you can do a few whenever you have the time.

I have done this and was going to suggest this but the shape of your deck won't allow you to flip boards where you have some odd angles.

 

[Ashful]

I have done this and was going to suggest this but the shape of your deck won't allow you to flip boards where you have some odd angles.

You can throw away the two shortest at the end of the taper, buy two new for the longest end of the taper, and shift all of the flipped boards down two courses. This will provide the required length to re-cut the angle in the opposite direction.

But... I don’t think this will be that easy. Getting old nailed deck boards up without damage is more work than my time is worth, and there will be Behr DeckOver crap dripping off each edge from the original application, still visible after you flip. My prediction is a very low benefit / time ratio.

 

[semipro]

But... I don’t think this will be that easy. Getting old nailed deck boards up without damage is more work than my time is worth,

I can attest to this.
I did this on one smaller deck and the boards came up easily and were in great shape for reuse.
On a 2nd larger deck ring shanked galvanized nails were used and it was a major pain. I still did it because the underlying structure was going be reused. The deck boards were damaged beyond reuse by the nails pulling through them.

 

[sportbikerider78]

If you're going to rip up and nail down just put new boards on! Decks like this are really easy guys.