Give A Beautiful New Look To Your Antiques With Beautiful Decks

Posted by Abswood on May 6th, 2013

Every person likes to decorate their home uniquely; hence he adopts different ideas to make their homes exclusive. Nowadays, people use different kinds of products such as marbles or wood to beautify the platform for their antiques. Many people seek a fundamental solid wood ground and leveled deck, with lower maintenance, multi level master work especially for their antique piece.

To match up the antiques at your home, you can choose to provide an antique look to the wood that is used for the decking. You could leave wood in open space for months to give a natural look of aging. The Simplest way to give age effect is to paint the wood in Earth toned stains. You can try to get similar results by using black paint along with brown or gray glazed tint.

Wooden decks are hugely popular and give an exclusive look at home, office, parks, Sky rise greenery, Roof deck, Patio, Observation deck, Deck (bridge), Balcony, Patios, Porches and Pools.

Wooden deck benefits

 Wooden deck come with Fire resistant properties

 Low maintenance required

 Wooden decking has more than 50 years service life

 Decks help making atmosphere pleasant

 They are anti-scratch

 Termites can be prevented

 Secure from Mold and fungus

Most decks are made by materials such as treated wood, composite timber, Aluminum, composite material, teak, Western red cedar and mahogany. Recycled Planks Hardwoods are also used to make synthetic decks. Hardwood deck is often called "wood-plastic composites".

Traditionally, log is used to construct decks. It is generally made from softwoods from mature growth forests. Deck designed for solid wood decks, regularly use different kinds of wood, like cedar, redwood and Southern Yellow Pine.

Cedar
Cedar has this nature to resist  moisture and decompose. It's effortless to seal or blemish Cedar. If left untreated, it weathers to a distinguished silvery gray colour.

Redwood
The second best wood used by the majority of use is the Redwood. It's naturally resistant to insects and rot. To get long lasting and beautiful surface Redwood is best.

Southern Yellow Pine

Most popular softwood is Southern yellow pine, it is pale in color. It is extremely easy to use for outdoors, after furnishing a proper arsenic free treatment. It is protected from rots and termites.

There are online companies selling different types of decks manufactured from the best woods in the world. These decks can be ordered online, and you can get details about their use, from the websites of the companies.

About the Author:

Debi Tesiero has been in the wood working business over 30 years. She owned the woodworking shop, Adirondack Crafters Creations, in Upstate New York. She shared her knowledge on TV in Maryland. A few years ago she moved to Florida and managed home construction for a major home builder. Today, Debi is the Sales Manager for ABSWood (Advanced Building Supplies). Debi is a specialist in Brazilian Wood.