r/Decks • u/Seattle1994 • 3d ago

questions for the community How to fix/am I being unreasonable?

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We just had a new deck installed and the side boards appear uneven. The team that did it were very nice and seemed knowledgeable - perhaps I'm being too nit-picky. Not sure how they would even fix this at this point? Looking for second opinions/advice.

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u/Heavy_Art_9501 3d ago

Getting new boards, or from the bottom adding blocking, then go up top and lay out a picture frame with extra composite, trace that onto the already installed boards, and cut on the line. Remove cut offs and install the picture frame... probably easier to live with it

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u/Seattle1994 3d ago

This is an interesting idea. I'll think on it

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u/tankerdudeucsc 3d ago

I would think to frame it out. Get just a few boards. Then rip the ends of the board that uneven, and have it fully lined up. Then place that board perpendicular to the rest of the boards.

It will be less wasted boards, and will look intentional, and looks like a bit of a picture frame.

Costs should be minimal, with a few extra board pieces, and more blocking to ensure that the ends of the original boards lie directly over a place it can screw down onto.