{"id":2349,"date":"2015-05-28T14:42:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T21:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2016-05-19T23:41:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T06:41:44","slug":"composite-deck-retrofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/composite-deck-retrofit.html","title":{"rendered":"Composite Deck Retrofit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><link href=\"\/idogjs\/icss\/font-awesome\/css\/ifotorama.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"><script src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.11.3\/jquery.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"\/idogjs\/ijs\/ifotorama.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>After months of work, we think we know how to build a composite deck now. Our rear decks were rotten and needed an total overhaul last year. We spent almost the whole summer to get it done as we like the back yard to be. We&#8217;d worked only on the weekends since we have day jobs, we did build and tear it down since it wasn&#8217;t correct. We did like the result after months of work, low maintenance back yard and pleasant to the our eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class='fotorama--wp' data-allowfullscreen='yes'data-autoplay='yes'data-ids='2350,2351,2352,2353,2354,2356,2357,2359,2360,2361,2362,2363,2364,2365,2366,2367,2368,2369,2372,2373'data-link='file'data-itemtag='dl'data-icontag='dt'data-captiontag='dd'data-columns='0'data-size='large'data-width='800'data-auto='false'data-max-width='100%'data-ratio='1.7777777777778'><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2349 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck11.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2350\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2350'>\n\t\t\t\twood deck is falling apart\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck12.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2351\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2351'>\n\t\t\t\tNails start to extrude \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck15.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck15.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2352\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2352'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Rails are loose\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck16.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck16.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2353\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2353'>\n\t\t\t\tOld upper deck\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck17.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck17.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck17-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2354\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2354'>\n\t\t\t\tThe yard felt enclosed\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck03.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2356\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2356'>\n\t\t\t\tNice and Bright\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck04.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2357\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2357'>\n\t\t\t\tLow maintenance barks\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck06.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2359\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2359'>\n\t\t\t\tNew face lift for the back yard\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck09.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2360\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2360'>\n\t\t\t\tBright and airy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck10_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck10_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck10_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2361\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2361'>\n\t\t\t\tNew low maintenance composite deck\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck12_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck12_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck12_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2362\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2362'>\n\t\t\t\tNice and bright\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck13_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck13_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck13_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2363\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2363'>\n\t\t\t\tLight and Airy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck15_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck15_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck15_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2364\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2364'>\n\t\t\t\t3 steps composite deck\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck16_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck16_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck16_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2365\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2365'>\n\t\t\t\tcomposite deck\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck17_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck17_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck17_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2366\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2366'>\n\t\t\t\tComposite deck\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck18_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck18_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck18_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck19_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck19_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck19_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck22_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck22_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck22_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck27_2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck27_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck27_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck28.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck28.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_deck28-150x150.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Will have the pictures of the process&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of work, we think we know how to build a composite deck now. Our rear decks were rotten and needed an total overhaul last year. We spent almost the whole summer to get it done as we like the back yard to be. We&#8217;d worked only on the weekends since we have day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/composite-deck-retrofit.html\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,11],"tags":[452,449,451,450],"class_list":["post-2349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-344","category-pink-house","tag-3-steps-composite-deck","tag-back-yard","tag-composite-deck-retrofit","tag-composite-retrofit"],"views":152,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2878,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions\/2878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}