Wood Decks in Austin, Texas.
Pressure-treated and cedar decks, built by crews that frame to composite tolerances.
A wood deck in Central Texas lives through hard swings, months of dry heat broken by sudden storms, and it moves with every one of them. That movement is what drives the checking, cupping, and graying wood develops when upkeep slips, so the material rewards a homeowner who is comfortable with a cleaning and re-sealing rhythm and honest about keeping it up.
We build pressure-treated pine and Western red cedar decks, and we frame them to the same tolerances our composite crews hold. Cedar handles the Austin climate with more grace than pine, resisting rot and insects while it weathers, and either wood lasts far longer over expansive local soil when the footings are set for movement rather than dropped on grade.
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Plan on cleaning and re-sealing or re-staining on a regular cycle, often every year or two, to hold off the graying and drying the sun drives here. Skipping it is what turns a good wood deck tired; if you would rather not deal with it, composite is the more honest choice.
Cedar resists rot and insects naturally and takes the heat and sun with less movement, so it tends to age better here, while pressure-treated pine is durable against decay and easier on the budget. Both build a sound deck; the choice comes down to how it will look over time and how much upkeep you want.
With regular sealing, a cedar deck holds up well for many years here, and pressure-treated pine lasts too but shows the climate sooner. The variable is upkeep, not the lumber, because the sun and wet-dry swings do their damage fastest on boards that have gone dry and unsealed.
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