I usually don’t like to tackle a home-improvement project until bloodshed or bankruptcy is imminent, but sometimes you just can’t tell. Could I have known that my deck needed resurfacing before my ...

One of the best assets a home can have is a wooden deck. It’s where summer meals are eaten, morning coffee tastes better, and where you spend evenings watching the sunset. But wood is temperamental.

Splintering decks are usually the result of neglect — occurring after a deck remains untreated and unsealed for a number of years. The lack of protection allows water to soak into the boards, ...