Deck & Fence Staining in Roswell, GA

Deck & Fence Staining for Roswell homes

Roswell's population multiplied between 1970 and 2000, and the housing records that growth. Martin's Landing and Brookfield Country Club date mostly to the late 1970s; Horseshoe Bend, Saddle Creek, Loch Highland and Wildwood Springs filled in through the 1980s; Barrington Farms and Edenwilde followed in the 1990s. Much of that stock is wood-sided or wood-trimmed, with cedar, hardboard and brick fronts, and the rolling ground that falls toward the river and the creeks gives many lots a slope and a walk-out basement. Older still is the historic district: the Mill Village around Sloan Street, where some millworker housing dates to the 1850s, and the blocks along Canton Street and Mimosa Boulevard, with old wood, plaster and many layers of earlier paint. Newer infill townhomes, such as Harlow and Ashbury, are the exception rather than the rule. For painting and remodeling that adds up to a lot of carpentry before paint, decks and siding at replacement age, and kitchens and baths on their first or second remodel.

Areas we work in Roswell

• Martin's Landing
• Horseshoe Bend
• Brookfield Country Club
• Barrington Farms
• Saddle Creek
• Mill Village

Near Bulloch Hall, Barrington Hall, Roswell Mill ruins and the Vickery Creek trails and across the rest of Roswell.

Deck & Fence Staining on Roswell houses

Roswell's 1980s subdivisions built a lot of pressure-treated decks off the backs of houses, and on sloped lots in Horseshoe Bend, Saddle Creek and along the Big Creek and Vickery Creek valleys those decks often stand a full story up, over a walk-out basement. They sit under heavy tree cover, so they collect leaves, pollen and mildew, and the old finish is usually a patchwork of solid and semi-transparent coats from different owners. Backyard privacy fences age the same way under the canopy. The work is mostly cleaning, stripping failed coats and choosing a stain the wood can still absorb, after flagging the boards that are too far gone.

What usually gets missed

The common mistake is brushing semi-transparent stain over a deck that once had a solid stain. It will not soak in, and it peels in patches by the next summer. We figure out what is already on the wood, strip it where needed and let the boards dry. On tall decks the stain is the easy part: the ledger, joist ends and stair stringers get checked from underneath, because a shaded deck can look fine on top and be soft below.