Last week we talked about cleaning and staining the garage floor and taking care of all the cracks. So I got a few questions after that about wooden decks -- especially the pressure-treated wood decks ...

It's a two-sided coin: What enables pressure-treated wood to last outdoors is precisely what complicates the process of painting it. To produce pressure-treated wood, the milled lumber (typically pine ...

Home Improvement Ask the Remodeler: What kind of stain should I use on my pressure-treated deck? Plus, this window got a small crack, and then it became a big problem. Solid stains are more paint than ...

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Q: I live in a condo development. The association is requiring owners to paint their patio fences. The fences were made of pretreated wood and were painted gray. The paint has never stayed on very ...

Pressure treatment forces chemical preservatives into the cellular structure of wood. These chemicals are undesirable in mulch or compost, so if your scrap lumber is lined with tiny holes or stained ...

We had several large family cookouts this summer, and our pressure-treated deck is, basically, trashed. It's covered in grease stains, muddy footprints, and moldy leaves. Should I clean it up now, or ...

Q: I live in a condo development. The association is requiring owners to paint their patio fences. The fences were made of pretreated wood and were painted gray. The paint has never stayed on very ...

Q. I am a regular reader of the Globe and your column who lives in Melrose. This is a strange one. The Sears-brand window above our kitchen sink got a crack in the glass a few weeks ago out of nowhere ...