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		|  03-20-2024, 10:26 AM | #1 |  
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well he says it's PT so I assume 5/4 x 6 decking. Should not be too hard to pry it up and flip it, I have done it when the topside was well weathered, get a few more good years out of it no cracks , splits and less splinters. |  
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		|  03-20-2024, 03:37 PM | #2 |  
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				 | I have used previously installed decking by flipping them. However my personal experience in removing them has been that only 25% were harvested in good enough shape to use again. It is a fool's errand in my opinion, and I played the fool on my own deck with 1x4 mahogany I took from a deck we replaced. I went with composite Trex a number of years ago and been enjoying it ever since. |  
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		|  03-21-2024, 02:57 PM | #3 |  
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					Originally Posted by nightfighter  I have used previously installed decking by flipping them. However my personal experience in removing them has been that only 25% were harvested in good enough shape to use again. It is a fool's errand in my opinion, and I played the fool on my own deck with 1x4 mahogany I took from a deck we replaced. I went with composite Trex a number of years ago and been enjoying it ever since. |  Well, he's looking to fix it with glue or adhesive. That is an even bigger fool's errand |  
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		|  03-21-2024, 03:13 PM | #4 |  
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					Originally Posted by Slipknot  Well, he's looking to fix it with glue or adhesive. That is an even bigger fool's errand |  I told him to go composite. Trex of Azak |  
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		|  03-21-2024, 04:20 PM | #5 |  
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					Originally Posted by Slipknot  Well, he's looking to fix it with glue or adhesive. That is an even bigger fool's errand |  My money is on Jeff covering the offending area with a green outdoor carpet....   And that is a solution. |  
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		|  03-21-2024, 06:34 PM | #6 |  
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					Originally Posted by nightfighter  My money is on Jeff covering the offending area with a green outdoor carpet....   And that is a solution. |  You mean to replace the red carpet that’s there now? |  
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		|  03-21-2024, 06:33 PM | #7 |  
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					Originally Posted by Slipknot  Well, he's looking to fix it with glue or adhesive. That is an even bigger fool's errand |  Hence my question. I wasn’t thinking Elmer’s freaking glue, more like marine epoxy. |  
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		|  03-21-2024, 07:08 AM | #8 |  
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					Originally Posted by Slipknot  well he says it's PT so I assume 5/4 x 6 decking. Should not be too hard to pry it up and flip it, I have done it when the topside was well weathered, get a few more good years out of it no cracks , splits and less splinters. |  This |  
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