Spring scrub down and found 2 interesting items, the first was a pile of something on one of the steps, in the corner. Wasn't dirt, saw dust like, but inspecting top and bottom no sign of any damage, it's all PT amd composite. Almost looks like the material was brought to that spot but by what?
2nd item I actually noticed late last year, kind of looks like something was chewing on one of the posts, do those look like teeth marks? What the heck chews on PT posts?
I've seen ants leave similar piles of "stuff" behind. They may just be excavating in any dirt that has blown or washed into the cracks. A little poking with an awl or the like will tell you if any of the PT is getting punky.
As to the post, I've seen similar damage from woodpeckers on the PT post that holds our bird feeders. But yours is so close to the ground I doubt it's from woodpeckers.
I have a 13*13 deck area that has a storage basement below. The top is waterproofed with membrane with a 2% slope away from the house. Can I put decking wood (treated or engineered) directly on the membrane without leaving a gap?
I'm wondering how it will hold up if water gets between the wood and membrane.
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I have a concrete paver driveway installed in the fall of 2023, and now am considering extending the driveway using the same pavers to a walkway, a patio area, a curved around planting border and some steps because some of these areas are not at the same elevation.
With our driveway, the installer excavated the area, put down some gravel base, compacted, then sand, compacted, then laid down the pavers, along the edges they mixed up some concrete and made a triangle edge restraint which prevents the pavers from shifting out of position.
How does the edge restraint work if you are at the edge of a step down? For example, if you look at the sketch below, you can install a brick vertically as the front of the step, but the pavers on top is not restrained, so is there some sort of hidden mechanism underneath to prevent these bricks from shifting out over time?
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In addition, I noticed many sample paver installation when they get to the edge of a step or a wall, they used a totally different brick that is similar to swimming pool coping bricks because it's finished on the top and sides. My regular driveway pavers are only finished on top (texture wise) because the side has several veins to help to provide some small gaps for drainage (see picture below). Is this correct you must use a different style brick for the last course next to a step where the edges of the brick are visible?
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