After testing many different products we believe that the woodcare system we currently use, provides a long lasting protection.

For a no obligation quote to Clean and Protect your investment then contact us at Sandra@QTDgroup.com 
or call: 0118-932-8596 

Some Example Treatments to the right.

Thermowood deck after the treatment. Gives it a golden brown look.

This (Shadow board) screen has been built using the thermowood redwood pine deckboards and has been treated.

Maintaining Wood Decks

Fact vs Fiction

People who own wood decks often receive varying degrees of misinformation concerning the best way to maintain them. They are frustrated when they discover that their deck didn’t stay looking like new as long as they had hoped. The intent of this section is to separate fact from fiction and emphasize the do’s and don’ts of treating wood decks.

Why Decks Turn Grey.

We’ll use the example of a brand new red car sitting in your driveway. The bonnet of the car is absolutely beautiful to the point of seeing your reflection in its finish. Now let’s look at the same car sitting in the same spot but unmoved for months. The finish becomes filthy from dust, dirt, tree pollen and other pollutants in the air. The flat portions of wood decks react the same way as the bonnet of the car except the wood is porous and traps the dust and dirt more rapidly than the bonnet of the car. Unlike the car, which can be easily rinsed off due to its smooth surface, the wood cannot be as easily cleaned. The build up of dirt, combined with the weathering effects of sun and moisture, contributes to the grey colour of the wood.

No matter what product you put on a deck, eventually it will weather and turn grey.

Then why use a high quality deck product like U.V. Plus Oil instead of an inexpensive stain? Remember, in addition to this dusting effect you also have damage to the wood from the sun, water and mildew. UV Plus contains premium UV absorbers and transparent pigments to protect the wood from the sun. With its high solid content, UV Plus fills the cells of the wood to reduce moisture absorption and swelling. Inexpensive stains and water repellents often contain little or no UV protection to block the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays, and their low solids content provides little substance to protect the wood from moisture.

Vertical wood does not have the same trapping effect as horizontal wood. On an untreated wood deck, the floor will start greying within a matter of weeks, yet the balustrade rails and cladding walls retain that new wood look for months. Since the floor of the deck greys so rapidly, sometimes people end up staining their deck every year or so, often without proper cleaning and preparation.

After being improperly treated or stained a few times, the decks end up looking blotchy and ugly. Some people end up painting their decks in an attempt to make them look better, but paints and most solid stains are not recommended for decks due to peeling and showing traffic areas.

So what do you do?