Wood Decks in Maineville, OH

Maineville (ZIP 45039) households comparing quotes for a treated pine deck often see two board sizes listed. It is easy to read one as the budget version of the other. The difference is structural before it is financial. Board thickness decides how the frame under the floor is laid out, so the two get chosen together.

A wood floor is something you feel through your feet before you look at it. A deck with no give underfoot reads as solid. That feel comes from the board and the frame working as a pair. Treated pine gives a household both board sizes to pick from, at a price that still leaves room for a good frame beneath.

Five-quarter stock finishes at about an inch thick. It is made to cross sixteen inches from one framing timber to the next. Two-by stock finishes at about an inch and a half and crosses twenty-four. Put both on the same frame and the thicker board feels firmer, with no give at all between supports. It also weighs about half as much again per square foot. Through a dry spell it holds its shape better, since there is more wood in it to resist curling.

Each has its place. Five-quarter boards over framing at sixteen inches make a firm floor for people and furniture. Where a hot tub, stone planters or a heavy outdoor kitchen will stand, the thicker board carries that weight between supports far better. It also has more wood to give up to sanding over the decades. Whichever you pick, we draw the frame for it. The one pairing we never build is five-quarter boards over framing at twenty-four inches. A Maineville floor ends up feeling as solid as it looks.