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Building a Deck: Tools
Building a Deck: Assessment
Building a Deck: Demolition Prep
Building a Deck: Floor Demolishing
Building a Deck: Wood Disposal
Building a Deck: Floor Planks
Building a Deck: Finish Deck Board
Building a Deck: Rail Material
Building a Deck: Cut Railing
Building a Deck: Rail Installation
Building a Deck: Rail Attachment
Building a Deck: Supports
Building a Deck: Create Stringers
Building a Deck: Place Stringers
Building a Deck: Steps & Stringers
Building a Deck: Treads & Risers
Building a Deck: Design
Building a Deck: Stair Posts
Building a Deck: Cut Stair Railing
Building a Deck: Place Stair Railing
Building a Deck: Finish Stairs
Summary: Burning old wood is permissible with a fire department permit when building a new deck, but the wood has to be raw and untreated. Whether dealing with raw wood or painted and treated wood, learn how to dispose of it properly with tips from a deck repair specialist in this free video on home improvement.
Steve Snow has been repairing decks in Cottonwood and Sedona, AZ for 9 years and is the owner of Decks R Us.read more
"When you come down to it and you have all your decking and all your beams and everything left, it is very tempting just to build a fire in your back yard like I've done, throw on your wood and burn it up. The fire departments will issue permits, you have to call them when you are going to burn. You can burn raw wood but you are not supposed to burn wood that has stain or paint on it. If it is raw it is fine, yes, I've been caught and they say no paint, no stain the EPA does not like that. So what you can do is you can get a small dumpster with the wheels or if you have a large project you get a 4 or 6 cubic yard roll up. Those are quite expensive but if you can't burn the stuff because of the stain then you need to put it in a dumpster somehow. The prices on the dumpsters and the roll offs vary quite a bit but you can check in the yellow pages, find somebody, find out how much it is and for them to bring one out will cost, to have it hauled away will cost and then they charge by the pound so they get weighed at the dump and then they charge you by the pound."
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