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Low-Cost Deck Drainage

Coastal Contractor

May/June 2007
by Scott Smith
Landscape membrane and off-the-shelf gutters keep the space below new and existing decks dry.

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Low-Cost Deck Drainage Landscape membrane and off-the-shelf gutters keep the space below new and existing decks dry Scott Smith Because the drainage troughs run between the joists and can be made to fit any space, this below-deck drainage system works with any deck, including custom-shaped ones. As a deck builder in the Pacific Northwest, I often get requests to waterproof second-story decks to make the space below useful for leisure or storage. My standard approach used to be to build the deck with a slope, put plywood decking down, and apply a textured coating system over the plywood. Not only

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