Vinyl Deck, How Do They Get Away With It!?

nbishop

Hey all, I've just gone to a potential customers' house to see what kind of work they need done. Their current deck is 14'x20', covered with sheet vinyl. He shows me that there are soft spots scattered throughout the deck surface, and that he had this problem fixed approx. 5 years prior.
The way they fixed it was to remove the old vinyl, lay new OSB down on top of the rotted plywood and then recovered it with new vinyl! Is this not the most ridiculous thing ever?!! Their caulking job doesn't look like it did much either. They are having some issues with their skylight, heres a pic of that one. any comments?

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Bill

Damn, looks like someone took the money and ran. Pathetic.

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Tom R

Looks like a homeowner job to me.

I wouldn't admit it if I was him, either.

That job is a losing battle.

Run.

thom

The only fix is total demolition, repairs to the house, then reconstruct. The type of work done makes it clear the owner is CHEAP. Any work you do for this guy will become painful.

RUN.

dkillianjr

Sheet vinyl on a deck! I've never seen that before. All that vinyl needs is maybe some shoe moulding around the edges


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Chris G

We need a wider angled pic!!!

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How do they get away with it????

CHEAP ASSED H/O's! That is how. One ALWAYS gets what one pays for!

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John Hyatt

That is soooooooooo Funny!!! Just when ya think youve seen it all. J.

curapa

I dont see the problem, that stuff worked perfectly when I covered my boat seats?

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neolitic

Just one step below all of the astro turf
covered ones from the 80's.

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reveivl

I'm just back at a customer for whom I replaced their deck surface and covered it with vinyl 8 years ago. The vinyl is in fine shape, there is no water going anywhere it shouldn't, and all is well. That said, I wouldn't do it for myself, but it can work if applied properly and due diligence is done.

Judging by the pics, and the caulking apparently applied with a shovel, neither 'properly' nor 'diligence' are present here.

Is that water inside the skylight? Or a crack?

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nbishop

Is that water inside the skylight? Or a crack?[/quote]

That would be the weatherstripping that has come loose..