--- title: "Deck repairs Gold Coast | Handy G's Maintenance" description: "Deck repairs on the Gold Coast and hinterland, from Tallai. Trading since 2015. Call or text 0430 552 158 for a quote." url: "https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/deck-repairs/" --- # Deck repairs on the Gold Coast Deck repairs across the Gold Coast and hinterland. Handy G's Maintenance has traded since 2015. Call or text 0430 552 158 for a quote. Decks fail from underneath. By the time a board feels soft underfoot the water has usually been sitting on the frame below it for a couple of seasons, and the fixings have been rusting the whole time. That is why the first thing done on a deck repair is lifting boards to inspect the beams underneath. Until the bearers and joists are visible there is no way to price the job accurately. ## Recent work - [ Before ](#ph-p075) - [ Before ](#ph-p076) - [ Before ](#ph-p077) - [ During ](#ph-p078) - [ During ](#ph-p079) - [ During ](#ph-p080) - [ During ](#ph-p081) - [ After ](#ph-p082) - [ After ](#ph-p083) - [ After ](#ph-p084) - [ Before ](#ph-p047) - [ During ](#ph-p046) - [ During ](#ph-p050) - [ During ](#ph-p051) - [ After ](#ph-p045) - [ After ](#ph-p048) Before. Boards stripped back to the joists, rot running along the bearers underneath. Before. The old deck stripped out, the salvaged boards stacked across the lawn. Before. The stripped deck along the side of the house with the posts still standing. During. New treated bearers and joists set out and levelled off the house wall. During. The new subfloor levelled across its length, straight edge and spirit level laid over it. During. New posts and bearers carrying the subfloor out from the wall to the lawn. During. The new subfloor beside the old timber stair, ready for the boards to go down. After. Hardwood boards laid and oiled, with the new balustrade going up around them. After. The finished boards and balustrade seen from the corner, stairs off to the right. After. The completed deck along the back of the house, hardwood balustrade throughout. Before. The stripped-out pool surround with rotted bearers, rusted fixings and the pipework exposed. During. New treated joists laid in along the pool surround, levelled off the coping. During. Fresh joists set into the trench beside the pool, the old rotted timbers cut out and carted off. During. New joists and steel supports in over the pipework, with the first run of hardwood boards laid. After. The finished hardwood pool surround, boards oiled and run the length of the pool to the glazed screen. After. New hardwood steps down from the deck to the lawn, treads and risers in matching boards. After. A hardwood poolside deck after board repairs and re-oiling, finished up to the stone coping. After. A hardwood deck running the length of the house, wire balustrade and timber top rail, table and chairs out. After. The corner of the same deck, wire balustrade and hardwood top rail against the bamboo behind. After. Wire balustrade and hardwood top rail close up, oiled boards running away into the corner. After. The far end of the deck with planters out and the wire balustrade turning the corner. ## Questions we get asked ### How do I know whether it is the boards or what is under them? You need to inspect the beams underneath by removing the boards on top. If the board is soft but the timber under it is hard, it is a board job. If the beams are soft as well, the boards are the symptom and not the problem. Send a photo of the underside if you can get to it. ### The rot is only in one corner. Does the whole deck have to come up? Not usually. Rot travels along wet timber, so the work is to chase it back to sound material and fix it from there if possible. On the pool surround shown on this page, the boards came up along the run where water had been sitting, the bearers under that run were replaced, and the rest of the frame was left alone because it was still good. ### Can you match old boards? Usually close, rarely exact. New hardwood goes in a different colour and tone and weathers back over a season or two. ## Related home repairs & maintenance - [Tile repairs & regrouting](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/tiling-and-regrouting/) - [TV, picture & mirror mounting](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/tv-picture-and-mirror-mounting/) - [Roller & garage door repairs](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/roller-and-garage-door-repairs/) - [Carpentry — general](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/carpentry-general/) - [Door adjustment & re-hang](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/door-adjustment-and-re-hang/) - [Window winders, stays & locks](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/window-winders-stays-and-locks/) - [Shower resealing, silicone & caulking](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/shower-resealing-and-silicone/) - [Fence repairs & paling replacement](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/fence-repairs-and-paling-replacement/) ## Other regular jobs we do - Sliding door rollers & tracks - Door locks, handles and hardware - Flyscreen repair & rescreening - Gate re-hang & sagging gate - Gate hardware & latches - Floorboard repairs - Door frame & jamb repair - Cabinet doors, drawers & runners - Handrail & step repairs - Weatherboard & cladding patch repairs - Door closers - Security screen repair - Letterboxes, clotheslines, house numbers - Pet doors - Skirting & architrave repair - Flat pack and furniture assembly - Grab rails & access ramps [All home repairs & maintenance →](https://handyg.com.au/services/residential/) ## Where we do this From Tallai, across 89 suburbs of the Gold Coast and hinterland. 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