Deck stripping, sanding and re-staining in Beach Haven West

The signs that bring this up

• A stain that is peeling in sheets on the sunny half and still sound on the shaded half
• Boards that have gone grey and furry and give you splinters barefoot
• Composite decking with black spotting that a hose will not shift

Why this comes up in Beach Haven West

Here is what makes Beach Haven West particular: nearly every lot fronts a lagoon with a bulkhead and very often a lift. The canals connect directly to Manahawkin Bay, so the water here is tidal and salt-influenced — but the community is sheltered, humid and almost treeless dredge fill, so it behaves like neither the wooded mainland nor the windswept island.

Beach Haven West is a dredge-and-fill lagoon community in Stafford Township, cut back from Manahawkin Bay, and that shapes what turns up on these walls.

Getting the work done in Beach Haven West

Narrow lots with a bulkhead at the back. The rig stages from the street, the waterside is reached through the property or from the dock, and anything below the bulkhead cap is worked to the tide rather than the calendar.

Stafford Township handles permitting for work at this address.

What the work involves

On a wood deck the honest sequence is strip, neutralise, sand and re-coat, and skipping the sanding is why so many re-stains fail in one season. On composite the job is different: the black spotting is usually mould growing in the surface texture, and it wants a low-pressure treatment, not a pressure washer, which will permanently stripe the boards. Ask which one you have before anyone quotes it — plenty of island decks are a wood frame with composite boards and a wood rail.