Deck stripping, sanding and re-staining in Loveladies

How it normally gets spotted

• Boards that have gone grey and furry and give you splinters barefoot
• A stain that is peeling in sheets on the sunny half and still sound on the shaded half
• Green slick on the north side of the deck that is genuinely slippery when wet

Why this comes up in Loveladies

Lots here are deep and many of them are genuinely wooded, with pine, cedar and bayberry between the houses. That shade is the difference: it holds moisture against the siding long after the rest of the island has dried, and it drops organic debris into gutters and onto decks year round. That is the context any crew working in Loveladies is dealing with.

Loveladies is the wide, wooded section of Long Beach Township between Barnegat Light and North Beach, known for its contemporary architecture, and that shapes what turns up on these walls.

Getting the work done in Loveladies

The largest lots on the island, with room to work — but the houses sit well back, decks wrap several elevations, and the bay side of a bayfront lot is often only reachable through the property.

Long Beach Township handles permitting for work at this address.

How this gets handled

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.