Kate, hauled out in Kudat, Borneo, begins a major deck repair project. Heather Francis Having a few soft spots in the balsa-cored deck of your 50-plus-year-old sailboat is neither uncommon nor all ...

Question: Our pool and deck are 15 years old. The pool needs to be refinished, and the deck has a number of hairline cracks. Five years ago, we had an acrylic texture and paint put over the Kool Deck.

Never underestimate the importance of a clean cutting deck. It’s easy to forget about the caked-on grass clumps that cling to the underside of your lawn mower, but if allowed to build up too much, ...