You can give an old deck a new look by adding modern railings. This deck design from Supreme Deck Builders features black balusters that give the deck a modern look when combined with wood railings.

Handling 300-pound loads of concrete slurry, pounding 30-inch holes into rocky soil and lugging 18-foot wooden beams in hot, muggy weather might strike some as torture, but it has left Glenn Shuster ...

Flowers and vegetables pop up out of the ground in the spring. So too deck support posts. You may be a homeowner who wishes to create a wonderful outdoor room, or expand that small deck cobbled ...

In my time building decks in the Pacific Northwest, some themes have emerged. After a while, you can tell at a glance when a deck will have problems down the road. Here are some of the major lessons ...

Should you repair your deck in fall? Learn from deck contractors if you should repair your deck in fall or wait until spring.

• Baluster: One of a series of vertical supports used between posts of a railing; also called a spindle. • Cap rail: The top horizontal piece of a railing, usually placed to give a finished appearance ...