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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
And you can put an old sofa out there.... 
If you do redwood though sort it and only use the dark heartwood. The light sapwood might as well be pine. |
well, if his property were further north... say in Boulder, near CU, it would already have an old sofa on it... (unless it had been tossed into the last street fire)
The one deck I did with plywood and exterior carpet was the rental where I lived, with no budget from the landlord. I actually enjoyed the finished product, of course I did not use the plastic fake grass, but a higher grade of exterior carpet. That was 10 years ago, and it is still there.
I have entirely quit using redwood. I just can't abide the thought of those magnificent trees being cut down so I can build a deck. That and the quality of the wood has fallen off so much that, as you say "might as well be pine"