Decking Videos

The entire Ask This Old House team sits down to discuss how supply chain shortages affect their businesses and customers.

Painter Mauro Henrique paints an outdoor railing that Nathan just built to match the original railing around a homeowner’s deck.

Carpenter Nathan Gilbert builds and installs a railing for deck stairs that will match the original railing around the rest of the deck.

Ask This Old House carpenter Nathan Gilbert helps a homeowner repair her deck by replacing rotted hangers and re-securing the joist to the structure.

Tom Silva and Norm Abram team up to make quick work of framing a small deck. Did the chisel come out of Norm's pouch? Of course it did

Nick Slavik demonstrates how to prep and clean two very different decks—one old and weathered, and one brand-new pine— in anticipation of restaining and finishing with two very different coatings from Behr.

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps diagnose a problem with composite decking coming loose

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O’Connor build a deck box planter using western red cedar.

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva helps homeowners fix, build, and maintain their backyard decks

On a new front porch, Tom Silva shows Kevin O'Connor how to install mahogany decking with hidden fasteners and perfectly mitered joints

Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner install fiesta string lights to get the party started in Texas

This Old House host Kevin O'Connor has two simple sun-blocking solutions for keeping a deck and home cool during the summer

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva installs a cable railing on a deck in Greenwich Village, New York

Follow the prep instructions carefully and paint on a specialty coating to preserve weathered boards for years to come

Shoring up an old deck with new supports with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to dig and pour concrete supports

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shares some tricks of the trade for accurately cutting and assembling railing supports

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to save a wood deck from a catastrophic collapse

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to open up a wall for a large glass slider

In this instructional video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O'Connor discuss picking the perfect wood-deck finish

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva breathes new life into a weather-beaten wood deck

In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to build a simple entry-level deck.

In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to conceal ugly concrete with wood-composite lumber

In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shares his stair-building secrets

In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva gets all decked out

In this how-to video, learn to create a maintenance-free deck with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva.

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva's method for constructing a handsome on-grade deck.