Now is the perfect time to think about building a termite colony for your northern Virginia deck. Termites are lovable little creatures that enjoy a beautiful custom deck just as much as you do!

You’ve been enjoying your custom built deck all throughout the year, but maybe you’re feeling a little selfish, like you should be sharing the beautiful outdoor space you’ve designed for yourself. Before all the BBQs, campouts, pool parties coming up in the warmer months, consider sharing your beautiful outdoor space with a termite colony. Termites get a bad rap, but they are highly intelligent creatures with elaborately evolved social skills. They are the perfect complement to your custom built deck.

You may not know this, but it is easy to purchase a termite colony through popular ecommerce websites like Amazon. In a few simple clicks, your friendly termite colony will be on it’s way to you! When your termites arrive, be sure to greet them in a friendly tone and let them know that your deck is their deck too. You want them to feel just as at home on your Virginia deck as you do. It is important that you spend as much time out on your deck with the termites as you can in those first few weeks. That will ensure that they feel welcome on your deck, and keep them from migrating to your neighbor’s deck. You wouldn’t want that! Just give them plenty of food, water, and pleasant conversation, and you’ll discover that termites are the best companions with which to share your beautiful custom built deck.

HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY!

Truthfully, termites can wreak havoc on wood decks, but you can sleep easy this April Fool’s Day, knowing that your Trex composite deck is impervious to insect infestation.

As we are getting close to the end of the winter season all I can think about is getting back outside.  I’ll just be upfront and tell you, I LOVE BEING OUTSIDE! I especially love to entertain on my deck.  So with that being said it’s about that time to open the deck for business.

Since I live in Clifton, Virginia and the weather is always changing, I decided to go with the Trex composite decking for my material.  It’s amazing, on my old deck it seemed like every year I had to break out the power washer and re-stain my deck before I could even think about getting it ready for spring time and visitors.

Now, I’ll admit that it was a tough choice to go away from the traditional wood but it was, and continues to be, totally worth it.  First of all, it was amazing all the different designs that I had to choose from.  My Trex Pro can basically build anything for me, they even do curved styles – yes I said curved!  Not to mention, I was able to choose a color that looked amazing against my home’s siding.

But that’s neither here nor there.  I am talking about getting ready for spring.  I honestly can’t believe that it was so simple, I mean living in northern Virginia we get a ton of rain and snow through the fall and winter.  With the old deck it was such a pain to clean, but with Trex it was just an easy hose job.  After cleaning the deck off, I was able to place my furniture any way I wanted to on the deck.  Since Trex is virtually scratch free I can mix and match and change things often without hurting my deck.

After all that, it was just a matter of placing the fire pit, stringing up the rope lights and letting my wife put plants wherever she wanted and the Trex deck is ready for Spring and entertaining.  I can’t wait until the first get together!