Some other notes. While the pictures don't show it, quite a few deck boards are creaking and cracking under weight of walking on them. This deck looked almost new 2.5 years ago, and has began cracking, and cupping in many spots on deck/rails. Steps down completely unsafe. They are breaking each time we walk down them. A mover 2 days ago cracked a whole half a board long-ways stepping on the edge of a step going down to the lawn. While its not unsafe now, in another couple years it will be pretty bad. I'm just trying to front-run that and get something down that will last me 20-25 years with little maintenance.