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I recently read a great article on the subject (of decks).  Small world?  It is your article in my February 2010 issue of The Journal of Light Construction. In fact I color scanned it and may risk violating copyright laws by distributing copies to boards who are plagued with elastomeric deck problems and need to think about tearing them out and starting over.  Attorney Glenn Youngling 2/21/2010

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    Hall of Shame-Another POS Tiled Deck Fails

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    PoorBest 
    Nice tile job over POS waterproofing
     
    Someone spent a lot of money on fancy tile...
    and it's all over a big bunch of crap waterproofing!
    Tile heaved from expansion
     
    This tile is heaved up from the deck expanding and contracting. 
     
    Door Threshold lower Than Tile
     
    This deck isn't suitable for tile, but they tiled anyway.
     The tile is higher than the threshold.
    Water will be run down under the tile, 
    rather than out and over.  Result is failure of the tile and waterproofing.
     
    Irrigation lines come through deck
     
     Stupidity rises to a new level....
    Hey Bright Eyes, where did you get the stupid idea to run
    your drip irrigation lines under the tile waterproofing and bring it up through
    the deck?
    Underneath this area, the stucco is severely cracked...hmmm I wonder why? 
     
    So here is a 1500 + square foot tile covered deck in Avila Beach. The deck is not suitable
    for tile for a hundred reasons, but someone
    went and did it anyway.
     
    No room under door thresholds, framing is 2x8's over 16" on center joists, OSB substrate,
    improper waterproofing, joists cut through to run utility lines, tsk tsk.
     
    I figure about $70,000-$80,000 to redo with a traffic coating, flashing and new plywood + costs to
    repair framing and stucco. 
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