Waterproofing a deck doesn’t have to mean settling for something boring. In this post, I walk through the layered process I use to create durable, weatherproof decks that still look good, from membranes and mesh to the final texture and sealer.

Most people think of waterproof decks as something purely functional—gray, rough, and kind of lifeless. And to be fair, a lot of them are. But over the years, I started wondering: why can’t a deck do both? Why can’t it protect your home and look like something you actually enjoy being around? That’s where the artisan part comes in. It’s in the Layers (and the Hands Behind Them) The deck finishes I work on aren’t just coatings—they’re built in layers, each one done by hand. That might sound simple, but there’s a huge difference between something sprayed on as fast as possible and something you take the time to shape,…