How to fix swollen deckwood

[RazorsEdge]

I've got a friend who has a wooden deck thats attached to a house.
Where you open the front door,the wood is swollen ad your only open to open the front door partially,so need ideas on how to fix this,

thanks

 

[ET16]

Sounds as if you would need to sand or plane the high areas.

 

[PimTac]

The decking should be under the threshold of the door.

 

[Eddie]

Large belt sander.

 

[maxdustington]

Originally Posted by ET16
Sounds as if you would need to sand or plane the high areas.

Originally Posted by Eddie
Large belt sander.
See if you could take it off the bottom instead of the top to hide the repair.

 

[Dave9]

How much needs taken off? Sand a small amount, plane a larger amount. Shorten the deck if there would be too little wood remaining. Once it's done you need to SEAL that wood so it doesn't get worse or rot away... could already be too late and needs new wood but then seal that new wood.

 

[JamesBond]

Is the ground frozen?

 

[philipp10]

Originally Posted by JamesBond
Is the ground frozen?

sounds like spring heaving from frozen ground. Are you in a frozen state?

 

[RazorsEdge]

Yes I'm in the frozen tundra of Iowa

I'll try the planer and sanding idea,thanks all!

 

[ironman_gq]

Wood didn't swell, the posts on the front of the deck lifted. The right fix is to lower the front of the deck a bit to account for the uplift from the frost.