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Why Do Decks Rot So Fast on Long Island?

Published August 20th, 2026

You bought the house in Riverhead partly for the backyard. Then the boards started going soft. One cups and splits. A nail head works its way up and catches somebody's bare foot. The railing wiggles when a guest leans on it during a summer cookout. And the whole structure is maybe six or seven years old...
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