Deck Sanding Portsea

Decks in Portsea take a hammering. Located a few streets in from the water at most, and with typical stock of heritage estates, mid-century holiday homes and contemporary architect rebuilds, the average deck here sees hard summer sun, southerly wind and salt spray year-round.

The finish that was on it two summers ago is very likely silver, splintering and starting to lift. Left much longer and boards start splitting through the fixings — then the job becomes replacement rather than restoration.

Near Point Nepean National Park, we’ve done a lot of work on both original 1970s decks and more recent hardwood rebuilds. The process is the same: sand back to raw timber, replace anything split, then oil with a system chosen for your specific exposure.

Deck work in Portsea is quoted turn-key from $70/m² (Peninsula band, typical whole-job $10,500–$18,000). That figure is the same turn-key basis we use for interior floors here — it covers the strip-back, board replacement, fixing punch-down and the oil system itself, priced after we have walked the deck. A $22–$35/m² promotional rate covers a single sanding pass and nothing else, which is why those quotes grow once the split boards and lifted fixings turn up.

A refreshed Peninsula deck should last two summers of full use before it needs another top-up — and that top-up is a quick job compared to a full strip-back.