spring Archives - DeckTec Outdoor Designs

Spring Is in Bloom – Get Your Garden in Shape

April 14th, 2016|Garden & Lawn Care, Gardening|

Here at DeckTec, we work hard to design, create, and maintain beautiful custom outdoor living environments for you to enjoy with friends and family. Once your deck has been built, stained, and sealed, it’s up to you to turn it in to your ideal space. One of the most beautiful and environmentally friendly ways to perk up your outdoor room is to decorate with various flowers and plants. You’ll be surrounded by colorful blossoms and luscious greenery just in time for spring! Whether you’re interested in starting out with your first potted plant or have been tending a garden for years, use these tips and tricks to keep your deck as comfortable as possible and your plants looking great. One of the few downsides to springtime in Colorado is that once the weather inches above 70 degrees, mosquitoes come out to wreak havoc on anyone who forgets to light their [...]

Freshen Up Your Spring Cleaning

March 28th, 2016|Life On Deck|

Two Tips for an Even Cleaner Home It’s that time of year again — time for some spring cleaning! We have a couple of tips to ease your cleaning burdens, particularly for those things that often get forgotten in the rush. Here’s what you can do to have the freshest … Garbage Disposal This tends to be one of those appliances that gets forgotten until that smell starts to invade the kitchen. While specialized cleaning capsules are available, they aren’t something you typically keep around. What you probably do have is citrus: oranges, lemons, and limes. Toss citrus waste into the garbage disposal with a few ice cubes. Turn on the appliance for 20 to 30 seconds. Once the disposal sounds clear, run hot water for another 30 seconds to rinse. Done! Not only will your garbage disposal be nearly as clean as the day it was installed, your kitchen [...]

Spring Cleaning and Maintenance Time

March 1st, 2014|Blog, Deck Care & Repair, Decks & Backyard Features|

Welcome to springtime in the Rockies. It won't be long before we'll be enjoying longer days and outdoor temperatures that entice us out back door to enjoy our yards and decks to the fullest. Crocuses will jump out of the soil with cheerful sparkles of purple and white and soon after, our neighborhoods will be a riot of color. But springtime is also the time for maintenance of our homes and yards. And one of the best first maintenance projects of the season is to take a walk. A walk? Really? Walking is a chore on the to-do list? Absolutely. Walking and looking around your home and yard is one of the best first tasks of spring. As Vince Stover of DeckTec put it, "Would you really neglect a room of your home for four months, then suddenly hold a party in it without checking the area for safety and [...]

Spring Cleaning Your Patio Furniture

April 1st, 2011|Blog, Life On Deck, Outdoor Living|

As warmer weather invites us outside, visions of lazy Sunday mornings with the newspaper and coffee on the deck filter through our minds. We go out to plop down in our favorite lawn chair and, oops! Winter grime coats the furniture surfaces. Another mighty clean-up job? Don't be discouraged. Peg Mangieri and Margaret Mills of Marina Pool, Spa, and Patio Company have some good advice. Their business has been operating since 1979 so they have a lot of experience helping people spruce up their Outdoor Living environments. "Patio furniture isn't that hard to clean," said Margaret. "Some nice dishwasher soap and a little rubbing will take away most of the grime easily. Just be sure to thoroughly rinse your furniture when done, or you may end up with soap bubbles every time it rains." For metal frames that have rust spots, you can get your item powder coated at several [...]