06/07/2026
‼️Information post for outside work ‼️
This is one of the most challenging parts of my job. Scheduling outside work. And my favourite project to do is staining a deck 🙂
On Thursday last week we were getting a storm on Saturday (yesterday) and that was it. Clear skies all week. So I pressure washed and prepared a few projects for this coming week.
Now? It’s currently raining and I have 3 decks that I CANT do this week at all. I have Monday that I can do exterior painting but I CANNOT stain a deck.
Decks need 24-48 hours of clear sunny skies before applying the stain. Then it needs 1-2 days of clear weather for me to actually apply the product. THEN it needs 48 hours after to dry out.
It requires 4-7 days of beautiful weather for 1 deck to get done. I usually try to schedule as many decks as possible together so everyone can get done in a timely manner, but Mother Nature doesn’t always like to cooperate. What does this mean? It means ALL clients are put on hold (as I go in order of booking) and it means I’m not working this week, but doing double or triple time to catch up when the weather does cooperate
