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I'm doing some repairs to the deck on my house. I cut some 2X10 pressure treated boards and fastened them as a skirt around the edge of the deck. So far I have cut three boards, and they met at goofy angles (one was 17°, the other was 52°) so it was tricky getting them to line up, but they looked all right when I was done.
I went away on vacation and when I came back, the skirt didn't look as good as I remembered. I took a straight edge to the boards and found that in just two weeks they had severely cupped, causing noticable gaps where the boards joined together. I know for a fact the boards were nice and flat when I fastened them to the deck because I spent a good deal of time hand picking each board.
Because of the odd angles, I can't flip the boards around and screw them back in place.
Is there anything I can do to try to flatten out the cupping?
Should I take these boards back to Lowe's? (sorry, no pics yet to show how bad they are)
I went away on vacation and when I came back, the skirt didn't look as good as I remembered. I took a straight edge to the boards and found that in just two weeks they had severely cupped, causing noticable gaps where the boards joined together. I know for a fact the boards were nice and flat when I fastened them to the deck because I spent a good deal of time hand picking each board.
Because of the odd angles, I can't flip the boards around and screw them back in place.
Is there anything I can do to try to flatten out the cupping?
Should I take these boards back to Lowe's? (sorry, no pics yet to show how bad they are)