I rebuilt my front porch and steps about 8 years ago. For the stair stringers I purchased pre-cut treated outdoor stair stringers from Lowes thinking that they would be the best option to retain the pressure treatment throughout. Now fast forward to today and multiple sections of stringers have rotted out from the top down, basically where the open grain was exposed upwards and water soaked in.
Since I am going to have to replace and rebuild again, wondering what is the best way to protect from this happening again? Epoxy coat the exposed grain? Stain/paint? Metal flash?
Since I am going to have to replace and rebuild again, wondering what is the best way to protect from this happening again? Epoxy coat the exposed grain? Stain/paint? Metal flash?