The Vinyl Porch Rail Company—owned and
operated by DekTek PRO Jason Nuckols—has been helping homeowners, business
owners, and contractors enhance their property with beautiful, low-maintenance
designs since 1996. “My main line of business is vinyl railing systems,” Jason
said. “We fabricate made-to-fit systems for people. We also do screen porches,
deck renovations, and more.”
Jason saw someone using DekTek Tile, and later
he encountered a unique opportunity to use the concrete decking himself, to
help solve a customer's decking problem. “The customer had water leaking
through their existing tile deck floor,” Jason said. “They approached me on how
to solve the problem, and I recalled that I had seen DekTek Tile. So I began to
research that.”
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| Jason and his team found this when they removed the original tiles from the customer's deck. This is what happens when water has nowhere to go. With Jason's help, the customer will never have to deal with this again. |
According to Jason, the customer’s outdoor
kitchen was beneath the deck, which meant that water had to go somewhere else.
Ultimately, Jason and the customer went with DekTek Tile so that water could
drain quickly between the tiles and into a custom drainage system that Jason
installed for the customer.
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| With the old tiles and the subsequent water damage removed, Jason and his team were ready to install the new drainage system and the DekTek Tiles. |
“I called DekTek Tile and spoke with them,”
Jason said, “and they sent me some samples. I spoke with the customer. We did
drawings and got dimensions, and DekTek Tile helped me put together the
estimate for the material. At the same time, I had been asked to price out a
composite material and shockingly enough, it was relatively close in price for
that particular project. I spoke with the homeowner, and we decided to go with
DekTek’s tile decking because it was open and allowed for an under-deck
drainage system. It made sense.”
Jason and his team used the sleeper method to
install the DekTek Tile, with slightly larger gaps between the tiles to allow
for even faster water disbursement into the drainage system. With this larger
gap between the tiles, the lighter coloring of the new sleeper boards was
slightly visible between the tiles. To keep the sleeper boards hidden beneath
the tiles, Jason treated the boards with a dark stain. “This greatly improved
the look of the project, in my opinion, and we’re probably going to use that
same practice for any projects that we do in the future, to make it all blend
together nicely.”
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| With the drainage system installed, below, and the sleeper system fastened to the original joists, the team was ready to place the DekTek Tiles. Here, we see a DekTek Tile before its final roll-on sealant is applied. |
Like most of our customers, Jason was struck
by the vibrant color transition that takes place when the DekTek Tiles are
sealed. “It really did shock me how nice the color contrasts were on the tiles
themselves,” he said.
“We had a great result,” Jason said. “We had a
happy customer.”
“The customer likes the job,” Jason said, “and
I’m in the process of pricing out a similar deck for the same customer. So, if
we’re getting a repeat customer, then you have to rest assured that she likes
the product, and I like the product.”
We love to help and be a part of the solution
that contractors like Jason & his clients are faced with. If you’d like to
hear more about this particular project, or ask Jason about his custom
solutions, give him a call at 434-237-2800.
If you’d like to learn more about DekTek Tiles and other successful projects, feel free to check out our website dektektile.com, join our email list, or contact us directly at 218-380-9330—we’d love to connect with you!
