One of the reasons for our return to Thailand was the opportunity to replace our teak deck. Although the deck is only 15 years old and still about 10 mm thick, the plugs covering the screws are getting thin and falling off. Less than a year ago we tried to remedy this problem by drilling out screws and replacing them with new plugs (and glue) without putting in the screws again. We fixed about 200 screw holes where the plugs were gone.
The plugs in the photo above were cut and the whole deck lightly sanded. Problem is, that there are probably at least 2,000 screws and replacing them would be a continuous project during the coming years. Also I was a bit nervous that any of the old screw holes could start leaking.
On the photo above you can see that the teak of the old deck was still quite thick, about 10 mm. If only there wouldn’t have been any screws …
I will publish an article about this project in due course.