Wooden decks are a definite PITA to keep up, I've been fighting with mine for years. Mine is about due to be replaced & I think I'm going to bite the bullet & go with the synthetic recycled decking call TREX. There is a place south of me that used it to replace all of the wooden stuff after it was destroyed in a Gulf Coast storm. It's been down about 7-8 years now & still looks great. Good luck, I see a lot of labor in your future. LOL
