Not a great thing to wake up to this morning...

[MeredithMan]

Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin

Unfortunately the practicality of putting in esthetic features, is often not good. you have to have a way to get that debris out, or the result is as you have experienced..... Hopefully the frame of the deck is still solid.... a few punky boards on top are easy to replace... if you went the "roof" for the deck below, just incorporate a way to pressure wash the debris out occasionally....

So I made the mistake of telling my brother who knows everything, (just ask him), and got the earful of, "...that's what you get for having a finished look that is nice to look at. My deck that's open underneath will never have that problem...blah, blah, blah... )