My deck sucks. The frame appears to be sound and sturdy, but the deck boards are shot. We believe the deck is less than 10 years old. It's 5/4 pine, and is not treated, or if it is, was treated poorly as there is no hint of treatment, the wood is yellow throughout. Several boards are rotted inside, and we have found some ants, possibly carpenter ants. Almost all the boards are cracking and splitting. We believe that a previous owner probably built the deck on the cheap in preparation of selling the home.
My plan is to remove all the decking and replace with Trex.
Now the problem. All the decking is attached with #2 Phillips wood screws. So far 90% of the heads have either stripped or twisted right off.
How the hell do I remove this screws so I can get the deck boards off to replace them?
Thanks