I can see your deck needs a good spraydown with bleach and then a good pressure washing.
You're going to break your neck walking on that algae when it rains.
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Mine tries to break my legs about once a year. I load up a bug sprayer with about a 50% bleach solution with a dash of laundry soap and soak it down good, preferably on a cooler, clody day. Then I toss a few handfuls of sand on it and scrub it with a push broom. Then it's on to the pressure washer to blast it clean. Usually lasts a year or so. Mine needs a good coat of sealer too.
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Ordered a cheap pipe off amazon today. Not sure of who makes them, Ukrainian pipe, supposedly hand carved. Probably will be a waste of money but figured it had good reviews and really liked the look of it (being a maritimer living in the prairies) so while placing an order for other things I added it to the cart. I only have 2 pipes so as long as it's not terrible it'll be nice to have another to add to the rotation. A little annoyed though, the tracking's showing eta of middle of next month...
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yea I looked at a few of those and just didn't trust them enough. I've all but given up on anything out of china when it comes to ebay as I've had terrible luck
Here are a couple things you should bid for on e-bay:
Vintage Radio Nordmende Mambino Am and Longwave | eBay
Vintage Jewel Clock and Am Radio as Is | eBay
I know the guy who's selling them :)