House has paint and the railing too. It'll be a day or twenty before I start tackling the deck.

Will go with composite with hidden fasteners, in keeping with the idea of avoiding any wells where water would collect.

Will be adding flashing at the house because the guys who build the deck tied it directly to the house.

Before anything goes down, I'll be smearing something akin to Henrys, for roofing, so all the water running off will not soak into the tops of the support 2x's.