SEAL A DECK

Three customers writing in 2025 had already resigned themselves to replacing a deck — a mahogany one neglected about five years, a worn pool deck, and one the owner thought would have to be torn down — and all three wrote that cleaning, sanding and resealing saved it instead. That is the lane Seal A Deck stays in: deck sealing, treatment, repair and restoration, with fence restoration and teak furniture refinishing alongside it. The company works from a Newton address, says it covers Boston, MetroWest, the North Shore, South Shore, Cape Cod, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island, and describes itself as founded and led by Michael Kaloutas; Angi's listing puts it in business since 2000. The job comes in stages, and reviewers walk through them. A June 2026 customer wrote that the crew cleaned the deck on the first day, came back several days later to sand, and stained last. An April 2026 homeowner described a large rear deck sanded and cleared of debris in a single day, then a return trip for a double application of the coating they had chosen. The office turns up in the reviews as often as the crew. One June 2026 homeowner named the whole handoff — a consult with Geoff, coordination through project manager Kerri, then Danny and his team on the prep. In May 2026, another wrote that Antonio cleaned their deck and, when asked about a mark a rubber mat had left on stone, cleaned that off too. Two reviewers describe coming back repeatedly, one for annual maintenance that includes swapping boards when they need it, another for a new pool deck and a deck extension in April 2026. Weather sets the pace here. That April 2026 review opens with a few days' delay before the start and a couple of rain delays mid-job — still a 5-star write-up, but worth planning around if you have a date in mind. The scoring also isn't uniform across sites: 5 stars from 47 Google ratings, 3.5 stars from 49 ratings on Angi, and an A+ grade at the Better Business Bureau. If your deck is tired rather than rotten — mahogany, ipe and fir all show up in the reviews, along with a cedar outdoor shower and teak patio furniture — this is a shop set up for exactly that. Get the prep steps and the number of coats written into the estimate, ask how many visits the job needs, and settle up front what happens when rain moves the schedule.