If we spaced our boards we would have huge gaps between them now! When we built our deck, Home Depot had 2 choices of deck boards. We went with the more expensive ones. Glad we did.
We originally used the water based stain sealer, but then my wife mistakenly bought the oil based and put that on. It actually looks darker and seems to last a bit longer. We stain it every year even though it says you don't need to. It just looks better. We used the Behr stain.
Good luck.
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