It took me two years to convince my husband to put post caps on the posts on our deck but it has been worth it! Even he is amazed at how good it looks. I guess he thought it was going to be really harder then it was to install them but it didn’t take him but a couple of hours to get them all sealed and finished. Now when you look out from our dinning room window you see this wonderful motif that gives off a nautical feel right off the back deck.
I also got him to agree to purchase finials to place on top of the corner post caps and at the bottom of the stairs. Again, we just sealed them, installed them and they it was done. They add a very regal feel to the deck and my husband feels good about the entire project once he realized how important post caps are to protecting those posts from splitting. Knowing water and insect damage will be held at bay gives us additional comfort when maintaining the maintenance on the deck each year.