Below, we look at the various options for cleaning a deck without a pressure washer, and answer your questions on safe ways to remove green mold and mildew from a wood deck as you clean.

The best deck cleaners are safe for surrounding plants, easy to use, and suit your material whether that's wood, composite, vinyl, or something else.

While many deck cleaners call for rinsing after application, others are designed to remain on the decking to saturate the wood with mold- and algae-fighting ingredients.

Unlike bleach solutions, this oxygen-based cleaner is better for the wood as its pH is much more wood friendly. If you have a wood deck…skip the bleach, and use oxygen cleaner.

Below, we look at the various options for cleaning a deck without a pressure washer, and answer your questions on safe ways to remove green mold and mildew from a wood deck as you clean.

Oxygen-based wood cleaners use sodium percarbonate to tackle those tough stains, saving you time and effort. It's important, though, to realize when your wood deck is beyond repair.

In years past, raking out leaves from beneath my 400-square-foot wood deck was invariably an hours-long ordeal.

Contrary to popular opinion, cleaning with a high-pressure power washer is probably one of the worst maintenance practices for a wood deck.