Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Home and Garden: [header] How to safety check your deck [title] Make sure the deck's boards are strong. [step] Look all across the deck for damaged boards, particularly in areas where water gathers. Take an ice pick or screwdriver and push the tip into the wood.

Ending1: Once you're sure the boards are firmly stuck, pry the ice pick out of the wood. Another way to assess deck is to look up. Ending2: Check some inside for holes or gaps where standing water can fill them. Look for splinters, cracks, or any holes where dripping water can surface. Ending3: If the wood feels soft, splinters, or is easily penetrated, it is rotting and needs to be replaced. [substeps] Pay special attention to the gaps between decking boards as well as the deck joists underneath the deck boards. Ending4: If the nail or screw break the wood, tape it to the deck with painter's tape or electrical tape. [substeps] Avoid boards that have internal holes to puncture and can be reused to fill in these holes with a deck strengthener.

Answer format: ending1/ending2/ending3/ending4