Hello,
I am building a deck platform in our back garden about 25cm above the ground level, in the middle I will leave an open section of around 1m2. In that I want to lay some block paving roughly flush to deck level.
The purpose of the block paved section is to be able to use a fire bowl...
Thanks Ian, I already removed the post as I mentioned the question to our structural engineer in passing (he's working on another job) and he gave general advice of 'at least a 500mm gap' (same as water companies want from a house extension to main sewer, so I think a bit OTT for a deck but...
I have positioned a deck support post fairly close to a drain pipe and I am concerned if I went too close.
The edge of the postcrete fill is roughly 240mm away from the pipe at the closest point, the post itself is at least 300mm+ away. The base of the post / postcrete is roughly the same depth...