Recent content by Rick P

Thanks for the help Marc. Have added some posts, for extra support, my deck boards arrive next week so fingers crossed it gets finished soon!

Thanks Marc, I think I’m gonna use proper posts just as there thicker just incase they do start to rot over time, I’ve measured the distance from floor to bottom of joist and it’s only 100mm!! So definitely don’t think I’ll dig too 700mm. Will most likely dig to your guide of about 300mm below...

Hey Marc, ok I’ve decided to bite the bullet and remove some of the slabs and attach about 10 support posts keeping around a distance of about 1.5m between them, how deep did you put yours into the ground/how deep would I need to dig? I know conventionally your supposed to use 100x100 posts but...

Thanks for the reply, Marc yes there is a fall of about 25mm from house to front of deck. I have built above the DPC only because when I got companies to come and look and quote they said they would lay over the existing broken patio which is not far off the DPC height, I’ve buuilt the frame...

Im hoping to lay timbertech composite decking, and also the square space that looks like it’s not been filled yet is going to be a inspection hatch for a man hole cover :)

I’m a complete novice at DIY and have taken on a bit of a largish deck job at the rear of my property. I moved most of the existing concreted patio and the deck frame is now larger than the concrete patio was. Deck frame is 50x150mm pressure treated timber. I’ve kept a partial amount of the...