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You mean not bother digging holes n concreting posts in but rather rest the deck on legs on concrete flags?

Good idea mate but those spikes are pricey am looking at about £68 for 9 spikes I am trying to get the decking done under £270 all in so the sunken fence posts seem a cheaper option.

Do you think I would need metal posts you know the ones where you bolt the posts down? I am also worried about the clay and the propensity of water to build up,hence I wanted to anchor it all down.

Hie all Hie all am pretty new to this forum and I intend building a deck. To be honest I was told to build by the other half lol. As you guys can see the area I need to build the deck on is made up of clay and gets pretty wet,as the drainage is p**s poor. The decking area will be 3.6mx3.3m...

Cheers will use the screws and postcrete as you said and ditch the joists hangers. As I have Yorkshire clay and poor drainage was worried about the posts sinking and rotting

Nice work what did you use as foundation or posts

Am on a pretty tight budget so I intend to dig about 30cm down I have some old paving slabs I will put at the bottom and gravel then fill it all up with earth. Can't really afford postcrete as I will need about 9bags. Hope it will work

Hie all am pretty new to this forum and I intend building a deck. To be honest I was told to build by the other half lol. As you guys can see the area I need to build the deck on is made up of clay and gets pretty wet,as the drainage is **** poor. The decking area will be 3.6mx3.3m and I...

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