decking

Hi All, Thanks for stopping by. I'm soon to be building a 4m x 3m lean-to pergola in my garden which I will affix to a masonry wall. This wall is the end of my detached garage which i have converted into garden room with patio doors opening onto a deck and is approached side-on. The idea is...

Hey fellow builders! I’m working on a decking gazebo area, roughly 7m x 2.4m, with a pitched gable roof at 13°. I’m using 150mm x 150mm posts, concreted in 600mm deep. The decking joists, roof rafters, ridge beam, and all joists are 150mm x 47mm C24 treated timber. The roof will have 18mm...

Hi, I've got a concrete base in my garden that's approximately 5m wide by 15m length. At one end there's a timber shed about 5m x 7.3m. I'm trying to think of what to do with the rest of the concrete base and thought about a 5m x 5m gazebo/outdoor kitchen to the other end, leaving 2.7m space...

Hi all We have a very large decking area to the rear off the house (long story as to how we ended up getting it!). Sadly the rear of the house is the main entrance. Now autumn and winter are on the way it is turning very very slippy. As its now to wet to paint/varnish we are looking at some...

I am just seeking thoughts of others in regards to the decking my neighbours have recently replaced which is much higher than the previous decking resulting in complete lack of privacy in my garden. The children can now see straight into my garden and kitchen/living room. The steps leading to...

Perhaps not my DIY disaster but generally a disaster. About two months ago I removed the old partly rotten wooden decking behind the house, one board was lying right under the threshold of my patio doors. Two weeks ago I removed a particularly stubborn plank that was screwed to the wall under...

I'm about to buy the materials for my decking roof, but just wanted to get a quick sanity check please, before doing so. I'll be buying box profile 32/1000 sheets and some purlins to support them. My decking roof comprises 2x4 rafters of length 4450mm spanning a roof of 7210mm at 525mm centres...

11 years ago I installed a wooden deck about 5m x 5m in the garden. I did it with basic deck boards from Wickes or wherever and have cleaned and treated it religiously once a year However - this spring when I came to check it, multiple boards had rotted through and collapsed in places under my...

I live in a terraced house, on a hill, so the back of the house is lower than the front, and i have a basement kitchen/diner. When i bought the property my solicitor queried the decking which covers the entire tiny back garden (3mx6mx3m) - it’s small as most of the original garden area is...

First time caller long time listener, usually i've been able to get answers to questions by just searching and searching all returns slopes away from house going down, not necessarily going upwards. Just seeking a little clarification before I go further and get quotes for wood/trades, and also...

Hiya. Hoping for some advice on roofing, please. I built this deck a couple of years ago ... ... and am very happy with it, for the most part. We put some bamboo matting on top to give us some shade, and it's honestly performed the job quite well. In the recent winds though, it suffered quite...

Hey all - I recently had new decking fitted; overall, pleased with it but there's one panel that looks very notably different to the others. It is whiteish, and lacks the coppery green tint that the others have and which I believe comes from being tanalised. I realise that the panels will all...

Hello DIY'ers and fellow victims of DIY'ers. My neighbours have built this decking area in the last two weeks . It appears to be higher than allowed. I am in the flat to the left of the photo. I've reported it to the council...still waiting to hear back. Can anyone please tell me if this...

Hello, I would really appreciate any advice. I want to finish off this patio door installation properly (the builder has fecked off and won’t return my calls). The door has been installed on top of the internal timber frame. There is then a cavity, and a single brick foundation with concrete...

I've drawn up plans for a 700mm wide decking path using timber joists, decking blocks etc etc, but I feel like I'm massively over complicating it. I also want it to be flush with the grass level, so I'll need to excavate a whole lot of soil. In these photos, I can see the guy has used some kind...

Hi all, Someone has reported a raised deck I had installed 2.5 years ago to the council and they’ve sent me a letter saying: “It has been bought to my attention that a raised platform has recently been constructed at the rear of your property. These works require planning permission. This is...

Hello all, so I’m building a small 2.4x2.4 deck this weekend, I’m having a debate with my self about joist sizes. Wickes have got an offer on at the minute so 3x2 (70x45mm) is currently £4.50 per 2.4 length. Would this be strong enough for a low level deck? I’m planning on spacing joists at 30cm...

Extremely confusing 50 / 50 split as to what is the right way to lay decking boards. As I'm researching, it seems to depend on the type of timber and level of moisture content... I will be using kiln dried larch. Leaning towards installing bark side up, but is that right? Pressure treated...

Hi, I have a concrete slab in my garden which I’d like to put a deck on. I’m thinking about building a composite subframe, which I’ll drill into the concrete, and then laying timber decking on top. My thinking is that a composite subframe won’t rot down if water sits on the concrete, but I...

I'm building a deck that's attached to my house (50cm high at it's highest point). I'd like it to last as long as possible so instead of burying the uprights in the ground, I'm looking at putting them in shoes (pictured) which go 20cm into cubes of concrete, 30cm deep and 30cm across, and none...