decking

For anyone that has installed composite decking... What expansion gaps do you leave and does it depend on what temperature you are installing them in on that day?

Hi, am planning to build a 10x8 workshop/shed onto newly installed decking which levels out sloping ground. The decking frame is solidly built so should be ok but I am not clear as to how I should attach the bottom frame/joists to the decking, conscious of the potential for expansion or...

I need to attached my ground level timber frame for decking to a sloped wall. How would i do this without making contact and the timber rotting from the rain? any help would be appreciated

hi all. I’m planning on building a additional small deck at the end of the garden as it’s where the last bit of the sun is. It currently grass. I was going to dig down ,level the ground and then use slabs just under the timbers to stop them sitting in the mud. Would this be ok or should I do a...

I'm looking to build a deck in the back garden at the end of July. With everything that has been going on I'm looking to get the timbers and joist hangers etc. ordered up, ready for me to start over my summer holiday. I've made a plan of how I think it should be put together, but unsure of the...

Hello all, I’m having my first attempt at building a raised deck in the garden. It sits between 20-40cm off the ground (sloped garden). My support posts are all in and now I’m laying the weed suppressing fabric. What I want to know is if I can just use any old ballast and sub base that’s lying...

Hey all So the time has come to start planning the decking area that will be built outside of my Garden Room office. We've got a reasonable amount of space to work with, so I'm looking at total dimensions of 5.5m x 4.9m. I'm planning on building an outdoor kitchen on the deck, and possibly a...

hi all, i will be laying a floating deck for the first time this weekend, and all the wood has been ordered. i will be making the frame out of 2x4, and the deck is going onto an area of grass that has been levelled to my best ability. The decking area is approx 3mx2.8m. i will not be concreting...

I'm looking to deck over an existing patio, the main issue is the low clearance from the door sill. There is roughly 75mm from the patio tiles to underneath the door sill and 100mm to the top of the door sill. Therefore I would need to use thinner joists or lay them flat. Will it be a problem...

Hi, I am posting a picture of my decking. I used Spear&Jackson decking stain last year but now the paint is coming off in several areas. I have tried to remove the old paint with sanding paper. However, all my efforts haven't achieved much since the paint has hardened especially around the...

Hi, first post here - so please be gentle! I'm an enthusiastic DIY'er and while I've built sheds and other bits, I've not done a deck yet, but I'm a little bit bored (isolation!) and want to have a crack at this myself. I tend to over-engineer solutions, I'd prefer lean that way to be honest...

Hi all New joiner here but long time admirer. Have found useful resources to do my odd DIY job. My latest lockdown activity is to get decking spindles to our wall. The wall is a single brick wall and is on the higher side of our garden, there is then a 2ft drop to the rest of the garden. You...

Hey all Our house will need to be rendered at the back anytime soon-ish as we have scratch coats here and there ( and besides being unsightly, we think they could lead to rain water ingress!??) We been living in a building site for the last six months and we don't see the external render...

I'm planning a deck on my patio which will be attached to the house with a ledger board and 10mm spacers. However, the patio is surrounded on all 3 other sides by a retaining wall and I'm worried if I attach the deck to the wall, when it expands in the wet weather it will bow badly as it has...

Hi. I live on a mobile Home park,all year round living, retirement place etc etc. We had a small brick patio where our table and chairs did not fit so we extended the patio out, using composite decking boards, laying the boards directly on top of the original patio and in the end doubling the...

I have used lengths of untreated softwood timber (9" x 2") to make a small decked area and a step up to said area. All timber is sat on concrete blocks (not soil or grass) and is raised around 10" off the ground. Given that it rains a lot in this country, I have concerns over the wood rotting...

I'm converting a car port which has a concrete base; the base isn't exactly flat, am thinking of putting engineered click over 3/4" structural ply, on batten/decking pedestals. I thought that pedestals would take the faff out of getting it level. There will be a damp course. I thought that...

After slabbing an area at the bottom of my garden, this area has been vastly improved. The recent week of non-stop rain would have flooded the area in the past, but with the new patio and drainage with soakaway there isn't so much as a puddle. Unfortunately there's an area of about 14 ft by...

Would anyone be able to advise on Polycarbonate Deck Boards. Some casual comments ive heard say theyre good if you pick the right brand but some poor. Based on your experiences etc you might gave invaluable advice. Fingers crossed here. Thanks

Hi folks, Long time lurker here, but now registered finally. I have just started a garden project to lay decking over an already played patio, got all bases covered for the decking apart from one thing, I wonder if anyone has any ideas or ran into the same issue. The garden has a slight slope...