decking

Hi, After some advice or tips on adding a rail to my existing deck. The deck was already here when i bought the house and has a foundation made up of what looks like a mix of breeze block and brick. Its not the best job but seems solid for the most part. They have anchored batten to this...

Hi All I am looking to cover an existing external balcony (currently no slope) with hollow composite decking boards. I want it to be slightly sloped to allow rainwater runoff. My question is can you get shallow angled joists (that have a triangular side profile) and which the decking boards...

Hi, we’ve just purchased and moved into a new property, it has some raised decking the entire width of the rear of the property. We need to jet wash and treat it in spring but I was concerned about the damp course and if the decking could be causing problems before I spend money on maintenance...

I'll be putting up a summer house with small balcony next year. I've contacted the local authority with my plans and there are no restrictions. Both neighbours have no problem with the plans either. My query though is about the stilts I intend the fix the summer house and decking onto, rather...

Hello all... first post as i couldnt find anything similarly related within the forums. Basically i would like to add decking to the rear of my property. The same hieght as dpc so i can walk stright into it. Problem is my garden drops down at the rear to 1.8 meters. Now i know the hieght of...

I'm about to order the timber and fixings for a raised deck base (approx 900mm off ground) and wondered if anyone could confirm/comment on planned fixings as noted below please ? Raised deck 4.8m x 2.6m with ledger along one of the 4.8m sides Ledger 150 x 47 Rim 150 x 47 Joists 150 x 47 at...

I had around 16m2 of balau hardwood decking delivered Friday from woodandbeyond. Lovely stuff but I’ve noticed that some ends are all splintered where it’s been cut to length. Also around 4 lengths are badly twisted and bowed and so unusable. I contacted them to advise and sent pictures...

I bought two ProBuilt Aluminium railing kits for my decking from Wickes (£60 each). One pack had missing and damaged parts. It looks like there aren't any more available from Wickes (or elsewhere for that matter???) I've got an awful lot of wood going on already in terms of decking and...

Hi, planning on a Balau hardwood deck, 4.2m x 6.8m, to be installed at ground level. I intend it to last as long as possible. So far as I can see the weak point will be the wooden posts that will hold the frame in position which will rot in time (I understand this will be many years, but they...

Hi all, wasn't sure to raise a new thread or comment on an old one but as the last time this topic was covered was about 3 years ago I thought I’d go for a new thread. I need some advise regarding applying for retrospective planning permission. To the rear of our property we have two areas of...

Hi All I hope someone here can guide me on the below. I have had built decking in my back garden. My garden itself is sloping. As a result of the slope the deck from the back of my house is below 30cm, in height, from the ground whilst the front of the deck is approx 50cm, in height, above the...

I'm having decking installed and the boards currently slope towards the house. The underneath of the decking is soil and there is no gutter alongside the house to funnel the water to the drain. Is something I should bring up with the builder? It is early stages of the build. Only the supporting...

I'm having decking installed and the boards currently slope towards the house. The underneath of the decking is soil and there is no gutter alongside the house to funnel the water to the drain. Is something I should bring up with the builder? It is early stages of the build. Only the supporting...

Our decking is looking really tired. Half is under cover and doesn't look too bad, but the area that gets rain and leaves from the trees fall onto it looks really worn out and grubby. I was going to jet wash it, but this seemed to be damaging the wood. What is the best way to clean your decking...

Im getting my home renovated. Almost done. A deck is being installed in the back garden patio space. The neighbor has an extension, and the wall of this is rite on the border line, so i see the wall, by neighbor does not. The deck has been installed and screwed/attached onto this wall (my wife...

Hello, I am hoping for some advise regarding a decking I am planning. I had been planning on doing a retaining wall, however this seems too expensive and now looking at a deck and removing the earth from underneath. The deck will be 8.8M wide (width of garden) and extends 2.6M. The garden is...

I'm looking at decking over our dishevelled patio to take the inflatable hot tub the wife has purchased. The patio is paving on a raised concrete slab. It was with the house before we bought it, so cannot comment on thickness. Ideally, I'm planning to use WPC decking (such as this Eva-last...

Hi there kind people of DIYnot. I need some advice please. We wanted to change our dated stone patio to some nice wood decking. I have bought some weathered hard wood decking locally. It was really cheap (I think £3/m +VAT is cheap) so I did not mind that it needs to get washed and treated. I...

Hello all, Moved into my house back in 2013 and have largely ignored the back garden whilst concentrating on the inside. Besides regular grass cuts and hedge trimming I have not done a great deal to it. Having seen a nearby neighbour who has laid astroturf in their garden I am now thinking...

My husband and I are looking to install a new shed or cabin and need some advice. We've looked at lots of information on this site and while we can find answers to some of the queries, some definitive advice would be much appreciated. We have recently removed an old garage which stood on a...