Decking and Timber Products in General

If you are thinknig of putting your own decking into your garden then here are a few things that might help you. The first thing is that dont just go out and buy some decking and try to make it look as good as you can. Think about it first and draw a plan of what you are thinking about doing. Make one of the ways suit the lengths that you can buy the decking borads in. This is so you do not have as much waste material at the end of the job. For example if you are making a rectangular or square area make it 2.4mtrs one way and then run the boards across the 2.4mtrs. This is because 2.4mtrs is a standard legth for a deck board. Get on the internet and start ...  Read the complete review

I have a really small garden which was patio and grass. However the grass was more mud because of two small kids and a climbing frame. It was constantly full of cat poo which is disgusting as well as unhygienic. So, last year, my dad offered to deck and patio the garden. Best thing ever. I walk straight out onto my decking from the back door - lovely and clean underfoot. It is raised as the garden is on a slope so I have two diddy little sets of stairs coming off it with ballustrades etc. I have a few pots and furniture on it and it looks lovely. The rest of the garden below is patioed over (safety bark around the climbing frame). Everyone was ...  Read the complete review

If you have wooden fencing, a wooden shed,or other timber products, in your garden you need to protect them from the elements, and those garden creatures that might want to lunch on them. I don't like using creosote because of its harmful effect on soil, birds and insects. The last creosote substitute that I bought had the most awful smell and it played havoc with my asthma. This year I decided to try a new product. FenceCare by Wilko (available in Wilkinson's Stores), is available in a range of colours. You can choose from dark brown, golden brown, green and ocean blue. All tins are the same size, 5 litres, and cost £3.99. I decided ...  Read the complete review

If you are sick of cutting the lawn I would suggest some garden decking. It is actually very easy to lay and there is help out there! Personally I went to Wickes DIY stores. They had an assistant who helped me plan everything out and took my measurements and we drew up a plan. It happenned that there was also a 'special offer' on their decking so it was rather cheap in the end! A couple of tips I would offer would be to get any help where offered. Secondly, make sure that you leave a gap of at least a foot between the decking and the ground - this will prevent any rot setting in. Lastly but most importantly make sure you use ...  Read the complete review

For several years we have planned to have a decked area in the garden. With a toddler and a large dog wanting to use the garden which is heavy clay it became a necessity this year. Having investigated options for decking products this spring we decided on the products available from Richard Buridge and I ordered the joists, lengths of decking, posts and banister rails etc from the local supplier. When they were delivered the installer inspected them and rejected approx. 50% due to such defects as split posts, split spindles and warped planks. A lot of the wood had what looked like green fungus on it. We were assured that this was just part of the drying out ...  Read the complete review