Deck your garden out (Decking and Timber Products in General)

Member Name: badders-si

Product:	Decking and Timber Products in General
Date:	27/10/08 (176 review reads)
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Advantages: Great finish to a garden and makes a safe dry area to sit on

Disadvantages: Can be expensive

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 sending emails to get some quotes for the amount of boards you require.

Secondly do not go and buy the decking from B&Q or Wickes as it is much cheaper is you can find a local timber supplier that supplies the boards to the public. I found a company who bought in the lengths of wood and then cut the grooves into the board to make it decking boards and this saved me more than £1 a metre on B&Q and Wickes.

If you can find a company such as above then you will no doubt find that they can supply the handrailing and joist boards should you be using them.

The last thing is never scrimp on the finishing of the decking such as the handrailing and fishing fascia boards this is what makes it look the part. Spend extra money if needed on these parts as they will stand out.

One thing to remember when leveling the joist is to always make sure the they are on a slight angled slope away from the main building so that rainwater runs away from the house and not towards the house.

Good luck and i hope i have helped a little in some way. I well finished decking really does make a difference to a garden no matter how big the garden is.

Summary: think about your decking before you go off all guns blazing!