decking

Hi all, I've added a deck at the bottom of the garden - it is flush with the turf (I dug out earth to a depth of 40mm ) and looks alright, maybe even worth all the back breaking work LOL! Anyways, my question is this... I have used 2 coats of No-nonsense decking oil, looks okay and rainwater...

I know this is bad. Really bad. I'm a grade-A idiot. Hopefully the worst DIY mistake I ever make. I just got done laying 6m x 4.8m of decking onto joists without leaving gaps between. I put three nails in each board - one either side and one in the middle. The nails are ring shank, I think. I...

I found some rot in my decking which I laid about 15 years ago but when I took a couple of the lengths up the frame underneath was in quite a poor state. Rotten in places and heavily black stained and damp in others. I've decide to completely renew but wonder how to protect the subframe from...

We have a very tired and uneven raised patio of approx 40m2 in our garden that goes from the kitchen down to a retaining wall with steps. Initially we planned to install a new patio including the rebuilding of the retaining wall as it has sunk a inch or two on one side. Not including the...

Hi guys, Our garden is currently two tiered. Grass furthest from the house then a raised (~500mm) patio made up of 600x600 concrete flags adjacent to the house We need to install a small raised deck roughly 3400x1200x600 (WxDxH) to provide access to the back door. I am struggling for a...

Hi, I’ve got a joist which has taken too many screw holes now. Whats the best way to fill them without taking the board off? Or is it a case of replace the part of the joist?

Hi Im new to this forum, hopefully im in the right area for this. Ok, so i need power outdoors to power some decking lights (16 x 0.6w) and a pond fountain, which i believe was around 400w- may be wrong there but its definitely a very small amount. So, i have no power in that area. Closest...

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...