Decking, framed to last
Composite decking across Rotherham. Level with the back door, ventilated underneath, and set out to meet the paving and the lawn on a straight line rather than wherever it lands.
Deck framed level off the house with a full-width step down onto porcelain, and the fascia returned round the corner.
They solve different problems
This is worth ten minutes of thought before anyone quotes anything. Paving is the answer where the ground is already near the level you want. Decking earns its money where the garden drops away and paving would mean excavating and retaining half of it to get a flat area out.
- Paving where the ground is close to the door level, and where you want mass, heat and permanence.
- Decking where the ground falls, or where you want a level run straight out of the back door.
- Both in most gardens we do, meeting on one clean line rather than one bodged join.
What holds it up matters more than what you walk on
People choose decking by the colour of the board and then live with the frame for twenty years. Joists at the right centres, treated and levelled, sat on a proper base with air moving underneath and a fall built in so water leaves rather than sits. Get that right and any decent board will outlast the fence.
- Joist centres set for the board, not guessed
- Frame levelled off the house threshold so the step is right
- Ventilation kept under the deck rather than boxed in
- Membrane and stone underneath so nothing grows through
- Fascia and step edges finished so no cut ends show
Composite boards, and why most people pick them
Composite costs more on day one and less every year after it. No annual oiling, no splinters, no boards going green and greasy by November. It holds its colour, it takes furniture being dragged about, and it comes in tones that work against grey paving rather than fighting it.
- Boards that hold colour instead of silvering off
- No sanding, oiling or staining every spring
- Grip that still works in a wet Yorkshire November
- Colour matched against your paving and fencing, not picked off a chart
- Hidden fixings so there is no line of screw heads down the deck
Decking where the ground drops away
This is the real argument for a deck rather than more paving. Where a garden falls away from the back door, paving means excavating and retaining half the plot to build a level. A deck is framed out to meet the threshold and the ground is left where it is, which is often faster, cheaper and less disruptive.
- Level run straight out from the back door with no step down
- Ground left in place instead of dug out and retained
- Steps and fascias built into the deck edge
- Deck, lawn and paving edges all set out square to each other
- Space underneath kept ventilated and accessible
Deck, lawn and patio should meet on the same line.
Every edge in a garden either lines up with the house or it does not, and the eye notices even when nobody can say why. Setting the deck, the grass line and the paving out together in one go is free. Correcting it afterwards is not.
Rotherham and the villages around it
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- CoveringRotherham and the surrounding villages
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