How To Transform An Untidy Garden With Professional Garden Decking That You Can Design And Build With Our Easy Decking Instructions
Getting Started with Decking
It is easy to design and build a simple garden deck, but if you wish to create a safe deck that complies with all the local regulations, you need to download and read this free eBook now.
This new decking manual takes you through the various stages of designing and building garden decking projects. If you are planning your first deck, then it is an excellent starting place for you to get some idea of how to set about it.
It provides detailed information on each of the 15 stages of designing and building a deck and if you miss a stage, you may later regret it! The manual is a PDF eBook, which can easily be read on most computers and digital devices, including iPad, Kindle, and similar eBook readers.
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How to Design and Build
Curved Designer Decking
Instead of that boring old square or rectangular deck, you can design and create a garden deck that will amaze your friends and visitors. All it takes is a little imagination and quite al lot of know how—which you can find on this Website!
If you get stuck for some creative ideas, or simply wish to know how to overcome a specific deck building problem, you can visit one of our decking pages listed below.
Each of these pages has considerable information on the topic, and most include a free video you can watch. There is also access to more detailed instructions, if you wish to download a comprehensive manual on each subject.
- How to Build Decking
- The Elements of Exciting Deck Designs
- Advanced Decking Steps and Stairs
- How to Build Curved Decking and Round Decks
- See your Decking in 3D, before you start to Build it
- Decking Mistakes to Avoid
- How to Calculate the Number and Sizes of Decking Boards, Posts, Joists, and Beams you may Require for your Deck
- Decking Ideas & Photos from 50 Decking projects with photos showing the gardens Before and After the Decking
Click on any of the above links to read more about each topic on this Website.
Decking Pergolas, Gazebos, and Hot Tubs
Hot-Tub built within the Decking
Many people only consider the size and number of decks they want in the garden, when creating their first design, but there are many extra items you may wish to include that can enhance the appearance and improve the benefits of the decking for your family and visitors.
These features include:
- Building a Hot-Tub or Spa within, or on top of the decking
- Having a Pergola on the deck, complete with hanging flower baskets
- Placing a Gazebo, Summerhouse, or Home Office on or near the deck
- A Decorative Fence or Trellis to enhance or protect your decking
- A Protective balustrade around raised and high decking
It is important to include these additional features in your original deck design, because it can be costly and time-consuming to add them once the decking is built. Sometimes, it is almost impossible without a complete rebuild!
How to Repair and Maintain your Decking
Your decking will need preservation from the day it is built. Fortunately, most timber supplied in the UK is usually pressure-treated with a preservative, but you are also advised to apply an extra coat or two before using the deck.
A water repellent coating can improve your deck performance and increase its life by helping to reduce the size and number of small cracks in the timber. These water repellents are normally applied every couple of years, usually before the cold winter months arrive.
The replacement of broken or worn timber on your decking can be much easier if you take some simple precautions when designing and building your deck. You can read about decking repair and maintenance by using the following link:
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Decking Tools and Equipment you may Need!
Decking by eBook Customer, Stanley Payne
The chances are that for most decking projects you will already own most of the tools necessary. Unless you need to undertake some major landscaping, or walls and patio removal, the normal range of household tools is enough.
You may read among our customer testimonials how 84-year old Stanley Payne built a large deck for his disabled wife by working only 4-hours a day. The photo on the left is a view of part of his deck from one side...
The basic list of tools required include a spade, drill, saw, set square, screwdrivers, spirit level, tape measure, and don't forget a pencil!
The more tools you have, the easier you will find the job. You can read more about decking tools and equipment with the following link:
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How to Integrate Decking with House and Garden
This can be one of the most important features of your initial deck design, because it is so important that your decking enhances and improves existing features of house and garden, and does not stand out like a misfitting eyesore.
One of the dangers the DIY decking builder often misses out at the design stage, is planning how people will get on and off simple low-level decking. When they finish the deck, they realise that they've built it a couple of inches lower than the floor within the house, leaving an ugly, dangerous step that could have been avoided.
Next thing they realise, probably when the kiddies fall off the deck onto the lawn, is that although the decking is low, it is still some 30 to 45 centimetres above the ground. This step is okay for most adults, even though uncomfortable, but can be quite dangerous for children, the aged and the infirm.
At the planning stage, you must decide if you want to build around your fish-pond, rockery, favourite tree, or other garden feature, or if you need to remove it altogether. You can read more about this on our decking design page.
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