[Misc] Decking? What is the ******* point of it?

[Seasidesage]

It's called humour and human behaviour observation. Can be quite liberating and generate opinion. That is what
this board is about, would you not agree? Or don't you give a ****?

I'd call it snobbery, but thats just me...

 

[essbee1]

I'd call it snobbery, but thats just me...

Eh? How can you equate the mockery of decking with snobbery? I'm totally mystified.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I definitely wouldn't have decking after going belly up at a house I was working at.
The home owner was outside and I needed to speak to him, I took one step outside his back door and immediately slipped, I couldn't speak for a while as I was winded, and I had a bad back for weeks.

 

[swindonseagull]

We installed a softwood deck ten years ago. Was significantly cheaper than paving, especially as it’s on a slope so was easy to build up at the low end to level it. We have Little if any signs of rot, occasionally a bit slippy but with a brush down it soon goes. For only the second time since it was installed We’ve just given it jet wash and a new coat of deck oil and it looks brand new again.

We had decking installed 15 years ago....never rotted, never gets slippery, just need to look after it, oil/treat is yearly and use quality materials to start with..jet wash occasionally.

your patios will still go green and mouldy if you dont clean them.

 

[Triggaaar]

We bought the house with the decked garden already installed. Every ****ing year for the last seven years I've nearly killed myself slipping on the ****er in the winter and have to spend a whole day in the summer sweating my bollocks off re-oiling the damn thing at significant expense....don't talk to me about ****ing decking. The wife likes it though so no chance of ripping it up in the immediate future - I'm playing a long game one this one.

Waiting for her to slip over and bite it?

 

[Bakero]

I'd call it snobbery, but thats just me...

Eh? How can you equate the mockery of decking with snobbery? I'm totally mystified.

I reckon he's got a big deck.

 

[sydney]

omg......if you have timber decking you need to oil it at least twice a year.....if you have the plastic shyte ...mod wood or any of that don't bother .....itll look
like shit in 3 years..

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Why do you put oil on decking to make it less slippery, unless you want to turn your garden into a scene from a Laurel and Hardy movie.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

My neighbours have decking. A few years ago whilst they were on holiday we had blocked drains and I had to go next door to access the sewer with the drain people. As I stepped on their decking my foot went straight through the decking leaving a large whole. It’s still there to this day.

It's time long-overdue that you let a doctor have a look at that

 

[dejavuatbtn]

You can, of course, set light to it, which one of our community aware neighbours has (or is it a bloody bonfire?).

 

[Weststander]

A 90's craze promoted by Tommy Walsh on garden 'improvement' programmes.

As well as the 5 dobs of mortar patio-ing shortcut method.

 

[essbee1]

You can, of course, set light to it, which one of our community aware neighbours has (or is it a bloody bonfire?).
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if not, that's one hell of a bloody BBQ.

 

[Triggaaar]

A 90's craze promoted by Tommy Walsh on garden 'improvement' programmes.

As well as the 5 dobs of mortar patio-ing shortcut method.

Did that tw@ Tommy (and co I assume) lay patio on dabs?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Out of interest, does anybody know what the price difference is between decking and a patio per sq/m? I need to get something like this done this year and would prefer a patio (backed up by most comments on this thread).

Forget the decking option. Seriously. Don't let it be a mater of price. Do some research, and save up. That's what we did.

Our tiling in the extension is mirrored in the patio tiling - same material but a different thickness. I asked for 'slip resistant, all weather (outside), and good with underfloor heating (inside). The patio is built on a good metre of hard core (crushed from the demolished detritis), and slopes oh so gently away from the house so there is no pooling of water when it rains, yet is feels dead flat. With the triple bifold doors, our kitchen diner is at one with the patio and nature outside. The patio has planted borders either side. All plantworld quality schmutter. Five years of planning, mind.

If I had decking out there, I'd feel very sad.

 

[Wardy's twin]

i have both a large wooden deck and large slab patio, both installed by me to suit the situation in the garden , slabs at back of house as it is often in shade , decking on the slope bit at top of the garden.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

i have both a large wooden deck and large slab patio, both installed by me to suit the situation in the garden , slabs at back of house as it is often in shade , decking on the slope bit at top of the garden.

Similar. This thread is WEIRD. Nothing wrong with decking in SOME places. We have some paving off the back of the house, but a small deck at the very bottom of the garden, that works just fine for us. The garden slopes down a couple of feet in the space of that last three yards, so it’s by far the easiest solution.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Similar. This thread is WEIRD. Nothing wrong with decking in SOME places. We have some paving off the back of the house, but a small deck at the very bottom of the garden, that works just fine for us

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Are those seats made from old pallets home made, or from a posh reclamation yard?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Are those seats made from old pallets home made, or from a posh reclamation yard?

Home made. Took about half an hour!

 

[Bry Nylon]

The CD rack needs a bit of a re-think though...