Pictures of my massive deck

[muttley9050]

Looks good j.

Will be interested to see an update photo in a year to see how it reacts to seasoning once laid

Have considered doing this for customers in the past but always resisted.

[silky fox]

Absolutely Beautiful BigJ

...A favoutrite timber of mine for sure.

[Dobson89]

Looks great but should get some deck hardener for it...

[flatyre]

looks great but I've often wondered if non grooved boards are more slippery than the grooved ones over time? also I use 6x4 joists when laying decking as 4x2 can be a bit springy, are the joists sitting on gravel?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

scared me there J glad it said deck had to read it twice

 

Same lol

[herne]

Say it in a generic West Country accent... Oooer missus!

[agg221]

Had some reject western red cedar boards (not good enough for decking to sell due to waney edges on ends and underside) so knocked up a quick deck in the garden to hide a large tree stump.

 

Too tight to get in a stump grinder then?

 

Looks good.

 

Alec

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Say it in a generic West Country accent... Oooer missus!

 

Snigger hehehe

[Big J]

Too tight to get in a stump grinder then?

 

Looks good.

 

Alec

 

Yes and no!

 

We've a problem with nettles in our garden and as it was a conifer I took down, the ground is just completely bare under where the tree was. I figures a deck would hide the stump, hide the bare earth and hopefully suppress the nettles.

 

It did cost me all of about £3 in screws to put in as well!

[Big J]

looks great but I've often wondered if non grooved boards are more slippery than the grooved ones over time? also I use 6x4 joists when laying decking as 4x2 can be a bit springy, are the joists sitting on gravel?

 

Possibly, and time will tell. I doubt we'll use the deck very much, it's more for decoration! That being said, I do have one landscaper who is taking quite a lot of the stuff at this specification.

 

The joists are screws to 4x2 posts that are knocked 250mm into the ground. The spacing between the posts is only 700mm so there is no bounce in the deck (500mm spacing on the joists).

 

I cowboy these things, but get away with it by using swanky timber so no one notices the half arsed construction effort!