There are not many additions to the home or garden that can match a garden decking area for its usefulness, natural beauty and sheer enjoyment.Garden decking offers outdoor living space for dining, entertaining or simply relaxing with your favorite book or drink. They also provide children with an excellent and safe area to play.
Most gardens can be enhanced by the addition of a garden decking area. Decking in the garden adds a new dimension to the use of the garden. Garden decking in the garden, is a versatile construction material and it has many advantages over hard paved areas for family use A garden decking area can be just a small hideaway surrounded by plants or can serve as a large family area for those gatherings at weekends and warm evenings.
All to often some members of the family are excluded from ideas when thinking about garden decking. The children! Decking is a very user friendly material and kids normally love it. They will probably put the garden decking to more use for more of the time than adults.
There are a few important factors to bear in mind when planning and building garden decking.
Use treated timber-Tanilised softwood is guaranteed for 15 years against rot.
Try to get as much air circulation around your garden decking as possible.
Avoid shady areas-Garden decking will end up like any other surface in deep shade!
Avoid damp areas-with the garden decking sat upon the damp ground.
Try to aim for dappled shade, rather than full sun. Garden decking surfaces can get very hot in direct sunlight.
Plan the garden decking area so that there is ease of access-especially in wet weather conditions.
Plan for the fact that the kids are going to want to use it as much-or more-than you!
Do utilise some planting around or even on the garden decking.
Be adventurous-Happy Decking!
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Garden decking drys out very quickly after rain, and access-other than trudging across a damp lawn to get to your deck would be good.
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