Smooth decking for UK?
Our decking has been laid quite badly, and has rotted away that it needs completely gutting and redoing.
We've got a 20 year old house so a fairly traditional modern design and the inside has been completely redone to a high end modern standard.
We're just trying to decide on how to do the garden as we quite like the modern gardens rather than traditional ones, and smooth decking looks very nice.
This poses an issue though, most smooth decking appears to be hardwood, and quite simply something like Balau would cost us around £300 for the deck alone.
I did a bit of reading, and i've heard that you can get the more traditional compressed wood decking in a smooth finish, then simply oil it ad varnish it how you like, and you end with the same modern look of hardwood.
Is there any truth to this, and can anyone advise where to get it from and what stain/varnish to use? I'm struggling to find any, and B&Q is not the place to get it from. Their selection was poor.
Some pictures of the styles we like:
You get the idea
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- 10 years agoHave a look at roundwood.com I found them to be the cheapest. I would definitely recommend looking at a hidden nail system such as the camo, looks much better in my opinion on hard wood. This is mine, although waiting for better weather to take down the fence and build a wall and render
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PRO10 years agoHello, we do a composite decking, doesn't rot, its anti-slip, no need for treatment and very low maintenance. We are also the only UK suppliers of the Qwickbuild aluminium structure to use instead of timber, again moisture resistance so it won't ro. Maybe worth considering www.eliteoutdoorliving.co.uk
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PRO10 years agolast modified: 10 years agoWe have a smooth board profile Gripsure Pro Contemporary which features two non slip strips. The deck board is made from a softwood, Scandinavian Redwood Vths grade and is preservative treated. The boards can be stained or oiled to achieve a darker tone and it won't affect the performance of the non slip strips. I hope this helps.
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