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Hardwood Decking

Garden Construction Company

5 years ago

Here's a non slip Red Balau Hardwood Deck we installed to a client's garden in The Grange , Edinburgh with uplighters and bollard lights . See more examples of work at www.garden-co.com

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Emily
5 years ago
Looks great quality and when they’ve got their garden furniture out it will look better since it looks bare and without a purpose til it’s used.
It’s the best looking wood I’ve ever seen for decking, how will it age?
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Garden Construction Company
Original Author
5 years ago
Unless you oil or stain the decking it will distress to a silver grey, although this won't affect the performance of the deck.
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