Laying simple, ground-level decking may sound intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. With careful planning and preparation, you can lay decking that you’ll be proud to show off to neighbours, family and friends. Here are a few tips to get you started. Plan carefully Draw out a plan, to scale, on paper. This will help you to know how many boards you’ll need and ensure that you don’t end up having to cut anything to fit. Prepare the area Measure out the site according to your plan and hammer a peg into each corner, then tie string around each peg to help you see what you’re working with. If you’re not laying on existing slabs, dig into the ground, lifting out turf if it’s there, and check that the site is level. Then add concrete slabs for more stability or lay weed-control fabric over the ground and cover with gravel to further prevent weed growth. Build your sub-frame Since a lot of people ask this, we’ve got a more detailed guide in the FAQ below. Lay your deck boards Start in one corner of the sub-frame and position the first board across the inner joists. You want the deck board in the opposite direction to the inner joists, ensuring that it’s flush with the frame. Position any end-to-end joins between the deck boards halfway across an inner joist so you can screw both boards into the joist for stability. Make sure you keep a gap of between 5-8mm to allow for expansion of the wood. Begin to screw your deck boards to the joists. You’ll need to secure the deck board to every joist is covers along your deck frame. Use two screws for every joist. Mark where you’re going to add your screws, ensuring that they are at least 15mm from the end of the board and 20mm from the outside edges. Drill pilot holes for the screws, being careful to only drill through the deck board and not the joist. Then screw the decking screws into the holes. Continue to screw in the deck boards, ensuring you leave the correct expansion gap. You can stagger the deck board joins across the deck for more strength. Sand down any cut ends if you need to before applying decking preserver to protect the timber from rotting. Although this is a simplified set of instructions, it’s enough for you to see whether you want to attempt to lay decking yourself – and if you don’t, you can get in touch with professionals who will be happy to give you a quote.

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Wooden decking is an increasingly common choice for providing outdoor seating areas in gardens. Due to the natural beauty of wood, they can be very fashionable areas which can be used year round by adding external heating and illumination. Wooden decking is frequently fitted in locations in front of patio or French doors where they can create a seamless transition between interior and exterior spaces. Wooden decking can come in virtually any size or shape to match any area. Curved designs or large areas joined by pathways can produce a stunning effect. Wooden decking is fairly quick to install and causes minimal disruption, particularly when compared to alternate options like patio or paving. It could even be installed over the top of an existing patio. It is necessary however to make sure that your wooden decking is structurally sound and able to take the load of any furniture or plants that you want to use on the decking. There is a range of species of wood that can be used in wooden decking. Commonly decking is made of hardwood, but there are softwoods available that fulfil the durability specifications. As hardwood decking will demand maintenance, which commonly requires yearly cleaning and staining for weather proofing, composite woods are becoming more popular for use in wooden decking as they are more robust and require far less maintenance.

Average Wooden decking cost in Crediton

The typical cost of Wooden decking is £1500. Costs can change based upon the materials and the firm hired. The upper price range can be as high as £1725. The material costs are commonly approximately £375

Average price per Wooden decking job in 2025

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Avg. price high	Avg. price high £1,725

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Wooden decking installation cost in Crediton 2025

	Labour cost	£1,050
	Material cost	£375
	Waste removal	£75

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Crediton is a town as well as civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It bases on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple roadway at the joint with the A3072 road to Tiverton, regarding 7 miles (11 kilometres) north west of Exeter. It has a population of 6,837, raising to 7,835 at the 2011 Census. Crediton has two selecting wards (Boniface and Lawrence). The consolidated population of these wards at the 2011 Census was 7,600. The town is positioned in the narrow vale of the River Creedy, between 2 high hillsides and also is separated into 2 components, the north or old town (Peoples park, QECC and so on) and the south and also eastern or brand-new town. (QECC Barnfield, Saxon Close and so on) In the very early 20th century shoe-making, sun tanning, agricultural trade, tin-plating and the manufacture of confectionery as well as cider had superseded the previous large woollen as well as serge sectors. The creamery and also dairy in Crediton has actually constantly been located beside the church, but to allow its product to be distributed further, the company ran a transport depot that was located in the goods lawn of the train terminal. Daily, a train of three or more Milk Container Wagons would certainly be filled from trucks, and then taken to London by either the Great Western Railway or the Southern Railway. Express Dairies sold the creamery and a similar device in Kirkcudbright, Scotland in July 2002 to Milk Web link, which both already produced UHT milk.

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The installation of the decking was very good but they did not clear up any of the mess afterwards so no stars for this

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