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 in Esher

Wooden decking is an increasingly fashionable option for creating 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 outside heating and illumination. Wooden decking is typically installed in locations in front of patio or French doors where they can create a seamless transition between interior and exterior spaces. Wooden decking is available in virtually any size or shape to complement any area. Curved designs or large areas connected by pathways can create an attractive effect. Wooden decking is reasonably quick to install and causes little disruption, especially in comparison to alternate options like patio or paving. It could even be installed over the top of a pre-existing patio. It is important however to make sure that your wooden decking is structurally sound and capable of taking the weight of any furniture or plants that you would like to use on the decking. There is a range of varieties of wood that can be used in wooden decking. Commonly decking is constructed from hardwood, but there are softwoods available that fulfil the durability requirements. As hardwood decking will require maintenance, which typically will involve yearly cleaning and staining for weather proofing, composite woods are becoming popular for use in wooden decking because they are stronger and require much less maintenance.

Average Wooden decking cost in Esher

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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Wooden decking installation cost in Esher 2025

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

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Esher is a community in Surrey, England, to the east of the River Mole. Esher is an afar residential area of London near the London-Surrey Border, as well as with Esher Commons at its southern end, the community notes one restriction of the Greater London Built-Up Area. Esher has a straight industrial high street and also is otherwise suburban in density, with differing elevations, few high rise structures as well as really short areas of dual carriageway within the ward itself. Esher covers a big area, in between 13 and 15.4 miles southwest of Charing Cross. In the south it is bounded by the A3 Portsmouth Road which is of city motorway requirement and buffered by the Esher Commons. Esher is bisected by the A307, traditionally the Portsmouth Road, which for about 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) forms its high street. Esher train station (offered by the South West Main Line) links the community to London Waterloo. Sandown Park Racecourse is in the town near the station. In the south, Claremont Landscape Garden possessed and also took care of by the National Count on, as soon as belonged, as their British house, to Princess Charlotte as well as her other half Leopold I of Belgium. As necessary, the community was picked to have a fountain by Queen Victoria and also has an adjacent Diamond Jubilee column embossed with a relief of the queen as well as covered by a statue of Britannia. Unite, the union, trains agents at its Esher Place centre, as well as the town has the offices of Elmbridge Borough Council in its high street.

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Brigitte R., GU15

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Nice guy who I will contact again once if we decide to go ahead with the project.

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Surbiton landscaping and building services in business since 1999 very professional run, family Business that takes pride in their work

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Friendly, knowledgeable and got the job done on time. Thanks

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Michael F., HA8

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The job was well done, some of the finishing could have been better

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