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 Stonehaven

Wooden decking is an increasingly prevalent option for providing outdoor seating areas in gardens. Due to the natural beauty of wood, they can be very fashionable spaces which can be used year round with the help of outside heating and lighting. Wooden decking is often installed in locations in front of patio or French doors where they can create a seamless transition between inside and outside spaces. Wooden decking is available in any size or shape to match any area. Curved designs or large areas connected by pathways can create an attractive effect. Wooden decking is reasonably easy to install and causes minimal disruption, especially when compared to other possibilities like patio or paving. It can even be installed over the top of an existing patio. It is important however to make sure that your wooden decking is structurally sound and capable of taking the load of any furniture or plants that you want to use on the decking. There is a variety of varieties of wood that can be used in wooden decking. Usually decking is made of hardwood, but there are softwoods available that fulfil the durability requirements. As hardwood decking will demand maintenance, which usually includes annual cleaning and staining for weather proofing, composite woods have become popular for use in wooden decking as they are more robust and require significantly less maintenance.

Average Wooden decking cost in Stonehaven

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 2024

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

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Prices based on actual Wooden decking costs for Stonehaven, as reported by local LeadsDoWork members.

Wooden decking installation cost in Stonehaven 2024

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

Time frame: 1-4 days

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Stonehaven is a community in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is understood informally to locals as Stoney. It lies on Scotland's northeast shore as well as had a population of 11,602, according to Scotland's Census of 2011. After the demise of the town of Kincardine, which was slowly abandoned after the destruction of its Royal castle in the Wars of Independence, the Scottish Parliament made Stonehaven the successor area community of Kincardineshire. Stonehaven had expanded around an Iron Age angling village, currently the 'Auld Toon' (old town), and expanded inland from the beachfront. As late as the 16th century, old maps show the town was called Stonehyve, Stonehive, Pont also adding the alternative Duniness. Stonehaven is 15 miles (24 kilometres) south of Aberdeen in a protected placement on Stonehaven Bay in between the Carron Water and the Cowie Water. Stonehaven lies adjacent to a deeply indented bay bordered on three sides by higher land between Downie Point and Garron Point. The harbour, including two basins, was boosted in the 1820s by the designer Robert Stevenson as well as came to be a vital centre of the 19th century herring profession. The harbour is bordered on the north by Bellman's Head as well as at the south by Downie Point. Neighboring to the south, Fowlsheugh is a seaside nature book, recognized for its seventy metre high cliff developments and also environment supporting respected seabird nesting swarms. Stonehaven has actually proliferated considering that the oil boom in Aberdeen. The increasing demand for brand-new, middle-class housing has actually seen 4 brand-new estates being appended to the town, creating an area of suburbs as well as Stonehaven has been bypassed given that 1984. The community is offered by Stonehaven train station, and exists just to the eastern of the A90 roadway. For every one of your residence improvements, make sure to identify reliable specialists in Stonehaven to make sure of top quality.

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