Home & Garden Improvements

Decking is extremely versatile. Apart from being used to make a straightforward ground-level patio, it can also be built on several levels like a seaside pier, or alternatively in the style of a forest observation platform. The joy of building a patio out of decking is the sheer speed of the process. A decking patio can swiftly transform an area of unattractive, rough ground. Decking is the logical solution if you’re in a hurry to construct a dramatic patio with minimal disturbance. Grooved decking for patios is especially popular because of its anti-slip properties.

The site will not need to be levelled for starters, and you can get supporting posts of different lengths to cope with any slopes in the ground. The materials used to build a decking patio are also much easier to handle than those needed for a concrete slab patio, and it can be erected over utilities such as gas, water and electricity mains. The wooden materials used are less invasive than concrete and brick, too. On the down side, a brick patio will last a lot longer than the 25 years you can expect a decking patio to survive, and decking patios also need a lot of maintenance such as regular treating and washing, as well as running repairs.

Decking can be attached directly to the house or separate from it and used, for example, as a pier for wildlife observation if you have a pond. Decks can be easily raised above each other if you have an old foundation getting in the way, and it can be built to almost any shape you want. The wood used to construct a decking patio can be fixed in a wide variety of patterns, and indeed designed to create an eye-catching garden feature, for example to mirror an existing circular stone patio.