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Decking
If you are looking for a low maintenance seating area that looks good, you cannot go far wrong with professionally installed decking.
Contrary to what the TV makeover programmes would have you believe, decking is still very popular. It is a natural product that works well in both traditional and contemporary garden designs.
Although it can be used as the primary seating area in your garden, decking often works best as a secondary seating area at the far end of your garden supplementing the main paved patio.
There are two types of decking currently used, timber decking and composite decking.
Timber Decking
Timber decking is the more traditional and the cheaper option. Note however that timber is a natural product and even though the timbers are pressure treated, they will warp over time. Wood expands during hot weather and contracts in severe cold and this can also cause cracking over time.
Timber decking is available in pressure treated soft or hard woods. Teak, pine and cedar are the most common woods available.
There are many types of timber decking. Be wary if you are offered the cheaper double-sided variety as the timber is weaker and more prone to warping. At Shropshire Garden Design we only use single-face decking. The underside has no grooves in the timber and you will have no problems with this type of decking.
Synthetic or Composite Decking
We also install composite decking which is a wood plastic composite material using recycled hardwood fibre and Polypropylene plastic. It combines the beauty of wood with the durability of plastic.
This synthetic decking has a wood grain appearance and was recently featured on the Channel Four programme Grand Designs.
Although composite decking is more expensive than timber, Shropshire Garden Design can professionally install composite decking at the same cost as timber decking as long as you reside in the Shropshire County.
Composite decking is more expensive than timber but as with all things you get what you pay for.
This recycled wood plastic decking has the following advantages over timber.
- Composite decking does not warp, crack or splinter and will last a lot longer than timber. Composite decking carries a lifetime 25 year guarantee
- Lower maintenance cost and effort
- Far greater durability and very high water resistance
- Resistant to decay and insects
- It is fire resistant
- It is available in a choice of colours
- It is more versatile. Decking boards can be bent to form arcs and circles, ideal for contemporary designs or something a little different
- It is an environmentally friendly product made from 90 to 100% recycled materials - 60% hardwood wood sawdust and 40% recycled UV-stabilised polypropylene
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Traditional timber decking as a extension from the house
Traditional timber decking in the garden
Composite decking
Composite decking at Tatton Show 2005
Composite decking as featured on Channel Four's Grand Designs
Composite decking colours
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We cover the whole of Shropshire including Telford, Shrewsbury, Albrighton, Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimor, Craven Arms, Ellesmere, Ironbridge, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Much Wenlock, Newport, Oswestry, Shawbury, Shifnal, Wem, and Whitchurch.
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Call us today for a free no obligation consultation and quotation:
Telford Office: 01952 282431
Onsite Mobile: 07789 825094
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