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Decking costs

Hi all

Ive just added decking as i service that I provide with my business. I've got a few little bits of decking coming up. Does anyone have a general costing rule that they use for quickly adding up a rough price for decking. For example with turfin

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Decking over concrete

Hi All

I've been asked to deck over an exiting garage base with smooth decking boards. It's already 6inches above the surrounding area so I was thinking of using 2x2 joists. I don't want to sit it directly onto the concrete (I would like some air to c

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Looking for some advice about starting running your own business.

Im fed up of getting f**ked about by my boss so Im setting the ball into motion to leave him and start up my own business.

I've tryed all sorts of aspects of landscaping but really enjoy fencing and decking, that's the area i feel most adequate so tha

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Decking Help Needed!

I have been asked by a client to renovate her deck. It is sitting over a ditch at the end of the garden spanning 3.6m and the 7yr old deck boards are starting to sag inbetween the joists which go front to back across the ditch. On investigation the j

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Slippy moss on timber deck

I have a client, who has bought a house where the decking was fitted upside down. The planks being fitted grove side down, the smooth surface up. She has three children, moss has colonized the area and decking is slippery.

She hasn't the money/inclina

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Introducing Lignia XD Decking

http://conta.cc/1NYE6b9

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Get creative - not your average deck

We are all creators in this industry. It's just some are more creative than others.

Some are originators and others are happy to follow.

Take a look at this video. I hope it inspires you to think of ways of shaping a deck or introducing a garden desi

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Deck-oil slip hazard, or just another example of why builders shouldn't be let loose in a garden??

A regular client of mine recently decided to get his builders to treat his hardwood deck.

They used a tinted water-based stain, and although it did look presentable for a few months, within a year it now looks bad and doesn't clean up well.

The builder

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Restoring (and maintaining) wooden decking - proper procedure?

Hi all,

(If there's already an old thread for this please direct me)

I am sometimes faced with cleaning and restoring decking that has been neglected or just looks a bit old and tired. The decking is generally pressure treated softwood.

I've been led to

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Decking Query

My friend had decking installed as part of the house improvements, I believe it was completed by a carpenter and he has suggested that the gap between the lawn should be filled with gravel.

Whilst I can see some benefit to using this approach I would

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Intricate landscape construction blog

Commencing 18/11/13 our final garden design and build project for 2013 will be created in the Cullompton, Devon area.

This huge blog will cover and explain every angle of our garden build up in full detail, accompanied with hi resolution images.

The fu

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EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) comes into force March 2013

The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) comes into force March 2013. Failure to act NOW could see traders facing a criminal charge. Below you will find five key things you need to know and how the TTF can help you*

• The EU Timber Regulation comes into force

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Patio Deck from Bradstone

I was on paving expert a few moments ago and came across this new product due to be launched by bradstone in February.

What do you reckon, could it sell? Can you see any merits for its use? Would the initial purchase cost be too much for the trade to

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Freelance-Garden-Design-3D-SketchUp-CAD-Visualisation-Tutoring

Hi Folks

For those who don't know me, I'm David Beasley and I'm an experienced Garden Designer, 3D Visualiser and Landscaper. On LJN I have written the popular Blog Post Quick Method Of Producing First SketchUp Drawing/Design and started the Group Goo

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Retaining a Bank

Hello, 

I wondered whether anyone could offer some advice.  I have been asked to provide a design for an unused 'bank' at a school. It is approximately 1.7m high at its highest point by 4m wide and about 20m long.  I would like to cut into the bank to

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Decking surround in stainless steel

Guys,

I'm sure you'll be able to assist here. I've fitting a deck with ipe (from Karl) in a circle raised above a patio and a lawn:

As you can see it sits between 150mm and 280mm above the lawn level and has a thin section that sits on top of the gabio

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How to advertise services that a sub-contractor provides for you?

As a garden services/maintenance company we do not provide decking, patios, brickwork etc, until now....

We often get asked for such things - and for the last fews years have always turned down that kind of work - however one thing that LJN taught us

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Does decking have a future in the garden?

I think we have to bear in mind that a lawn company commissioned the report but do you agree 'Is this the end of decking? TV inspired garden boom on way out as lawns make a return' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385995/Is-end-decking-TV-ins

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Decking Re-treatment

I've been asked to re-treat some decking that was last treated 4-5 years ago, when installed. It is currently treated with a pretty heavy-duty opaque stain that is wearing off and there is a fair amount of algae. I don't know what product it was orig

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Find a garden trade section

I clicked on this section on LJN today to find that there was no catergory for suppliers and manufacturers such as myself. I also clicked on Cambridgeshire and found I wasn't listed, (the fens weren't even offered). It might be useful to have section

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