Wooden garden decking

by Humphry @ 5:37 pm May 15, 2009 -- Filed under: construction materials, garden design   

wooden_garden_deckingThis ‘decking thing’ is getting out of hand. There are times and places for garden decks but the trend to ‘anywhere -anytime’ is bonkers.

It looks nice and warm and crisp in the photograph. But put it in your garden and wait five years and what will have happened? A little rot; a little twisting; stains, lots of moss – and a great need for timber decking cleaners, stains and preservatives.

So look at Japan and learn how best to use timber decking: under the eaves of a roof. It then becomes a delightful surface which can be swept clean and is always a pleasure to walk or sit on.

Download photograph of timber decking

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