Create A Garden Decking Masterpiece With AVS Fencing

AVS Fencing, the leading providers of garden fencing and decking are offering their expert advice on laying a ground level garden deck, enabling avid gardeners UK wide to cut the cost of labour.
By: AVS Fencing
 
Aug. 18, 2009 - PRLog -- Ideal for creating a focal point to an otherwise bland back garden, enabling outdoor living at its very best and providing an extension of your home, which can also work to boost your properties value, garden decking is this year’s must have outdoor accessory. Now AVS Fencing, the leading providers of garden fencing and decking are offering their expert advice on laying a ground level garden deck, enabling avid gardeners UK wide to cut the cost of labour.

Mark Whiting, marketing director of the firm who offer everything for the green-fingered including picket fencing and railway sleepers, said, “Decking is proving to be extremely popular this year, and it is not really surprising considering the spells of beautiful weather we have had. This sort of outdoor living decking reminds one of that Mediterranean sun, a meal at a lovely taverna on the beach, and allows homeowners to bring a little of this idealistic living into their own home.”

Before you begin to mark out your decking area make sure that you are fully prepared.  You will need pegs and string, weed suppressant membrane, gravel, decking boards, timber joists and noggins, screws and nails, a shovel & spade , a saw, a hammer and screwdriver.

Decking construction can be easily separated out into five easy steps, but make sure that you allow a few days to complete the work in full to allow for the size of the decking you are creating.

1) Firstly mark out the proposed area you are going to cover with decking and make sure that all of your furniture will fit into this space. Once you are happy with this, clear away any vegetation and mark the area out using pegs and string, to make sure that it is square. Then cut your weed suppressant membrane to fit and secure in place using gravel.

2) Attach a timber joist as a plate to your house wall using spacers for ventilation and drainage. This will determine the height for your deck, ideally it should be at least 150mm below the damp proof course. Make sure that you then fix this securely, as this will be load-bearing.

3) Attach a joist at each end of the wall-plate, Carpenters Mate landscaping screws are ideal for this.  To support these joists at the corners of the Deck you can either fix these to timber fence posts or rest them of concrete blocks or slabs bedded on mortor.

4) You now need to secure a further joist at the other end opposite the wall-plate and then add joist hangers along the wall-plate and to the end joist opposite at 400- 500mmmm intervals.  Once happy with construction nail some noggins between the joists to strengthen the framework.

5) Now you are ready to lay your decking, but be wary, as this is the most visible part of the project, and special care should be taken to make sure that it is both level and of a high quality. It is possible to lay the decking boards in many different ways, but whichever way you choose to lay your deck, make sure that you hold each decking board in place with two decking screws at every joist.

6) When all of your decking boards have been laid, make sure that the boards cover the edges of the side joists.
About AVS Fencing: AVS Fencing are a well respected and specialist supplier of Fencing, Decking & Landscaping materials established in 1987. Operating from Branch outlets at Henfield, Guildford, Lewes, Rudgwick, Peterborough and Wokingham and delivering regularly to clients' sites in London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Cambridgeshire and also parts of Lincolnshire, Northampton, Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire. Our staff are knowledgeable and helpful and you will find them friendly and approachable. A good range of products are held in stock and these are held in quantity to ensure we can service your order quickly. Each branch has staff dedicated to each aspect of the operation such as Sales Office, Yard, Manufacturing and Distribution. We have approximately 15 vehicles carrying out deliveries for customers each day across our delivery areas. For more information, visit http://www.avsfencing.co.uk

Editor’s Note:  AVS Fencing is represented by search engine optimisation agency, Top Position.  Please direct all press queries to Tina Clough.  Email: tina@topposition.co.uk or call: 01623 726233.
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