Project Story
Classic Composite Decking Replacement in Old Hall, Warrington
A local landscape gardener laid this deck during a garden makeover. Two years later, there were holes outside the bi-fold doors. See how DecKing rebuilt the frame and transformed the walkway with 18m² of Classic Composite Decking and recessed LED lighting.
The Challenge
Two years after paying a local landscape gardener for a garden makeover, the homeowner on Grant Close had holes in the decking immediately outside his bi-fold doors. Further along, beside the paved seating area, the boards had bowed so badly that you could see the dips from across the lawn. That was when he called DecKing.
Our site survey found a basic error in the original installation. The landscape gardener had set the timber joists at approximately 600mm centres. The composite boards needed support every 300mm. The installer had left the boards spanning twice the distance they were designed for. Within two years, the homeowner was paying to have the whole deck taken out and built again.
The DecKing Solution
We lifted the damaged boards, removed the original subframe and built a new one from C24 pressure-treated timber. We set the joists at 300mm centres from the first board beside the patio to the last one outside the bi-fold doors. The frame photographs show exactly where each row of boards gets its support.
We fitted approximately 18m² of grey Classic Composite Decking using 3mm hidden fasteners. The main run follows the edge of the lawn and wraps around the brick extension to form a step outside the French doors. We finished the exposed edges with matching fascia and trim, then recessed ten white LED lights into the fascia facing the patio.
The Result
Look at the same stretch of decking outside the bi-fold doors before and after the rebuild. In the first photograph, broken board ends hang over open gaps. In the finished photograph, straight rows of grey woodgrain boards run the full length of the doors. Around the corner, the matching step picks up the dark grey of the door frames and gives the homeowner a clean step down to the paved seating area.
The most important photograph is the one taken before we laid the new boards. It shows the work a decking specialist puts in beneath the finish. The completed installation carries DecKing’s 10-year workmanship and materials warranty.
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Classic Composite Decking Collection — grey woodgrain boards with matching fascia and edge trim
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DecKing installs and replaces composite decking across Old Hall, Westbrook, Great Sankey and the wider Warrington area. If your existing decking has started to dip, lift or break at the joints, we can inspect the boards and subframe during a site survey.