Decking question - building straight onto concrete base

How do the prices compare on the composite to the bog standard softwood decking boards? I know it'll be more expensive but can't see a price on the ecodeck site?

I guess with it being an actual manufactured artificial (essentially) product it will actually be straight unlike deck boards?
 
Tesla said:
Cost around £1500 in materials but is around 35 square metres. Also paid a timber yard £100 to make up and supply 18 pressure treated strings for the steps from my MDF template. All timber is treated and any exposed cuts painted with creosote.

Initially I just used some small timber scraps as legs in order to get my levels in. I then used joist off cuts as legs and bolted all the pay through. Stainless bolts, washers and nylon nuts. I probably went a bit OTT so good luck to whoever decides to rip it out one day!

First time I've built a deck but did really enjoy it. Planning to move house this year so may get to build another soon.
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Forgot I hadn't replied, thanks for posting up the pics, looks really good, well done!!!

I'm hoping mine will be even less distance from the ground due to the planter that cuts into part of the area and also because I don't weant it too high for my little boy...

You mentioned bolting the joists in place, how exactly did you go about doing that?
 
Nightglow said:
I myself would have trimmed a few inches off the door, or rehung the door on the right to open inwards, to enable me to have deck all at same level.

Concrete step doesn't present a problem, fairly easy to overcome.
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I did consider the above options. Inward opening door really impacts the usable space in a small shed.

Trimming the door was on the cards but I could them imaging myself walking out of the shed, full hands not looking where I was going and tripping up the edge of deck lip/step.

I could have started smashing the concrete about but the idea of a deck over laying a new patio was to avoid this. There is about 30^m of concrete!

I'd likely do things a little different next time, always the case with new projects I find.
 
That was for attaching the outer frame bit to the posts rights? So you could bolt right through?

I think I was having a bad brain morning, cos I was thinking how on earth did you bolt all the way through the long lengths of wood to attach them at each end but that's clearly not what you meant...

How did you attach them at the ends?
 
I quite like the look of the drop for the shed :o

Surprised that people aren't securing them or raising the wood off the floor.
 
Gilly said:
I quite like the look of the drop for the shed :o

Surprised that people aren't securing them or raising the wood off the floor.
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From the reading I've done, most people say that a deck will be heavy enough to keep itself in position on a good base.

The raising it off the floor question was my basis for the thread, I have seen people mount them directly onto say a concrete base but I figured this would probably not be too wise as it wouuld surely mean whatever was touching the floor would not be able to dry out well and would rot away fairly swiftly.
 
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