Hard landscaping
Decking built properly, from the frame up.
A deck turns an awkward or sloping garden into somewhere you actually use. We build them on a solid, level frame, in hardwood, softwood or composite.
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Decking, in detail.
Every project is different, but here’s what this work typically involves.
Hardwood decking
Dense, durable boards that weather to a soft silver, or can be oiled to keep their colour. The longest-lasting timber option.
Softwood decking
Pressure-treated softwood is the most affordable route to a good deck, and lasts well when it is built and looked after properly.
Composite decking
Boards made from wood fibre and plastic: no staining or oiling, and a colour that holds for years.
Raised decks
Decks lifted to meet the back door or level out a sloping garden, built on a properly braced frame.
Steps
Generous, comfortable steps down to the lawn or between levels, built as part of the same frame.
Balustrades
Balustrades and handrails where a raised deck needs a safe, finished edge.
How it works
From first conversation to finished garden.
- 01
Site visit
We look at levels, drainage and access, and talk through timber, size and how you want to use the space.
- 02
Groundwork
The site is cleared and levelled and a weed membrane goes down, so nothing grows up through the boards.
- 03
The frame
Joists on adjustable feet or posts, set dead level. It is the part you never see, and the part that decides how long the deck lasts.
- 04
Boards and finishing
Boards, steps, fascias and any balustrades fixed down with fixings that will not stain, then a thorough clean-down.
Recent projects
Where we’ve done this.
Golders Green
A pressure-treated softwood deck filling a Golders Green back garden, level over uneven ground and stepping straight out of the French doors.
See the projectStratford
A hardwood deck running wall to wall in Stratford, with a built-in raised bench along the back.
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Bounds Green
Hardwood decking by the house in Bounds Green, alongside a built-in corner bench and new fencing.
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Angel
A hardwood roof deck on a narrowboat at Angel, levelled over the curved steel roof on adjustable pedestals.
See the projectPricing guide
From £3,500
Every deck is quoted after a site visit, once we have seen the levels, the access and the size you have in mind.
What affects the price
- Size of the deck
- Hardwood, softwood or composite boards
- Height off the ground, and whether steps or balustrades are needed
- Levels and ground conditions under the frame
- Access for materials, and anything that needs clearing first
Questions
Decking: the details people ask about.
Both make a good deck. Hardwood looks and feels like real timber, lasts a long time and weathers to a soft silver unless you oil it. Composite needs less looking after, with no staining or sanding, and holds its colour, but it usually costs more and can get hot underfoot in full sun. We will talk through both with you at the site visit.
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Ready to talk about decking?
Tell us a little about your space and how you’d like to use it. We’ll come back to you within one working day.
info@pullingerlandscapes.co.uk