Safety, sustainability and aesthetics are what most people look for when investing in decking for their garden. In most cases, timber is the material of choice as it’s widely available and can be painted in a number of attractive finishes. Although timber looks great, it can succumb to wear and tear unless it’s regularly maintained. … Read more
I watch the Flower show at Chelsea perhaps all for the wrong reasons, I look for the timber and how it’s designed into the structure of the garden. The quality, the cut, the fixing and the many techniques as to how it is used… Joe swift ambled through Trailfinders Australian Garden designed by Philip Johnson … Read more
Maintaining an aluminum deck is easier than you think. Think of it this way, prolonging the good looks of your powder coated AridDek aluminum decking is just like caring for your car. Every now and then your car will need a wash; and you know that cleaning it is a smart way to protect your investment. … Read more
When you think about recycling you probably think of sorting your plastics and cans into separate bins. After all, aluminum cans are the most recycled item in the United States. It’s no surprise either if you ‘consider that over two-thirds of all aluminum ever produced are still in use today’ (The Aluminum Association). There are even more … Read more
With reality TV gardening there came a time when it seemed every back garden had to be decked in some form or other and also had to be laid in just one hour! But decking has been used for many years in various ways in Scandinavia and America to such effect that to use … Read more
This solution is certainly the most innovative and revolutionary in the field of decking and ventilated walls because it allows you to disassemble and reassemble the staves in the middle of the floor without having to cut, offering the possibility to perform operations for the recovery of the sheath ‘asphalt. or for dissotturare a hole … Read more
The system Speedy Feet for the laying of decking, does not use screws, nails or glue. is composed of a nylon support of parallelepiped shape in the upper part to four fins in the form of 1, the slats properly processed, are resting on the fins, on the slats with the foot pressure is exerted … Read more
Millboard decking installation designed and built by Karl Harrison in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire The Chalfont decking design brief To provide a decking area suitable for the daily use of small children close to the rear of the house, the area needs to be non-slip, easy to clean and last a long time. There is a … Read more
The garden design near Chorleywood For this new garden design we had to consider the exact requirements of the client. In most cases a brief has a certain amount of poetic licence; this compared to the norm was not at all what the clients expected. The clients requested an area to relax in, complete privacy, … Read more
A curved decking project using Millboard Enhanced Grain in the Driftwood colour. The client required Karl Harrison Landscapes Ltd to provide the design, supply and installation of a decking platform that would create a curved design that could take the weight of a hot tub at a later date. A standard c16/c24 timber sub frame structure … Read more