Hardwood Decking and Bespoke Balustrade for the Kew Bridge Public House
Installing hardwood oak decking
Decking By Karl has been busy installing hardwood oak decking as part of a terrace project in Kew Bridge for a Joseph Gallagher. This new terrace forms part of a public viewing platform on the first floor the new pub. The new public house called “One over the Ait”, a multi layered pub, restaurant with multiple dining areas… all with beautiful views of the famous Kew bridge and the Thames.
The terrace presents as a balcony arrangement constructed of a concrete slab with FSC hardwood timber joists over pedestals. The hardwood has been profiled to take anti slip strips as per the specification; all fixings are 316 stainless steel into countersunk holes for a perfect finish.
Karl Harrison has been designing decking and cladding for commercial and domestic project since 2003. They are endorsed by the APL, Grad Systems UK, TREX and Millboard.
Oak Balustrade fixing is so stylish
The balustrade is an arrangement of galvanised steel wrapped in air dried oak. There are various sections of oak manufactured by hand on site, the steel balcony had a wide tolerance and each bay was a different set of dimensions. These sections couldn’t be manufactured in a workshop so we completed the build process onsite. This mean’t we completed the fabrication onsite. In all weathers too, but that’s the decking industry or you.
The screw fixings were sat in rebated holes which in turn were plugged, trimmed and sanded prior to finishing oil being applied.
Karl said ” I love complex decking projects where nothing is simple, every element is a challenge because so much is a ‘first time”…
Soffit boards in Pine, Facias in Tricoya…
The soffits are in pine, a simple install, T&G with invisible pins for fixing. The fascia boards are a combination of Tricoya MDF and Marine ply. The architrave were manufactured in oak to match the balustrade arranglement.
The timber has been enhanced by OWATROL Products, PrepDeck, Net-Trol and D1 oil.
Main Contractor: St George WL
Civil works: Joseph Gallagher
