The question of what is a well built deck keeps popping up with a wide range of answers being given from a wide spectrum of the industry. Whilst there are some standards to work to there is no singular one the support “what is a good deck”.
In my capacity as the International Ambassador for NADRA (North American Deck & Railing Association) which is the industry body for the annual $16 billion deck market I would be happy to investigate how the UK can “lean on” the extensive experience of the American market to build an effective UK code to increase deck build quality and safety.
I would be interested to hear from all 476 members of the network on the potential value that they feel this may bring and indeed if they would work to those standards as a minimum.