[Karl Harrison]

Whether its commercial or domestic, it is always a great comfort knowing your company has work to go back to or start in the new year.

 

Do you have much on?, Booked in? Designing?

 

We have a little on to start with, not masses – the late spring is when we have contracts to steam into….

[AFFORDABLE GARDENING LTD]

Early March is when we start in earnest and we will be flat out till September… if the last 7 years are anything to go by.

[Karl Harrison]

Great news Dan,

When you say flat out, what do you mean, are these commercial decking installation projects?

[CC Garden Design and Construction]

We have a great 60m2 double tier angled deck to get stuck into but always looking for more! Any suggestions on good hard woods like Ipe but more affordable?

[Karl Harrison]

Great that you have a project to get stuck into, If you consider the cost of Ipe and an approxinate cost of £12k-£14K plus vat for the whole project; to then reduce the sq m cost of Hardwood deck by even £10 per sq m would only save you £600.

First Grade S4S/E4E KD Random Length Ipe currently (Jan 2012) is between £60 and £80 plus vat per sq m

To answer your question you could consider Massaranduba at Approx £52 per sq m or even Kurupay at approx £55 (harder than Ipe) or even Merbau (approx £72)

Do let you client know that they will all go silver eventually… or ask Thomas Rathbone to provide a quality Maintenance service to keep the colour. 

I did write a blog about what decks cost here https://deckingnetwork.com/decking-advice/how-much-should-i-be-paying

Hope this helps

Karl

[Stuart Marler]

We have a steady flow of enquiries coming in and the “bread & butter” of other services we offer are keeping us busy already and its only the second week of January; looks like its going to be a busy year.

Stuart

decking sussex surrey London

[AFFORDABLE GARDENING LTD]

Good to hear you are still ticking over mate

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